greetings earthlings today i'm back with a review of another relatively affordable
condenser microphone that microphone being the avantone ck6 classic and if you are interested
in this microphone it will cost you around 170 like always i will throw some links in
the description down below and for this review i have the microphone running directly into
the focusrite 18i 22nd gen recording 24 bit 48 kilohertz my gain is set at around 12 30 and 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 didily did and now let's talk about what comes in the box
that didn't sound good
first off you'll get a storage pouch for the microphone you'll of course get the microphone
you'll also get a shock mount which does come with a 5 8 to 3 8 inch microphone stand adapter
a couple of additional elastic bands in case you lose one or one breaks on your shock mount
and it does say it comes with documentation but i didn't get any so no documentation
then as far as the build quality it does feel pretty solid it has an all metal body as well
as a metal mesh grille but the grille doesn't feel too sturdy it has a bit of give to it on the front
of the microphone you do have two switches a high pass filter and a negative 10 decibel pad
as we move around the microphone there is nothing else if you are curious here is what the pcb
looks like it does look pretty good compared to some of the more affordable microphones
and i just wanted to include this because i was curious about what it looked like as well there
you go and lastly if it does matter to you this microphone is made in china then as far as the
specs this microphone has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 35 hertz to 20 kilohertz
a sensitivity which is unlisted a self noise of 17 db i'm assuming that is a weighted a
max spl of 136 db an impedance of 200 ohms and a phantom power requirement of plus 48 volts
now i'm spinning around the ck6 to 90 degrees see you can hear the off axis rejection and
coloration we'll continue around the microphone to 180 degrees here's what the rear sounds like
continuing around the microphone to the second 90 degree angle there we go
and then rotating and ending at the front of the mic now let's see how well the microphone does
at rejecting plosives please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto please provide pizza
pronto it should have been provided this entire time shouldn't should should it not have been
tell me in the comments now i am right on top of the microphone to demonstrate the proximity effect
on this thing now i'm about three inches away from the microphone with it pointed at the corner of my
mouth and here is how it's sounding about one foot away from the microphone about two feet away from
the microphone and about four feet away from the off on tone ck sick now i am 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 the gaming god demands it so i will make the sacrifice and bow
down and type on the sad w keys and here's how much of that picks up against my voice
what here is how the microphone sounds in a well-treated room
and here is how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room
next to see how well the provided shock mount works i'll go ahead and tap on my
desk to see how much of that noise it can reject and then i will tap on the boom arm
and now just to be thorough and a little bit annoying i will go ahead and tap on the
body of the microphone to see if there are any kind of resonant frequencies
i'd say yeah there are resonant free it's a bell
that's bad engaging one of the switches seems like you're actually hitting a bell listen to this
that's just crazy and again i am right on top of the microphone to really accentuate the proximity
effect i do not currently have the high pass filter engaged and here is how the microphone
sounds and now i have switched on the 80hz high pass filter and here is how it's sounding you
should hear a decrease in the low end it doesn't sound as though it's affecting my voice too much
in my headphones but there you go just a very quick spoken word test with the high pass filter
engaged next in order to get a bit of context for this microphone we're going to do a quick spoken
word comparison between the ck6 and a bunch of other microphones that are available so we can
see how it stacks up against the competition like always we'll start on the mic we're reviewing this
is the ck6 i am six inches away my gain is at one o'clock and here's how it sounds first up we are
on the neewer nw 700 this is around 20 dollars i am six inches away gain still at one o'clock
check the lower third to see how much i boost this and post and let's do some more comparisons
back again for a very quick palette cleanser on the avon tone ck6 nothing has changed and let's
jump to the next one now we are on the neat worker b this is a 90 cardioid only condenser microphone
six inches off gain at one o'clock and hear us how it sounds let's jump back
to the whatever mic we're reviewing my brain just went blank and do more things
back again on the avon tone ck6 what a surprise nothing has changed let's go to another microphone
and hear how it sounds next we are on the mxl v67g this is a 100 cardioid only condenser microphone
six inches off gain at one o'clock check the lower third to see how much i boosted it
and let's jump back to the ck6 and do more tests avon tone ck6 again just so you can
hear how this microphone sounds directly compared to this next microphone right now
now we are on one of the most popular microphones out there this is the audio technica at2020
six inches off gain at one o'clock this costs one hundred dollars and here's how it sounds at 2020
versus avon tone ck sick it's over there let's do more comparisons now fifth time's a charm i
think that's how the saying goes that's not how it goes at all avon tone ck6 let's go to the next one
now we are on the blue ember this is blue's 100 xlr cardioid only condenser microphone offering
6 inches off gain and one o'clock here is how it sounds check the lower third to see how much
i boosted it and let's jump back to the avon tone all right ck6 again nothing has changed
six inches one o'clock on the gain dial there you go now i am on the akg p120 cardioid only
condenser microphone six inches off gain at one o'clock and this goes for about 105 dollars no
high pass filter notepad engaged and there you go let's go to the next one i bet you wouldn't have
thunk it but we are on the avon tone ck6 again listen to it get a feel for the sound profile
and let's jump to the next one next we are on the luit lct 440 pure or pro i can never remember this
is a cardioid only condenser microphone it costs 270 dollars six inches off gain at one o'clock
check the lower third to see how much i boosted it and let's jump to another microphone
so you can hear how it compares to that or something ck6 again i think this is the eighth
time listen to it get a feel for the sound nothing has changed no filters no gain changes six inches
one o'clock next one now we are on the rode nt1 this is another cardioid only condenser microphone
six inches off gain at one o'clock this costs 270 dollars and here's how it sounds get a good feel
for it it is a pretty neutral sound let's jump back to the ck6 and do a couple more comparisons
we are getting near the end this is the avon tone ck6 listen to it and let's jump to another
microphone next we are on the lauten audio la220 it has been a while since i pulled this out this
is a three hundred dollar cardioid only condenser microphone six inches off gain at one o'clock none
of the filters are engaged and here is how this sounds compared to the avon tone pro ck6 classic
i had to look to see what it was called because i keep forgetting let's jump back
to that microphone that i just listed and do some more i think we have one more after
this but this is the avon tone ck6 170 dollars here's how it sounds let's jump to another one
next we're making quite a big jump in price because this one costs twelve hundred dollars
this is the sciuse su-023 bomlet i think i got that right cardioid only condenser microphone
here is how this sounds compared to the 170 dollar avantone ck6 made in russia made in china
there you go cyuse let's go to the next one and i believe this is the last one that we are doing i
think you all know what it's going to be this is the ck6 6 inches away 1 o'clock on the gain dial
let's jump to the last microphone well hello there i think you all knew what was going to
happen we are on the neumann u87ai this is a multi-pattern xlr condenser microphone
cardioid mode notepad no filter engaged six inches off gain at 11 o'clock and this is 3600
so it is just over 18 times as expensive as the avon tone does it sound 18 times better you tell
me regardless here is how this sounds compared to the avon tone and that is it for the comparisons
let me know which of these microphones you liked the best out of all of them did you
like the avon tone or do you think something that was cheaper beat it out or do you think the u87
ai beat it out let me know in the comments down below and let's jump to the music test
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all have to fund them so we can find out what's gone wrong
i think you all know what i'm talking about but out of fear of being demonetized i will say
nothing more so let's go to the outro and ignore the darkness that i have just sung about let's do
that okay conclusion time all right i think this is a great sounding microphone for the price but
it has a single huge hunchback or drawback sorry huge drawback that is keeping me from giving it a
ringing endorsement why am i making puns that's not who i am stop it but first up in terms of
pros i found the off axis coloration to be pretty pleasing and the high pass filter was very usable
and enjoyable typically i find on built high pass filters to be too aggressive this one seemed to do
its job really well without affecting the tone of my voice too much and then as far as cons i think
you all know what it's going to be this microphone has to be one of the if not the most resonant mics
that i have ever come across so much so that it sounds like a bell and that's why i made that
hunchback of notre dame reference thing hunchback ringing bells and ringing endorses you get
the joke it's that's just unacceptable that is unacceptable on a microphone then as far as my
overall thoughts and opinions on this microphone on the electric guitar i rather liked it the lows
weren't overpowering they weren't muddy and if you do find them a bit much you can throw on the high
pass filter and get a very gradual and pleasing high pass out of that to clean it up a little bit
more then you get a much more mid forward sound than a lot of condenser mics at this price range
i really do like the low mids they're very gooey here may not be everybody's cup of tea but i like
it and then the top end it's not the most dominant but it is still there and it doesn't get piercing
but it also doesn't sound too dull i really enjoyed overall the tone of this on the electric
guitar then on the acoustic guitar the mic still has a really nice body to it but i wouldn't call
it heavy or weighty because it doesn't seem like it's in the bass frequencies it seems as though
that body is coming from the low mids and then you get overall a much more mid forward sound still
and then the top end was quite surprising to me because you do get some really nice articulation a
lot of information on the strings but at no point does it become piercing or sharp to listen to next
up for singing you are definitely not getting a modern sound out of this microphone in my opinion
meaning it's not going to be v-shaped you're not getting a lot of lows and a lot of highs
you're getting more mids and on that note you get this really lovely warm and gooey low mid section
which i am a big fan of and then in the top end you do get some really nice clarity and detail
but you also have this really nice airy sheen to it not charlie sheen but airy sheen this
just on the top end which does make it sound more hi-fi than something from the 1920s i don't know
why i'm pulling that decade arbitrarily really nice sound for singing is what i'm trying to say
and lastly for spoken word what more can i say about this without sounding redundant
probably nothing the low end is still there but i wouldn't classify it as bassy it's not that
heft and weight and depth to it it is more of a gooey low midsection
which i am a big fan of and then when we listen to the top end of this microphone
that information is still there it's still detail it has clarity it has all that information
but by no stretch of the imagination would i classify the upper end of this microphone as
dominant especially compared to microphones that are similarly priced the top end on this thing is
recessed in comparison and the mid section is the real star of the show here and to wrap up would
i recommend the avantone ck6 classic it's a big old maybe from me the first thing i want to say
is i really enjoy the tone of this thing it offers something different from the competition more
mid-forward as opposed to modern and i think it's incredibly workable on every application
i tried it on but the reason that i'm holding back and why i'm hesitant about this microphone
is the resonance of this thing if you're looking for a microphone to use in a situation
where you might touch the microphone or tap on the cable i don't think i can recommend it because
that is terrible that will absolutely ruin a recording and i think it's pretty unacceptable
for a microphone to have that kind of tone that kind of resonance that kind of ringing but on
the other hand if you're looking for an affordable microphone and you are guaranteed that you won't
touch it you won't touch the cable and you won't even glance at it then i think this is a really
interesting offering because i do really enjoy the tone and as i mentioned i think it offers
something quite different from the competition at this price point all right i think that's going
to wrap up for today but i would love to hear from you what did you think of the ck6 classic
do you think that resonance is a deal breaker and if not why also which of the microphones was your
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