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Originally Posted by KevWind
...19 votes B which is the Neumann 87Ai. Which I thought was interesting.
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From what I've read over the years, the 87Ai is one of those love it or hate it mics. A friend of mine has one and he rarely ever uses it because he has less expensive 87 clones that he feels do a better job. He told me recently he's saving up some ducats to purchase a mod kit for the 87Ai to turn it into some kind of 67ish mic.
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Originally Posted by alohachris
Thanks for sharing the mic. But....a Chilean U-87 clone? Really? How close can that really be to an original U87. Doesn't the under $1k price just scream, "B-S?" Without even hearing it?
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We talked about this in a different thread. No one should be under the illusion that any clone will really sound just like the original. They're all mics with their own sound and in the end we're all going to assess value differently: cheaper mics that make it harder to dial in a good sound vs. expensive mics that get you much closer to where you want to be without a lot of work.