BeesNeez B67-269 Review | Part 2: The Different Mic Modes 

Which setting did you prefer?

Really helpful review, thanks Josh

Appreciate your well crafted reviews. Your review helped to convince me to order a pair of these B67-269’s. Thanks!

Great review as always!

Wow this sounds great! I agree, very expensive. Beautiful vocal performance too.

Damn.... You may have just sold me on this one. The M269 setting gives you that air you want from an M269 too. Very nice!!!

Love your microphone reviews -- thorough and neutral. I know the vast majority of everyone is looking vocal, drums, guitar, but ... do you know anyone to bring in to play sax, trumpet or string bass into a mic. The trumpet is a brutal test for dynamics showing off any "edge" the mic may produce. A trumpet with a Harmon mute has brutal harmonics. And of course the deep resonance of a String bass is another challenge in itself. Thanks.

Thanks Josh! This mic is surely a beast for the intimate sounding vocals and for its top end quality sounding. To me M269 mode has more presence on everything. S2 mode sounds deeper with more proximity effect. Without any mode it sounds more balanced and smooth.

That sounded really nice. I liked the S2 version on the cheap speakers I'm on right now.

This mic sounds really fantastic, though I would expect this from Ben. He lives an hour or two's drive from me and his handiwork is extremely impressive, especially when you consider that he's a one man team and hand-makes his own capsules and transformers(!) I think of his mics as long-term investments because they are built to survive a nuke and tend to be very versatile. Judging from the audio in this video the mic has a really smooth but present top end and also a massive bottom. The midrange is super smooth and inoffensive while remaining up front, and I'm very impressed with how it handled the different frequencies when it was being hit louder. Didn't break up into disgusting harshness AT ALL. When it comes to the different modes, the S2 was pretty much identical to the standard to my ears, but something is happening with that M269 that just grabs me. It's like every frequency range just grew hair on its chest -- especially the mids -- while at the same time the top is even smoother than standard. Very cool, this might be the next mic I get from ole' mate Ben.

Greetings from Argentina Josh! Great video! Thanks for taking the time to do this! If you don´t mind asking, saw you made a video about BeesNeez U87 mic, I think it could be interesting a comparison between both as the U87 is at a nice price point also! Thanks again and I'll be waiting anxious for the RS124 and the Stam mk2 Fet47!

I absolutely love the Besneez line in general, and def want the new V2 Vernon of this one, with the "New" and "Old" switch. I do have to say, another company that makes incredible mikes by hand, at even lower price point, is Roswell Pro Audio. You should do a video comparison of the Besneez to the Roswell Mini K67x. I know it will not be a fair comparison in terms of who makes the best exact true copy of the original, but I think the Roswell is the best option for that flavor of sound at much a lower price, and still maintaining that expensive high end quality, that all the other Chinese clones just can't match, until they are modified.

Hey Josh, BU67 sounds great! Have you ever tried the Soyuz mics? That 17 series FET is one of the best mics I've ever used and also uses a similar 67 style capsule. I'd be interested in your thoughts one day on it as a comparison :)

Hey man! Thanks for putting these videos out! I am curious if you have used other BeesNeez mics other then the 67 and 87 clones? I see on their website that they have several other offerings, including a tribute series and a producer series. In particular, I've been itchy about a ELA 251 style close but the Uptons of the world are still out of budget for a home recordist like me. Thanks again!

@seawellstudios do you still have this mic? Do your thoughts remain the same? Curious if you've gotten the chance to compare against the Stam SA-67. Great content nonetheless!

what vocal chain did you use for the BU67 , if i may ask

Great review! What’s the price of this mic? I want a good vocal mic that not everybody is using for my clients this might be the one!

Hi Josh, Beesneez interesting company, would like a 67 to add at some point. I said I’d share my Dangerous Compressor experience with you. It is, of course a joy to use Dangerous know how to choose a switch, a button or a potentiometer making interaction pleasurable and satisfying. It is the 180degree opposite of the RS124, modern, clean, transparent not sterile but efficient, effective etc. It is actually a great double act, assuming once you’ve tracked with your 124, you might then only want to squeeze the audio for the mix, not colour further. The Dangerous is one of those tools that is hard to hear, yet you are continually aware of its positive contribution. Sonically, while almost absent in any real sense, it makes an instrument more present and musical, but you regularly check your judgement…are you just hearing things or does it really sound that good? On a vocal, it acts upon the aforementioned RS124 like a finish tool, tastefully buffing it up, giving not a shine but rather a subtle patina, while setting it straight in the speaker. Its real home though, is on the mix buss, it does everything my current VCA comp can, but with an elegance and depth. Which is the point I got to and realised, as much as I adore it’s beautifully engineered design, how it feels and how tasteful it is, that it would be somewhat under-utilised in my studio…I don’t need something this good! By which I mean, its much more a mastering processor that you could also use on a drum bus or vocal, rather than a mix or tracking processor you can use on the mix buss. In my assessment, purchasing the Dangerous right now for us, would seem overkill. I’m sure if it were in the studio we’d use it all the time, but there are simply more pressing pieces like utility comps and EQ that we need. The Dangerous is not necessary for anyone truthfully, unless your mastering regularly, but it is a joyful example of fine design. PS, got any recommendations for EQ other than Ironworks or API? I have RSW295s and Trident 80B in 500 both quite different, Trident pretty great on vocal but lacking mids and low end features. RS amazing mid but not as keen on lo or high end. I think you will know the kind of thing I’m likely to appreciate given recent exchanges! Passive?

Alot of Neumann Clones lack that Thick Low Mid