hey everybody welcome back to podcast is my name is Bandra and I am back with another installment
of the vs. series for you guys today we're putting these two mites against each other
the XL Van BM 800 and the knee were NW 800 when it comes to build quality they're both relatively
similar there's no huge weight discrepancy the only thing that I can tell is the NW 800 has a
matte finish and it has a much finer grille than the BM 800 but other than that I don't
think there's much difference so let's go ahead and just get right into the test I also need to
know I am connecting both these microphones using the behringer um to to provide a full 48 volts of
phantom power to them and I am leaving the game in every single setting the exact same as I
switch in between them to provide the most fair and most equal comparison that I can right now
I'm speaking into the XL Van BM 800 which will set you back about $28 the frequency response
is listed as 20 Hertz to 20 kilohertz and the polar pattern is a cardioid polar pattern now
I am speaking into the nywhere NW 700 will set you back one dollar less it costs 27 bucks the
frequency response on this one is marketed from 20 Hertz to only 16 kilohertz and this also has
a cardioid polar pattern this is the BM 800 and I am spinning the mic around to determine what the
polar pattern really is and how it sounds as you move around the microphone this is the NW 700 and
I am spinning around the microphone to determine what the polar pattern is and how it sounds as we
move around the microphone okay now I am talking on the BM 800 as I bang on a keyboard to see how
much of my voice versus how much of the keyboard behind it it picks up now I'm speaking into the
NW 700 banging on a keyboard to see how much of my voice versus how much of the keyboard behind
it it picks up right now I am one foot away from the BM 800 now I am about two feet away from the
BM 800 now I am about four feet away from the BM 800 now I am one foot away from the NW 800 now I
am about two feet away from the NW 800 now I am about four feet away from the knee where NW 800
I don't like singing these songs
because I know I'm not good I don't like singing these songs because I know I'm not good
all right drumroll please and the winner of this verses series this one was much more difficult
than the last one the knee were NW 800 and let me explain so honestly the sound between the NW
800 and the BM 800 were incredibly similar even with the big discrepancy or difference
in their frequency response but when playing the acoustic guitar I just thought the knee where NW
800 provided a much cleaner and a just an easier to deal with sound that would fit inside of an
actual full mix much better than the BM 800 I think that's probably because the NW 800 has a
tighter low-end and that just means that the low end does not sound as boomy and as out of control
and that was really apparent in the acoustic guitar as well as the electric guitar when I was
palm-muting on the BM 800 it just sounded muddy couldn't really tell what was going on but with
the NW 800 it was much cleaner sounding so yeah I mean that's my decision if you do disagree and
you want that big boomy bass the BM 800 is still a great sounding microphone this one was incredibly
difficult to decide which one I liked better so just go ahead and pick whichever one you like if
you like the cleaner sound or if you want the booming low-end alright guys well I guess that
will do it if you found the video fun interesting or helpful go ahead and give me a thumbs up if you
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