greetings earthlings today I am back with the brand new behringer microphone clone
of the shure beta 57 58 a this is the Barringer ba 58 a confusing name if you are interested in
this microphone it will set you back only $25 on Amazon like always I'll throw some
links down below and for this review I have the microphone connected directly to the 18
I 20 second gen with the gain set just at around 9.5 on the dial I will not do
any kind of post-processing but I may boost the audio and post so check the
doobly-doo to see what I did Lee did now let's talk about what comes in the box
first everything comes in this nice plastic carrying and storage case you will of course
get the microphone a microphone stand mount a 5/8 to 3/8 inch microphone stand adapter
and some documentation then as far as the build quality I have honestly no complaints about this
thing it feels very similar to the beta 58 a in terms of quality it does have an all-metal Cano
that's again that's the beta 58 a the behringer has an all-metal handle and construction it has
a metal grill it weighs in at 320 grams there is a little bit of foam on the inside of the grill
to try to reduce the plosives a little bit and here is what the microphones capsule looks like
next to the beta 58 a in case you're interested in that and on the bottom there is the XLR port
then as far as the specs the microphone has a super cardioid polar pattern a frequency response
of 50 Hertz to 16 kilohertz a sensitivity of around negative 53 decibels and an impedance
of 300 ohms now I am spinning around the BA 85 eight to ninety degrees to show you what
the off-axis rejection and coloration is we will continue around to 180 degrees show you what the
rear action is continued around to the second 90 degree angle and then we will rotate and end at
the front because this is a handheld microphone I will pass it back and forth between my hands
to show you how it does and rejecting that noise now I'll go ahead and tap the microphone to see
if there are any kind of resonant frequencies now let's see how this thing does at rejecting
plosives please bring Pizza pronto please bring Pizza pronto please bring Pizza pronto now I am
right on top of the microphone to show you the proximity effect on this thing about three inches
off of the microphone pointed at the corner of my mouth and here's how it sounds about one foot
away from the microphone now I am typing on a keyboard with cherry MX blues to see how much
of my voice verse how much of the keyboard it picks up for the leap gamers now I am typing
on the sad W keys this is how the microphone sounds in a well treated room and now I am in
a completely untreated room and here is how the baat 5a sounds now to give you an idea of the
competition for this microphone I am going to do a quick comparison against the microphone
it is copying the shure beta 57 jure XM 8500 which is about five or six dollars cheaper so
right now I'm about three inches off of the be a 85 a and this is how the microphone sounds
now I have switched over to the shure beta 57 and here is how the audio compares for spoken
word and I have switched over to the behringer XM 8500 which is the cheapest microphone in this
very short comparison same distance exact same gain settings and this is how the audio compares
bear in Georgia so you know you're tricking no one now cuz we all know what microphone
you're copying but how did get away to see another day I thought that sure
would sue your butts because come on you're not even trying to hide the fact that you're ripping
off the beta 58a for shame behringer for shame at least try to hide it at least try to hide it
a little bit come on you're better than that okay what can I say about this thing well it
plugs in it works and it costs $25 and it sounds pretty decent and first up in terms of pros the
price it is $25 that will be a recurring theme throughout the rest of this video it is insanely
affordable and it sounds pretty good on the note of the sound quality the second Pro I think it is
an improvement over the behringer XM 8500 which is one of the most requested microphones that I
have given out but then in terms of cause it did a terrible terrible job at handling noise rejection
as well as plosive rejection and something that I have noticed is on the budget dynamic microphones
that seems to be one of the first things to go on most really cheap handheld dynamic microphones
they are terrible with plosives and they are terrible at handling noise rejection and - this
microphone is no exception there I also noticed some resonant frequencies in the microphone and
that can really hurt a recording or if you're live you can really run into issues with feedback
from the PA and lastly it has a somewhat grainy sound to it which may not be the most apparent
thing to you if you are listening to it on its own but when you switch back and forth between
this microphone and the beta 58a that is when it becomes extremely noticeable and these sure is
much smoother and much more pleasing to listen to and now what are my overall thoughts of this
microphone on the electric guitar I thought it worked surprisingly well there the boost in the
upper frequencies brought out this really nice and aggressive tone and I think for over driven
and punk and metal guitar it would work really well then on the acoustic guitar I thought it
sounded dead it was not open sounding it was not lie felice sounding it was just bland so i was not
a fan of it on that instrument then for singing to my ears it is very top-heavy and over boosted
in the upper register which leads to it sounding somewhat artificial does it work yes will it work
sure but isn't my favorite No and lastly for spoken word everything I just said still holds
true it is a little bit top-heavy and a little bit grainy but I think it is definitely tolerable and
if you take into account that it has a $25 price I actually think it's pretty good and on the note of
the sound I do think that it is an improvement over the XM 8500 I think the upper register is
still over boosted but it is a little bit less sharp the XM 8500 has a little bit of piercing
this to it and it also sounds a little bit less nasally and honky so if you're looking for that
type of improvement I think it's a great option and to wrap up what I recommend this microphone
absolutely for 25 dollars I think this is an insane option and it may have just usurped
the XM 8500 as my recommendation at this price point is it better than the microphone that it
is emulating the shure beta 57 you take that into account it's a pretty compelling option
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