greetings earthlings today we're looking at another ripoff from behringer of a shure
microphone the microphone we're looking at today is the Barringer SB 78 a which
is a handheld condenser cardioid microphone if you are interested in this mic it will set you
back around 45 dollars like always I'll throw some links down below and for this review I
have the microphone connected directly to the Focusrite 18 i 22nd Gen 48 volt phantom power
on and my gain set at around 2 o'clock I will not do any kind of post-processing but I might
boost it in post so check the doobly-doo to see what I did now let's talk about what comes in
the box first off everything comes in this plastic storage case you'll of course get
the microphone a microphone mount with a 5/8 to 3/8 inch microphone stand adapter and some
documentation as far as the build quality I really don't have any kind of complaints about
the microphone it has an all-metal handle and body a very firm feeling metal mesh grille on
the side you will find a high pass filter switch which rolls off frequencies starting around 200
Hertz as you move around the microphone he will find nothing else on this thing but
on the bottom you will find the XLR port and for comparison sake here is a quick look at the beta
87 a capsule versus the SB 78 a capsule then as far as the specs this microphone has a cardioid
polar pattern a frequency response of 50 Hertz to 16 kilohertz a sensitivity of around negative
48 DB a max SPL of 136 dB an impedance of 200 ohms and a phantom power requirement of plus
48 volts now let's see how the inbuilt high pass filter sounds so right now I am three inches off
of the microphone and the high-pass filter is not engaged and here is how the microphone sounds and
now I have turned on the high-pass filter I am at the exact same distance with the exact same
gain setting and here is how the audio compares for spoken word now I am spinning around the SBC
seventy-eight a - 90 degrees to show you the off access rejection and coloration continue around
the microphone to 180 degrees show you what it sounds like from the rear continuing around the
microphone to 90 or 270 degrees and rotating and ending at the front of the microphone because
this is a handheld microphone I will pass it back and forth between my hands to see how it
does it rejecting handling noise now let's see how this microphone does at rejecting plosives
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on top of the microphone to show you the proximity effect three inches off of the microphone with it
pointed at the corner of my mouth one foot away from the SB 78a two feet away from the microphone
now I am typing on a keyboard with cherry MX blues to see how much of
my voice versus how much of the keyboard it picks up and for you leet gamers now I
am typing on the sad W keys here's how the microphone sounds in a well treated
room and here is how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room
now here is a new test that I received a request for and that would be hearing the microphone
while somebody cups it because some people are complete idiots and they cup the microphone so
here is the tone of the microphone with my hand completely encompassing the grille of
the mic next I want to do a very quick spoken word comparison between a bunch of different
handheld condenser microphones so right now on the three inches off of the SB 78 a high pass
filter turned off gained it two o'clock and here is how the microphone sounds now I have switched
over to the audio technica at2020 inches off of the microphone gain it to a clock check
the doobly-doo to see how much I boosted it and here is how this microphone sounds and compared
person to the behringer ripoff I don't know which ones which back on the behringer so you
can hear how this microphone sounds without the high pass filter engaged Before we jump
to whatever the next microphone we're comparing it to is now I have switched over to the rode em
two stage condenser microphone three inches off of it with the gain at two o'clock make sure to
check the doobly-doo to see how much I boosted it but this is how the road stage condenser
microphone sounds compared to the behringer and surprise surprise we are back on the behringer
SB 78 a finally got the model number right so you can hear how this microphone sounds
Before we jump to the beta 87a now I am three inches off of the shure beta 87 a gain at two
o'clock and I believe this is the microphone that the behringer is trying to rip off and
make sure to check the lower third because I am fairly certain that every single one of
these microphones will have to be boosted slightly differently in post to level match them as close
as I can get them but this is how the beta 87a sounds in comparison to these other microphones
it's been raining so much it's so dark and damp so all I can say is that I love
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pathetic to be completely Frank with you I really want to hate these budget behringer microphones
I really want to but I don't and first up in terms of pros of the price it's a $45 pretty
good sounding stage condenser microphone that is even usable in this studio in a pinch it
sounds way better than it has any right to sound additionally the handling noise rejection on this
thing was excellent and although it still does pick up plosives the plosives don't have this
huge low-end Rumble to them and then in terms of cons the attenuation of the signal around 90
to a hundred and eighty degrees isn't as great as I would like it to be which leads me to think you
may run into issues with feedback from your PA because it still does have quite a bit of pickup
around the rear of the mic and that's really my only big con with this microphone I would like to
see a little bit of white paint added to the high pass filter switch to make it more clear whether
or not you have that engaged but other than that for $45 I really can't complain about much so as
far as my overall thoughts of this microphone I was pleasantly surprised on the electric guitar
I really liked the rhythm guitar sound because it did have that punchy mid section and really
aggressive top-end but the lower frequency seemed to be pretty attenuated so it didn't get muddy or
boo me and the lead guitar didn't get overly piercing even when I was above the 12th fret
on the high E string so on the electric guitar I was really impressed then on the acoustic guitar
I found it very usable although it does have a little bit of attenuation below 100 Hertz it still
has a relatively full body the upper frequencies are still there but they aren't overpowering and
they don't create this resonant chime sound to it and the mids are very unoffensive so on the
acoustic guitar I think it's very you possible next up for singing I found the tone to be very
detailed but once I stacked multiple vocal takes on top of each other the higher frequency started
to get a little bit overpowering it started to sound a little bit tinny and a little bit too
top-heavy for my liking and lastly for spoken word I do think it is on the verge of being a
little bit too thin especially when you compare it to some of the other microphones like the m2
and the beta 87a but given the $45 price tag I really don't hate it for spoken word I think
it's perfectly usable on that application so what I recommend the behringer SB 78 a yes for $45 I
think it sounds surprisingly good and probably better than it has any right to be so if you're
looking to play around with that condenser sound in your studio for a podcast or your YouTube
video or maybe you want a live stage condenser microphone I think this is a really interesting
option because $45 is low enough that even if you end up not liking it it's not gonna break
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