In the end, I have found that the PL 84 easily stood up to many of its more ridiculously high priced competitors. The RE 410, in my opinion, stood no chance against it. If people catch wind of this, Electro Voice may have hurt itself here. But I find it beats out many of the Shure condensers, and oddly enough, I think it somehow manages to hang ...
I have noticed that Electro Voice's claim of low handling noise is rather wrong, considering the fact that I heard the mic shifting in my hands when I used it. That is certainly not something I want to hear especially from a company that has almost always delivered 100% on their claims! However, the sound is exactly as Electro Voice describes it...
In the end, I found the 367 to be one of those magical microphones that is much more articulate in every way and yet more cutting and smooth and just generally more nuanced and faithful than the Shure SM58. There is not much more of a reason to get the SM58 over this except if the engineer is too much of an idiot to work anything but a 58.
In my experience, this mic like many other mics can easily dethrone a SM58 in the right situation. It is a much more articulate mic than the muddy overly aggressive SM58 and retained that crispiness but not the grittiness of a 57. I also love the styling of the PL series microphones, so it's a plus for me. This is a great microphone on a budget ...
In use, this microphone is very bright. What makes it particularly special is that cut, allowing high frequency information from the voice to shine through. Despite its rather severely limited frequency response range, it never has a single prob at all delivering a cutting powerful, high gain sound to the speakers or interface. This mic is certa...
I have found these mics to be stubbornly directional! This is actually quite a welcome change to those accidentally loose patterns that budget mics always seem to tend having. This mic also seems to have a quite pronounced proximity effect, although it is not terrible. Another terrible thing is that like the other Cobalt mics, handling noise is ...
In use, we ran into an interesting issue that one would think would be solved in a newer designed mic. They pick up quite a bit of handling noise, and you can hear them rumble as you walk across the floor, if you are not on a more solid stage. It is odd, considering how most dynamics do not need these things called shock mounts. This puts the Co...
I have found however, that it is quintessentially a live mic. It can be tricky to use this in the studio because the proximity effect of this microphone is very very very pronounced. It can certainly be EQ'ed out, but it is just fair warning. A lot of these cheaper microphones tend to do this, but overall, this microphone has a high enough level...
This is the LEGENDARY and well known EVM 12L speaker. I've had my run through these through different time periods played through different heads and different cabinet wood types and I've got to say these are probably my most favorite speaker. They have a very distinct character to them. One thing is that they are very smooth, and by that I mean...
Electro-Voice's N/D767a is a fantastic vocal microphone for any live situation. I especially love it in smaller, more acoustic venues, as the detail and clarity makes the performances incredibly sensitive. The microphone's frequency response extends all the way up to 22kHz, explaining a lot of the air and punch that this microphone has. I have e...