This Beats a $36K Neumann U47..
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Published 2022-06-06
Sound demo comparing the sound of the new Stam SA-47 mkii clone microphone to an original Neumann U47 I rented from Blackbird Studio in Nashville, TN. Subscribe for more great music and occasional audio gear tests.
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All Comments (21)
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The U47 has like a natural Multiband compression to it. Just sounds like a record so sweet. Stam sounds great though, Im not spending 36k on a mic thats for sure haha. Thanks so much for renting this and putting it up for the public!
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SA-47 MK2 BLEW my mind. Thanks for the shootout! Amazing singing btw !
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David-Thanks for doing this! This is the best mic shootout I’ve heard. Great piece of songwriting, man. Awesome performance of it. I got the STAM sa-47, & just cut female lead vocals w it for 2 days as my first sessions w it. Imagine how thrilling for me that your 2 mics would be indistinguishable in a rock band mix.
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i really appreciate you for doing this
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so cool. the u47 seems to sit better on the mix.. stam is more in your face. both are cool. thanks for sharing!
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Mr.DiMuzio that's an awesome piece of equipment.Amazing voice and you look's great 👍.
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The u47 has more butter on the top with a bigger weight on the low mids and bottom. The Stam still sounds fantastic though.
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I like your vocal texture ❤
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You can hear the full range from that mic, highs and lows and mids in your vocal tones. A sound you would get from an old tube amplifier which are also worth thousands
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I like the Stam. Is sounds great period
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They're close. I checked with my eyes closed and I could still mostly tell them apart, but not always. Often if the phrasing had a certain breathiness or sibilance it would reveal some unevenness/resonances in the upper mids on the Stam. Also sometimes the fullness in the bottom drops by a tad or its covered by a more scratchy timbre. The Neumann sounds very full and even, good intelligibility without sounding sibilant, but it might also have been a tad louder, which of course misleads.
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U47 has slight more presence in the upper mids but less in the lows. I prefered the Neumann but there is no argument to spend more than 35k because of that little difference. Same style and vibe. I would even bet that a different U47 next to the one u tested would sound like the other. Definitely a best buy.
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amazing btw with ur nice voice 👍great Sir🤩🙏
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The highs were slightly nicer on the u47 when really listening. But they are virtually the same. Could might as well be the positioning of the mics. Amazing!!
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The U47 has far more weight and "3D"-ness to my ears.
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Hi David. Beautiful singing. Do you know if your Stam has an M7 or k47 capsule? Thanks. Very helpful demo.
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I really can't tell the difference. I just got the STAM SA47 and love it.
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nice voice!
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I could tell right away . The hollow sound of the U47 Neumann suits your voice perfectly.
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I find the biggest difference lies in the "s" and "t" sounds. On the U47 I didn't feel that the vocal would need an de-esser whereas with the Stam a little bit of de-essing would be necessary. That is probably also due to decades of dust, smoke and dirt that the membrane of the vintage mic has collected, and therefore making it more heavy and slowing down the transient response. I bet if you leave the Stam for some some years in a smokers room it will sound more closely to the original.
