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Is there any U 67 soundalike?

anonymous
Submitted by anonymous on

Hi,



I recently got to hear an U 67 - f**king sh*t, I am scared! What a beautiful sound. The Mids! Natrual, yet beautifully coloured, nice rolled off top, so smooth and what a big sound! I am pretty sure they are hard to find and if I'd find one, they are surely way out of my budget. But is there any soundalike ( i don't ecpect that class, but something similar) given a budget of around 2k?



Best,



UTS

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coldsnow

The ADK A51 TC (tube model single pattern around $599) is modeled to sound like the 67. (actually there non tube mics which sell for around 299 are also meant to sound like 47s but I prefere the tube model. Anyways back to the tube version, I can't say that it's a perfect reproduction because I haven't ever tried them back to back. But the A51 is close. I love mine and use it when I want that Temptations kinda sound. Very soulful sounding. I've tried a lot of mics in that price range and for vocals it is my favorite. Beats the heck out of RODE NTK and I even like it better than the Neumann 103. I usually switch between it and my Lawson's MP47 for vocals.

Tue, 02/26/2002 - 10:57 Permalink
anonymous
anonymous

A mic that sounds like which U67 ?



Put 4 U67s in a row and each one will sound different. They range from kind of nice to incredible. The problem is if you buy one without testing it you can pay a premium vintage price for a pretty average mic.



The Lawsons and the Soundelux mics are the way to go these days in my opinion.

Tue, 02/26/2002 - 15:40 Permalink
anonymous
anonymous

Kirk,

i'm sure there is more qualified people.... around

here than me for talking about this but the U-67 is a way less "problematic " microphone compared to, let's say, another classic the U -47 (expecially the early ones with M7)

It's true that there will be some difference between a well mantained 67 and another not in the same shape but overall two cleaned and in good conditions 67's sound really pretty much the same.

I'm lucky enough to own a pair and, believe me, i've spent some time in front of the two..checking

and listening to any subtle possible diff.

I could not really hear any in all the patterns.

and is the same these days.

These microphones,if in spec., were not made in a way to possibly sound different one from the other....



Never tried 4 though... Jo

Tue, 02/26/2002 - 16:27 Permalink
anonymous
anonymous

Thanks guys for the comments. I have heard of the Soundelux mics, but in Germany they don't have any distribution I think. Never seen them here around. Han, thanks for your help, but 3200 Euro is way out of my budget. I could stretch it to 2000 Euro, but anything more is out of reach.



Coldsnow, would you be so kind and point me towards these ADK Mics - do they have any homepage or something?? Would be darn kool.



Thanks again and best,



UTS

Wed, 02/27/2002 - 00:59 Permalink