hey everybody welcome back to podcast egde my name is Bandar and I'm back with another edition
of the vs. series so today I am answering one of the most frequently asked questions that I
get in the comment section and it is which one is best the BM 700 BM 800 or BM 8000 and today we're
gonna find out so as far as build quality they all feel like they're made of the same materials
they all seem to have the exact same body the only difference between them seems to be the
microphone capsule or the grille on top so as you can see the BM 700 has a small grille the BM 800
is slightly larger and the BM 8,000 is just really strange-looking so for this test I'm plugging all
these microphones into the behringer um - which is providing 48 volts of phantom power and I am
leaving the gain the exact same across every single microphone that way we get a very equal
and fair comparison of the microphones now let's go in and get into the tests okay so the BM 700
will set you back about twenty nine dollars it has a cardioid polar pattern and the frequency
response is listed as 20 Hertz to 20 kilohertz now the BM 800 will set you back 27 dollars this
microphone also has a cardioid polar pattern and just like the last one this has a frequency
response listed of 20 Hertz to 20 kilohertz now the BM 8000 at the time of making this video will
only set you back 26 dollars so it is actually the cheapest it also has a cardioid polar pattern
and the frequency response is also 20 Hertz to 20 kilohertz now I am speaking into the BM 700 to see
how it performs as we move around the microphone when we're speaking into the back more speaking
into the top and when we're speaking just all the way around it now I'm speaking into the BM
800 spinning it around to see what it sounds like from the back from the top as we move around it
in all different directions what's the frequency response like now I'm speaking into the BM 8,000
spinning it around to see how it sounds in the back into the top oh just all the way around it
what's the frequency response as we move around the microphone now we're back in front now I'm
speaking into the BM 700 about one foot away now I'm speaking into the BM 800 about one foot away
from the microphone now I am speaking into the BM 8000 one foot away from the microphone okay
talking into the BM 700 two feet away from the microphone speaking into the BM 800 about two
feet away from the microphone now speaking into the BM 8,000 two feet away from the microphone
okay speaking into the BM 700 four feet away from the microphone speaking into the BM 800
about four feet away from the microphone speaking into the BM 8,000 four feet away from the frickin
microphone okay now I am speaking into the BM 700 banging on the microphone directly behind
it to see how much of my voice versus how much of the keyboard it picks up now I'm speaking into the
BM 800 banging on a keyboard directly behind it to see how much of my voice force how much of the
keyboard it picks up now I am speaking into the BM 8,000 banging on a keyboard directly behind
the microphone to see how much of my voice first how much of the keyboard it picks up
I've got the Dungeon Master's guide I've got a 12-sided die I've got Kitty Pryde and I crawl
the two waiting there for me as I do I do in the garage I feel safe no one cares about my ways in
the garage where I belong no one hears me sing this song and the winner of this vs. series is
the excel van BM 8000 and let me explain first off this one was incredibly difficult because
every single microphone was so similar when we tested out the polar pattern they all had the
same characteristics when we did the distance test they had the same pickup in each different
range the background noise from the keyboard was relatively similar across every single microphone
so we couldn't decide based on that now when we look at the frequency response on paper all the
frequency responses are the same but there are minor differences in the tone of each microphone
when we tested the acoustic I thought the BM 8000 sounded best when we tested the electric
I thought the BM 8000 sounded best and lastly on the voice I was very difficult on the voice but
I went with a BM 8000 now the reason I leave the gain on the behringer um - the same for
every single microphone is to test the output volume of each microphone now the BM 8000 and
the BM 800 were pretty much the exact same the BM 700 was slightly louder and that led to some
overdrive or clipping on the electric guitar as well as the voice so yeah of these microphones
I would honestly go with the BM 8000 the cheapest version right now alright guys well I guess that
will do it if you do have any more questions leave them in the comments and I'll try to get
back to you as soon as I can if you found the video fun interesting or helpful go ahead and
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description down below I think that's it so I will see you all later thanks for watching bye
in the garage oh god it was terrible