Shawn Philip Nelson
Veteran
I wanted to hear the differences between an AKG se300b/ck93 Blueline hypercardioid and the Oktava MK012 hyper from Sound-Room.
So...I put them both on stands and had my wife sit down and read. Both mics were a bit more than a foot away from my wife's mouth, equal distance and both pointed in the same direction towards her mouth. The AKG had just a foam windscreen and the Oktava had the BBG on. Both were wired wire Matt's Muslux cables (which rock!) into my SD302. I then put the AKG on one channel and the Oktava on another and adjusted the gains until both mics were outputting level to each other at a strong but non-clipped level.
Anyhow, these were my observations: the Oktava was more sensitive and thus required less Phantom power, but not by much.
But the biggest difference is that the AKG had noticeably more "warmth" to it. Now I am not an audio pro by any means, but the Oktava had a more hollow sound to it, more "sharp". Granted, these were subtleties. But just to make sure I wasn't reading anything into it, or that my SD302 wasn't acting up I switch the cords around and the result was the same, the AKG just sounded more pleasant to me and more warm.
Anyhow, anyone else who has used these mics, do your experiences mirror this test?
Oh, and I hate that if you don't screw the hyper cap on in a perfect way, the Oktava decides to become a tone generator instead...
So...I put them both on stands and had my wife sit down and read. Both mics were a bit more than a foot away from my wife's mouth, equal distance and both pointed in the same direction towards her mouth. The AKG had just a foam windscreen and the Oktava had the BBG on. Both were wired wire Matt's Muslux cables (which rock!) into my SD302. I then put the AKG on one channel and the Oktava on another and adjusted the gains until both mics were outputting level to each other at a strong but non-clipped level.
Anyhow, these were my observations: the Oktava was more sensitive and thus required less Phantom power, but not by much.
But the biggest difference is that the AKG had noticeably more "warmth" to it. Now I am not an audio pro by any means, but the Oktava had a more hollow sound to it, more "sharp". Granted, these were subtleties. But just to make sure I wasn't reading anything into it, or that my SD302 wasn't acting up I switch the cords around and the result was the same, the AKG just sounded more pleasant to me and more warm.
Anyhow, anyone else who has used these mics, do your experiences mirror this test?
Oh, and I hate that if you don't screw the hyper cap on in a perfect way, the Oktava decides to become a tone generator instead...
