greetings earthlings today i'm back with a review of a russian-made
condenser microphone the microphone that we're looking at is the sciuse su0023 bomblet see eh
eh i got it right i pronounced her right i too can be a man of culture if you are interested
in this microphone it will cost you around twelve hundred dollars like always i'll throw
some links down below and for this review i have the microphone connected directly to the focusrite
18i 20 second gen my gain is set at around 2 o'clock 48 volts on and i will not do
any kind of post processing but i may have to boost it in post so check the dooblydoo
to see what i didly did and now of course we will talk about what comes in the box
first off everything comes in a really nice wooden storage box you will of course get the microphone
a microphone clip but no 5 8 to 3 8 inch microphone stand adapter a 20 decibel pad
which i will demonstrate how you install shortly some documentation and a sticker
then as far as the build quality this microphone feels absolutely incredible it is a chunky boy
and i absolutely love it it has an all metal body as well as a metal mesh grill
and the capsule is on this stem so i would be careful not to drop it it weighs in at around
510 grams like i said chunky boy damn boy he thick and as you move around the microphone there are no
buttons or switches or dials it is very bare bones and this microphone is made in russia
then if you want to add the 20 decibel pad to the microphone you will unscrew the capsule like such
then you will screw on the 20 decibel pad in its place and then screw the capsule
into the 20 decibel pad and on mine i should note that when you use the pad
the capsule then faces the side so you will need to rotate the microphone on the stand a little bit
to make sure you're singing into or recording the front of the microphone next as far as the specs
this microphone has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 30 hertz to 18 kilohertz
a sensitivity of approximately negative 32 db an impedance of 190 ohms a max spl of 140 db an ein
of 18 dba and a phantom power requirement of plus 48 volts now i am spinning around the sciuse 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 capsule sounds like continuing around the microphone to
the second 90 degree angle and then we will rotate and end at the front of the microphone
next we'll go ahead and test the plosive rejection of this microphone please bring
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i am right on top of the microphone to demonstrate the proximity effect on this thing
about three inches off of the microphone with it pointed at the corner of my mouth and here
is how the audio sounds about one foot away from the microphone two feet away from the microphone
and about four feet away from the microphone now i am typing on a keyboard with gatoron
blue switches to see how much of my voice verse how much of the keyboard it picks up
and for you elite w gamers now i am typing on the sad boy gamer keys
here is how the microphone sounds in a well-treated room
and here is how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room
now i am tapping on my desk to see how well the provided mount does are
rejecting that kind of noise and now i am tapping on the boom arm
and now i will go ahead and tap the microphone's
body to see if there are any kind of resonant frequencies
now i want to do a very quick comparison between the 0 23 and a couple of other
condenser microphones so we can get an idea of how this microphone stacks up
against the competition of course we will start on the sciuse su-023 i am six inches away from
this microphone my gain is set at around two o'clock and here is how the audio sounds
the first mic we're comparing it against is the audio technica at2020 this is a 100
condenser microphone i am six inches off gain is still set at two o'clock check the lower third and
here is how this microphone sounds compared to the sciuse we are back on the sciuse microphone same
distance same gain setting make sure to check the lower third to see how much i boost each of these
microphones in post let's jump to the next one now i am speaking into the neat king b again i am six
inches off gain it two o'clock this microphone goes for around 130 dollars now and here's how
a very affordable microphone sounds like compared to the su-023 bomblet let's jump back to that mic
hey we're back on the sciuse microphone for a third time let's go ahead and let your ears get
acclimated to the sound of this microphone before we jump to another one and let you hear that now
we are on one of my all-time favorite microphones the rode nt1 this is a 270 or 230 dollar condenser
mic depending on the package you get i am six inches off of this thing gain set at two o'clock
and here is how this microphone sounds like compared to the bomblet i'm not sure if saiuz
and octava are the only two microphone companies in russia let me know in the comments down below
but we are back on the sciuse microphone and let us jump to another one and compare it to that
next we are on the shure ksm 32 which is a 500 condenser microphone no pads no filters engaged
six inches off of this thing gain set at two o'clock and here is how this microphone
sounds like compared to the the one that we're reviewing it's how it sounds compared to that one
back on the sciuse microphone i can see my double chins reflected in the microphone very cool but
here is how this microphone sounds six inches away gain it two o'clock let's jump to another one now
we are on the austrian audio oc-818 which is a one thousand dollar multi-pattern condenser microphone
another one of my all-time favorites i am six inches off of this thing on the cardioid polar
pattern gain set at two o'clock check the lower third because i will have to boost this one quite
a bit more than the others and hear us how it sounds compared to the sciuse just so you
can hear this microphone again before we jump to another one this is the sciuse microphone
let us jump to another one and compare it to that now i am on the neumann tlm-103 i am six inches
off of this microphone gain it two o'clock this is an eleven hundred dollar microphone and here
is how this mic compares to the bomblet the su-023 which is one hundred dollars
more expensive i think this is the last time that we are jumping to the sciuse microphone
before we jump to one more microphone and let you hear this mic compared to that microphone
and lastly i am on the neumann u87ai which is a 32 to 3600 dollar condenser microphone
i am six inches off of this thing on the cardioid mode no pads no filters engaged
gain is set at two o'clock and here is how this mic sounds compared to the sciuse let me know in
the comments down below which of these microphones you like the best did you like the sciuse did you
like the nt-1 the king b the tlm-103 u87ai any of them let me know in the comments down below
so
right now i'm out of ideas again i've got nothing to sing about my friends
won't anybody help a poor idiot like me i need something that's easy i can sing
today let me know in the comments down below if you can guess what song that chord progression is
from it's a oh easter egg let me let me know down below all right i think that this is a really fun
and somewhat vintagey sounding microphone that is just really easy to listen to and first up
in terms of pros the tone of the microphone is very natural and smooth nothing is over boosted
sounding or harsh nothing sounds as though it is missing and overly cut ultimately it is a very
pleasing microphone to listen to and the build quality is outstanding it feels like an absolute
tank and then in terms of cons the microphone doesn't seem to offer much in terms of protection
from plosives so you will need to grab a pop filter and it doesn't do the best job at rejecting
any kind of bumps of the desk or the microphone stand now what are my overall thoughts and
opinions of this microphone on the electric guitar i thought the low end was surprisingly controlled
the mids were nice and punchy and present and the top end was still there it had all
that information but at no point did it sound overboosted harsh or unpleasant ultimately a
very nice sound if you want a little bit more of a vintagey soft kind of electric guitar
sound then on the acoustic guitar it is not the most crisp sounding microphone that i have heard
it still does have plenty of top end but it doesn't get over boosted or overpowering it
maintains a smooth and pleasing upper frequency range the mids i don't know how else to describe
them other than a little bit gooey i don't know how else to describe it i really enjoyed the mids
on the acoustic guitar and the low end was unobtrusive it's there but it's not overpowering
it's there but it's not muddy or loose really nice tone for the acoustic guitar and then for singing
i found the mic to offer a rich low end especially if you hit a low note the mids are a little bit
more forward than a modern sounding microphone and the top end is articulate but smooth
and airy at the exact same time really unique and very pleasing sound for singing and lastly
for spoken word i don't think the microphone is overly detailed but it is still very clear and
it doesn't sound over boosted or sibilant the low end tends to have a nice amount of weight
to it especially if you engage that proximity effect and the mid frequencies are still present
but they don't come across as nasally or congested and to wrap up would i recommend the sciuse su-023
bomblet microphone yes i would especially if you're looking for a microphone that is a little
bit more vintagey sounding if you're looking for a spoken word microphone in a treated room
because it doesn't do the best with background noise rejection and you want a microphone that
is a little bit more soft sounding where nothing is too offensive it doesn't become fatiguing it
has a bit of weight to it i think it would work really well in that situation or if you're looking
for a microphone to record some music with and you want to tame some of those higher frequencies
without the recording sounding dull or dead or like you rolled off all of those upper frequencies
this mic maintains all of those frequencies but it captures them in a very smooth and pleasing
way so i imagine it would work really well for some brighter instruments all right i think
that's gonna wrap up for today but i want to hear from you in the comments down below which of the
microphones that i compared the sciuse against did you like the best the road the neat the neumann
the neumann the sure any of them let me know in the comments down below also if you found
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