TELEFUNKENM81 | Universal Dynamic Cardioid Microphone

Fantastic. Going to be using it live soon so we'll see how that goes. I have high expectations.

I am a sound engineer. I was looking for a different sound for voices, after all is usually the most important thing on music, I wanted a microphone that would help me with the usual problems: more me on the monitor, more me on the mix, singers than don't know how to proper position the microphone (to far, to close, off axis, hand over the capsule area, etc), reduction in feedback and specially a harsh sounding singer. There are tools that help you to solve this problems at the mix stage but I wanted a different approach: to solve this issues at the source.I did choose the Telefunken m81 based on the specs since there where not many reviews of it. The microphone delivered on all the areas I wanted to solve and now the sound of the voice is fantastic, cuts easy over a congested mix, no feedback, not muddy at all just clear and loud voices. It is a transparent musical microphone, doesn't add a character of its own, it just make the source to sound naturally and louder, that as an engineer, is what I was looking for. I did liked so much that ordered the wireless capsule version and used it with a Shure digital wireless system so I could keep all the benefits of the wired version. As an added bonus, I tried on guitar amps with stellar results, I am not risking it as a snare mic yet since is so good on vocals to mess it up with an out of control drummer.The price of this mic is good, is more than the usual price for a vocal mic but the sound of it is the sound of the high end mics that are in another league. I am looking to get the m80 so I can experiment with "a little bit more of highs" Telefunken is talking about.

Excelente micrófono

Compared this dynamic mike with several more expensive small condensers and ended up buying this one. It was a real A/B test, multiple tracks over the same background track, no EQ, fair comparison.M81 sounds as good as those $700 mics. Very nice and clear lower range, the difference I can hear. The only mic that I liked just a tiny bit more is KMS 105.The singers without deep low range or those who demand edgier sound (boosted high-mid range) will probably prefer Shure or Sehn $700 mics.