How I found the best Neumann U87 Clone for $300 

I like it that you don't sugar coat and PG grade your script! subscribed

I modded a Behringer B1 without buying a kit. Still waiting to buy an original one so I can make a video comparison.

Great vid .. finally a new one

Very cool ❤

Cant wait to hear the comparison with the u87. Definitely would buy this microphone if it sounds great.

Studio Projects Audio is swedish brand from a town called Alingsås outside Gothenburg.

I picked a SP C1 up for £50 about five years ago, with the intention of doing the Mic Parts mod (except I had some NOS Wima TFF Gold to stick in). I opened it up and the mod had already been done, just a case of swapping out the caps). Bargain! Great mic, that I've recorded many vocal/acoustic guitar takes on.

I did do this Upgrade and its a very very Clean Mic..

Yes there are many clones, i’ve tried the 3U Audio MK1D and it’s multi pattern under $600Au . It’s reminiscent & unique of the 87.

I did the Studio Project C1 mod and also bought the S87 kit. I like the S87 better.. (worth the price difference) ;)

I’ve done a few similar mods to the akg 100 n they turned out pretty great

Can you do a DIY video of the next mic too? I have fear to do something like this but i could follow along with a video i reckon.

I just did a build of a line level to mic level board that someone had online, and it worked great, but with this removal of parts business I fear I may end up losing my arse doing this one, so I can't risk it.

Would you recommend this microphone for livestreaming and what boom arm and shock mount would you use for it?

Nice review !! The mic doesn't sound like a U87 but it sounds good LOL.👍

It isn't a clone of a U87, though. I've had this mic for 10+ years, and the mod indeed helps to mimic the U87's on-axis frequency response better. But creating a frequency chart is not "using the mic" for anything but taking a reading and printing the result. It has nothing to do with how the mic behaves in session use. A U87 is transformer-based w/ multiple pickup patterns. The circuit is something else, and everything about the case and build is different - even the grill is specific to Neumann for how it filters harmonics. Only the K67 capsule was _attempted_ to be cloned for the C1 - and they _still_ subbed a plastic backplate instead of using brass. It's nowhere near a clone; people called it such because they had little else to go on and it was a new segment opening up at the time. It's a good mic, but it is what it is.

Temu ad is crazy lol

So did this Mic come stock with the Wimas? Man, I would have just spent another 30-40 bucks, and upgraded all the components while I was at it, or at least the coupling caps at the very least.

I wrote that b4 the end... lol its the mic.. wow, its close!

Will it work with a Studio Projects B1?

the modded one is just more compressed

What mic are you talking on here. i like sound of it!

haha i love you

the link doesn't work... :(

You bashed Caleb Pike?

Uh, the boxy mid range on most RU-vid video speaking and stuff is extremely irritating to me. Lol 😅 bright and clean is great, let the mic breathe

Mic doest sound like U 87. GTZ U 87 sounds close to Naumann U 87.

Cant beat the slate vms. Catch em on sale for 500