Neumann U47 vs Ga47 XT mkII | Best U47 clone on the market!? 

Tackar! I've been thinking of doing a Slate review/comparison. A friend has one, we'll see! / God jul!

Thanks man 😊

Cool! I know you're a great engineer so thanks for listening! Sure there are differences. The presence of the vintage Neumanns is what I like the most. How it make things so upfront without taking over. I really like the outcome of my Landslide cover made with the GA. It's definitely a great mic. Vintage always seem to have some magic to it though. Maybe it's the aging components more then anything. Cheers!

@@Christian_svedin The aging components will only increase noise floor, generally, and most of the best sounding 47s have their passive components replaced. I have three 47s, which I maintain myself, and I've worked on and rebuilt a bunch more. The biggest difference from mic to mic is always the capsule. The tubes are very consistent in frequency response. Transformers don't change sound with age. You can extend the frequency range up and down by changing some values of either the grid resistor or transformer coupling capacitor, which moves the bass frequency resonance value. But those paper and tar Bosch output caps were used in V2 rockets, and are not changing sound with age. People mistakingly think they are electrolytic, which actually would dry up and change the sound. The ceramic capsule bias capacitor might get noisy or leaky, but it's just a shunt and no audio passes through it, so it's not going to change frequency response, but changing the older ones out to polystyrene actually make the sound even better, so aging is really not a factor. The only time aging is a factor is when you have an original M7, which will dry out, lose bass response, and have exaggerated high end as it stiffens.

@@JJBlairrecording In your opinion what is the closest Vintage Neumann U47 clone on the market?

@@JJBlairrecording and would you choose a vintage U67 or vintage telefunken 47 over whichever clone you think is best?

@@PandaThiefChannel Probably the Heiserman.

Hey thanks for listening! Vintage capsule. I'll add that in the description. To each of their own, I would be perfectly happy using the Ga-47 since it's so many other variables that affect the sound. I might have a couple of other cool things coming up in the u47 vein of mics. Thanks!

My experience is that the whole rumour that every vintage mic will sound different is drastically exaggerated. I recently compared 3 vintage u47 and all sounded very close and very good all within Neumanns +-2db range. Thanks for watching and yeah the GAP is super nice. I also did a video on the upcoming M7 model 👍

Cool man! Tell me what you think when you checked them properly :)

@@Christian_svedinwhat is better to take for a home studio tlm 107 mP 11 dh vs GA 47 mP 12 or 251 16 mP?

Thanks! Nope no WA stuff on my channel. Would to try them all though 😁

Hey! Thanks for checking it out. I always link the raw unprocessed files so if you like you can download them and check those out!

@@Christian_svedin Awesome, Thank you for the response and your time putting this video together! But still sincerely wondering still what you eq'd ? Were you trying to match them to each other? Or just to get a sound you liked on your voice from each? I am not trying to give you a hard time, I just have never seen somebody do a comparison video and then Eq both pieces differently. You have me intrigued.

@@SHUTUPANDRECORD Mainly I Eq them to where they sound good to my ears. I think it's nice to hear things in a mixed context. Allot of comparisons and demos showcases raw recordings but it's hard to hear what kind of things will happen once you start to process the files. You know if that brightness will get out of hand etc. But I always give away the raw recordings on my channel so you'll always have the option to download those although chrome seem to give my links a hard time haha! Try another browser if you can't download the files. Cheers

Thanks for listening! I always provided raw files if you or anyone want to check them out :)

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They should. I've heard people had problems downloading previous episodes. Try a different browser if you can.

I'm totally with you. Personally I could use either. I think the GA is on point. Sure small differences but both will get you great results. Hope you'll get the GA, go for it! :)

Thank you I’m definitely considering it a lot thanks for posting this video keep up the good comparison videos

@@drakewatkins2624 thanks man! Yeah if you have a chance try one. I find it hard to think of a better option in the 2-4k range :)

As a singer I felt they were world’s apart.

Vintage Telefunken and vintage Neumann is the same. Telefunken was only a distribution and never made any mics. Telefunken USA that exist today is just any other cloning company

@@Christian_svedin telefunken USA diamond series is better than clone companies as you say

You can download the raw files 👍 Personally I think it's important to present microphones in a mixed context. Microphones react bit differently once they're processed.

Hey, I don't think it's that sibilant but it is open. You can always play around with the mic placement. But there might something new coming from GAP so stay tuned 😉

@@Christian_svedin wow, Do you have any information of a new product? I contacted Bo who gave me the contact of the person who sells golden age products in France, but I am waiting for an answer. The ga-47 extended version is not available in France(just the GA-47 mK2), but if you have a nice info , I am interested, even in mp if you prefer. This is a rather urgent purchase for me, in the coming weeks. so I have to wait for something better, I would be happy to know what it is ;-)

@@krislor8415 PM me on Instagram and I'll tell you more!

There is a tiny difference in the mids. The GA is a bit more mid forward (like 0.5db) and it also compress the signal a bit more. But yeah it's very small differences. I would been happy with either. I'm very happy with my Landslide cover which is completely made with the GA 47 XT :)

LOL let’s ”Hoop” hahaha Or rather let’s ”Hope”

Hell yeah A sound amazing

Damm A it’s original

It's weird I knew which one it was... although this is a very dry recording and there can be a preamp and some other processing that could give it what it is missing... and it's not much... I doubt I'll be in need of that diffrence in the productions I'll be doing till many years from now and maybe then the budget fits the vintage

A lot of production today use so many layering teciquesies to also get the same sound. Back in the day of these microphones there wasn't such a possiblity of easily layering and the microphones had to have such a lot of depth to them to make that one recording count

Haha thanks! Sadly no! Nothing more then the few covers that are up on the channel.

@@Christian_svedin Oh man, its time for you to put out your album, no joke, you kick ass, everybody needs to hear your voice and originals. Keep us posted when you do. 👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💯

@@philmartin7474 thanks man! I'm not that creative I'm afraid but sure it's a dream to do something "one day". Thanks for the support

@@Christian_svedin Christian, i don’t believe that, you are highly creative, i can hear that in your own renditions/adaptions of cover songs and your feel/improving sense as well as your vocal variations, im going to say your probablly equally a genius songwriter,.. if you havent devoted time to this, then start immediatly, just start with simple ideas/chord combos, write a vocal melody to your riff or chord pattern, even if it sucks, just finish a complete song each month. Don’t worry about the lyrics, just create the vocal melody, sing whatever stupid words come to mind whose syllables match the rhythmic cadence of the vocal melody. Concentrate on the structure of the verse, pre chorus, chorus and an instrumental B section, an intro and a outro. Record it, file it. Complete the song minus the lyrics. Even if it sucks. Write another one next month, and so on, eventually the gems will be revealed. It takes practice like any other craft. You definitely have the improv music in you i know this for sure, its obvious. I bet anything you can eventually write hit chart topping songs. Now lets do this, you got this, don’t waste it.

@@philmartin7474 Thanks for the encouragement! I think it has allot to do with artist identy as well. You know what kind of music "do i want to do"? That's the hardest thing. I've written a couple of songs that I'm happy with that I think objectively is decent. But some are pop, some are metal haha. I'd love to find an identity and have a red thread in my writing. But I think i'd want to do something true, whatever that means. And I really don't know if I have anything to say, musically wise. But sure enough song writing is just like learning an instrument. Keep on hammering and you'll get there. Thanks once again :)

You are correct! The mid boost like you say sit a bit different on both mics. I think I prefer the original it gives the voice a bit more authority and sounds a bit more natural. Both sounds great so it really doesn't matter though! Thanks for watching!

I always share the raw files so if you like you can download those! Thanks