greetings earthlings today i'm back with a review of a brand new microphone from a company that is
absolutely shameless that microphone being the behringer bx 2020 or is it bs 2020 i think it's
bs 2020 if you are interested in this microphone it will cost you around 60 like always i'll throw
some links in the description down below for this review i have the microphone running directly into
the focusrite 18i 22nd gen my gain is set at 2 o'clock i'm recording at 24 bit 48 kilohertz i
will not do any kind of post processing but i may have to boost it a little bit in post
so check the doobly-doo to see what i didly did and now let's talk about what comes in the box
of course you are going to get the microphone you will get a hard microphone mount as well as a 5 8
to 3 8 inch microphone stand adapter you'll get a zippered storage pouch and some documentation
then as far as the build quality i really don't have any complaints about it
it does have a metal body it has a metal mesh grille which does not have any give to it
there are no buttons or switches as we move around the microphone it is a very bare bones microphone
the bottom has an xlr port which is backwards but to most people that won't matter and if you care
about the manufacturing location this mic is made in china then as far as the specs of this thing
it has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz a sensitivity
of around negative 37 db a self noise of 20 dba a max spl of 144 db and an impedance of 100
ohms now i'm spinning around the bx 2020 to 90 degrees so you can hear the off-axis rejection and
coloration we'll continue around the microphone to 180 degrees here's what the rear of the mic sounds
like continuing around to the second 90 degree angle there we go and then rotating and ending
at the front of the microphone now let's see how well this microphone does at rejecting plosives
please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto now i'm right on
top of the microphone to demonstrate the proximity effect on this thing about three inches off of the
microphone and here is how it's sounding about one foot away from the microphone now we are
two feet away from the microphone and here we are about four feet away from the microphone
i need to get this area checked out this is just getting strange now i'm typing on a keyboard
with gatoron blue switches to see how much of my voice versus how much of the keyboard it picks up
and for all the super cool gaming folk out there now i'm typing on these sad w keys
here is how the microphone sounds in a well-treated room
and here's how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room
now to see how well the provided mount isolates the microphone i'll go ahead and tap
on the desk so we can see how much of that noise it picks up and then i'll tap on the boom arm
and to be as thorough as possible i'll go ahead and tap on the microphone to
see if there are any kind of resonant frequencies
and now like we always do we're going to do a quick comparison between the behringer bx
2020 and a bunch of other microphones that are available on the market so we can see how this
microphone compares against the competition like always we'll start on the mic that we're reviewing
this is the bx 2020 i am about six inches away my gain is at two o'clock and here's how it sounds
and first up we are on the neewer nw 700 a 20 xlr microphone i am six inches off i decreased my gain
to about 11 o'clock because this mic is so hot and there you go i think i clipped when i said hot
no matter let's go back to the behringer back on the bx 2020 again and here's how it sounds
make sure to check the lower third to see how much i boost each of these mics and let's jump to the
next one next we are on one of behringer's older microphones this is the c1 which is a 45 dollar
xlr condenser microphone six inches off again still at two o'clock and there you go forty 45
versus 60 and 10 years old versus a month old i don't know when the bx 2020 came out a year old
let's go with that here's another quick sample of the bx 2020 so you can hear how it sounds
let's jump to the next one now we are on the mackie em91c which is a 60 dollar
large diaphragm xlr condenser microphone six inches off my gain is at eleven o'clock i may
have turned it down a bit too much but here is how this sounds sixty dollars versus sixty dollars
which one do you prefer the sound of let's jump back to the behringer and do more tests
yep another really quick sample because i want you to be able to hear the microphone
here's the bx 2020 let's jump to the next one now we're on the neat worker b which is a 90
xlr condenser microphone i am six inches off my gain is at noon or 12 o'clock i'm having to adjust
the gain a lot in this comparison but pay that no never mind i will notate all of that in the lower
third this is the knee to work or be 12 o'clock six inches off there you go next microphone
another very quick sample who could have thunk it this is the behringer bx 2020 six inches aways
at two o'clock on the gain next microphone now we are on the mxl v67 this is a 100 xlr condenser
microphone six inches off gain at two o'clock and here is how this sounds i don't think i need to
say xlr condenser microphone every single one of these is an xlr condenser microphone oh well this
is the mxlv67 let's jump back to the behringer and do more tests i hope by now you have gotten
the picture you've seen the pattern we're back we're back on the bx 2020 here's how it sounds
check the lower third and let's do some more comparison versus series things and now we are on
the microphone that the bs 2020 appears to be hearkening back to if i can say that this
is the at2020 six inches off gain it two o'clock this is another 100 microphone and here is how
it compares against the bs 2020 let's jump back to the bs 2020 and do more comparisons all right
we're coming up on the end i think this is the bx 2020 six inches off gaining two o'clock let's go
to another microphone and then we have a few more or maybe one more i don't know next we are on the
blue ember which is another 100 microphone i am six inches off again still at two o'clock
and hear us how it sounds blue's offering versus behringer's offering which one do you prefer
let's jump back to the behringer and do a couple more comparisons bx 2020 again six inches off
nothing has changed enjoy the sound of it listen to it understand it and let's go to another
microphone now we're on the akg p120 no high pass filter no pad this costs 105 dollars i believe
and six inches off gain it two o'clock check the lower third to see how much i boost each of these
in post and there you go akg p120 versus behringer bs 2020 let's jump back and do one more comparison
and i believe this is the final mic that we're going to be comparing it against but right now
behringer bx 2020 let's jump to the last microphone i know some of you already know
what it is and finally we are on the neumann u87ai this microphone costs thirty six hundred dollars
industry standard this is for context and because i think it's funny i am on the cardioid mode no
high pass filter notepad and gain is at 11 o'clock and here is how this microphone sounds compared
against the behringer the behringer which which of these microphones did you like the best let
me know in the comments down below and let's jump to a bitter song that i wrote for the music test
it's not bad i hate you it's that i don't care what you have to say because i think you're dumb
now to be clear this isn't about anybody in particular it's more about the internet as a
whole because sorry internet but most of the time i just don't like you very much you kind of suck
conclusion time though okay i don't know if there is any other way to put this but i am getting so
sick and tired of barren jersey but first up let's talk about the pros and i guess it would be that
it's affordable it's more affordable than the audio technica at2020 and the model number is the
bx 2020 which makes me think that i'm getting the at2020 but for cheaper that's how it works right
it's affordable that's really the only pro for me and then as far as cons i think the sibilance on
this thing is a bit too dominant and piercing sounding i also thought it did a pretty poor
job with ambient noise rejection and it didn't do a stellar job with plosive rejection then as
far as my overall thoughts and opinions of this microphone on the electric guitar i do think the
lows and mids are pretty unoffensive and workable the low mids did get a little bit overpowering
but where we start to run into issues is the top end especially when you're doing lead guitar if
you get to the upper register there it can really start to get piercing and quite stabby sounding
sounded like i was getting stabbed in the ears a little bit when i got to the upper register of
the guitar so personally i wouldn't be reaching for this microphone for that application then
on the acoustic guitar i think the top end makes it sound almost too alive when i'm strumming on
the strings more aggressively it almost becomes painful hearing the pick against the strings i
really hated it for the more aggressive playing but then when i laid back a little bit and
played a little bit more subtly i do think that over exaggerated boost in the top end
and the control in the low end does lead to a pretty usable tone so if you are going to be
using the microphone exclusively for soft playing i think it might work but if you're doing more
aggressive or more dynamic playing probably not going to be something i'd be reaching for then
for singing it's the same thing again the lows and mids are perfectly fine it's not gonna win
awards but it's nothing offensive it's nothing that's going to be too difficult to work with
but then you get to the upper end and the boost there makes it sound a bit too artificial
also you have the issue with the sibilance getting a little bit stabby and piercing this
really hate how that sounds so for singing again not something i'm going to be reaching for and
lastly for spoken word i think it lacks a bit too much body because of the roll off they do in the
low end the midsection again nothing offensive nothing great but nothing terrible and then you
get the top end which is a bit artificial and the main issue i hear for spoken word is the sibilance
that will get very grating over long periods so if you are going to be doing vo probably not going to
be my first recommendation and to wrap up what i recommend the behringer bx 2020 on principle alone
no i would not recommend it and what i mean by that is i think it's so disingenuous for behringer
to name it the bx 2020 because it seems as though they are trying to trick consumers into buying the
bx 2020 when they are intending to buy the at2020 when a kid goes to their parent and says i want
the at2020 and then they go to amazon and say i don't remember what that was and then they see
the bx 2020 then they get tricked into buying it to me that's what it seems like they're trying to
accomplish and based on that i can't recommend it but even if that wasn't the case and they
named it something original i still don't think i would recommend it because in my personal opinion
i do think the mackie em91c is a better sounding microphone yes it is darker but you don't have
that painful top end to it it also has a more robust low end which you can fix and post with
a high pass filter if you don't want it with this you're not going to be able to add it back
in and being that they are the same price i would personally opt for that mackie over the behringer
but if you can save a bit more money for your purchase which is what i would recommend you do
i do think the neat worker b the mxl v67g the blue ember would all be infinitely better microphones
than this and would treat you better and last you longer as well all right i think that's going to
wrap up for today but behringer please for the love of the few things good and holy left in this
world come up with some original model numbers please stop this nonsense it's not a good joke
it's not a good meme and it seems disingenuous stop it please all right if you found this
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