Behringer XM8500 vs Shure SM57/58 - Literally the Best Bargain on the Market (Budget Mic Review)

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Today we check out the $20 wonderchild (supposedly), the internet seems to be raving about the Behringer XM8500, but how good could a mic this cheap actually be? Well to be honest, shockingly good. We'll compare it to the true budget king (in my opinion) the Shure SM57, and see how much less you get for your $20.
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[@AudioHaze]

Skip the next drive thru meal and buy the XM8500 instead - amzn.to/3utvKmp

[@kodiakthejuggler]

Done. Thanks for the review!

[@Erick726]

At $60 for that interface and $25 for the mic plus maybe another $20 for a budget stand or boom arm of some kind that's $100 and you can get a decent USB dynamic mic for that price. If it was really $50 for a decent interface and that mic I'd gladly pick it up.

[@jo_krach]

I am working in a youth club and we have 5 SM58 as Vocal Mics which have been working since the late 90s. Every 10 Years or so we‘ll switch the Grills they look pretty beat up by this point, but they are sounding as if i had walked into my local Music Store and bought them today. For the rehearsal spaces and as spares, we have a few XM8500. The kids go through them like freakin‘ popcorn. We buy like 5 of them every half year to a year. In that time period, they will stop getting low-end and tend to get really harsh and shrill or get very muffled or stop working all together. I know that at that price point, that is to be expected. But i think at least if you want to be gigging, investing in a 57 or a 58 will pay itself in the matter of months, cause the Behringers WILL break on you in the most unpleasant moments.

[@KenTeel]

My question to you would be this: Is a youth club, and the treatment that the kids give mics, actually representative of how musicians would treat a mic? I don't doubt that the SM58 is built more robust. However the question is: Is the XM8500 up the construction standards that could handle most musicians' environments. Given that kids will put chewing gum on things, dunk things under water, pound on things, etc., does this really pertain to how a musician will experience the durability of the XM8500 ? I used a Chinese clone of an SM58 for 10 years: The GLS Audio ES58. During that 10 years, I dropped it onto concrete, accidentally, and it was subject to different situations, and it performed flawlessly. It still sounds good. So, I'm a bit skeptical that the environment with the kids would actually represent the kinds of environments that a musician would subject a microphone, to.

[@Rod-Wheeler]

Great as always. Behringer is so underrated for beginners. 20 years ago this would be state of the art! Talent is 80%. I've heard demos made on a $20 cassette recorder that I would have paid for. Talent over environment or equipment.

[@AudioHaze]

Definitely! And really in todays music tech environment, I would say equipment is more of a SMALL hindrance if anything at all

[@Rod-Wheeler]

@@AudioHaze 💯

[@ryancrawford9894]

Believe it or not, this mic has been around for more than 20 years. Can’t speak to any changes that have been made to the design, but it’s been a budget hitter in the live sound world for awhile.

[@saikousocial]

Man, this really made me appreciate how good the SM57 is. I thought I would like the XM8500, but hearing how well it does with the distorted guitars really put it into perspective as to why it's still such a widely used mic today.

[@AudioHaze]

For sure! Its a legend and a beast :)

[@dr.k6205]

Yes.

[@Von.Scrungy]

Super interesting, to my ears though the SM57 had more detail for clean guitar and spoken word. The XM8500 handled high distortion 'dirty' sound better than the SM57. Maybe the extra "muddiness" worked well to tone down some of the extra crunchy distortion so that it ended up sounding more detailed, whereas the SM57 almost sounded like it got overblown and ended up losing a lot of the detail it captures with clean guitar audio or spoken word audio.

[@AudioHaze]

Yeah I was really shocked at the XM8500 and how it handled the dirty tone, surprisingly tasteful high end, I even recorded it twice because I thought something went wrong lol

[@essp404]

Agree I was totally shocked with the dirty tone.

[@drewfasa]

Yup

[@milesian1]

I'm just a podcaster, but I absolutely love your channel. You make incredibly helpful videos. I have both the XM8500 and the SM57, and they're really, really close. It's insane that a $20 mic can sound so good. Subscribed and appreciated.

[@apock88]

On the electric guitar I actually prefered the XM8500 quite a bit more. On the Acoustic and vocals SM57 all the way.

[@alisongaze]

buying a xm8500 feels like buying from a black market. Its so cheap, it feels illegal.

[@AudioHaze]

That is such a good way to put it lol

[@lucascosta3922]

in my country a xm8500 is around 70 dollar's and a sm57 is 200 dollars note: the minimum wage is 280 dollar's yes I'm in pain

[@moses1440]

@@lucascosta3922That's sad bro

[@nick334t9]

Hey man I found u a few weeks ago and I love ur vids there so informative and too the point which I love as I’m someone that’s beginning to enter the world of audio. Keep up the amazing work!

[@AudioHaze]

Thanks dude! Comments like this make my day, thank you so much for taking the time to tell me :)

[@nick334t9]

@@AudioHaze yah of course you’ve helped me understand mics and audio in general a lot. :)

[@JHGurganus]

Great video thanks! Did I miss the results of the voiceover test? I believe I was liking mic #1 better. Great vid 🪕🎻🎸

[@DivineMisterAdVentures]

Rockin-it! Loved your 7B Fake Roast - I subscribed.

[@FORGHANIMUSIC]

Good review. I'm actually very impressed with the quality of the behringer mic. Especially for the price point.

[@CED.Dweller]

@AudioHaze Thanks for this comparison. I'm looking for a couple of good cheap mics for podcasting. The XM5000 looks like the top contender right now.

[@AudioHaze]

Its definitely worth your time :)

[@EricLefebvrePhotography]

OUCH MY FEELINGS! LOL! I was looking at the interface on your desk going "I'm going to get burnet aren;t I.". Running a BM800 into the UM2 since 2018 ... looking at upgrading this year.

[@davidchristian2705]

Love the storytelling!

[@Ethernalist]

You really did! Yeah this MIC def surprised me, some are actually using this mic to place it on a Shure like house casting to make it sound even better.

[@AudioHaze]

Yeah the XM8500 is killer!

[@RobVespa]

Came here from Podcastage... glad I did! All the best.

[@clarinetninja]

Great stuff as always. The 57 was my entry point into mics at the beginning of the pandemic. I have more expensive stuff, but I still use it quite a bit. Someone who wants to see how they like recording would do incredibly well with the all behringer setup. I was forced to use my behringer interface a couple weeks ago. It was totally fine. That company is sketch though. But being set up for 50 bucks cures a lot of ills

[@AudioHaze]

The curse of behringer lol, good gear for cheap, but you're supporting a pretty shady company

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

Shady?

[@chanselur]

I still think you definitely had to compare it to your SM7, it's mind blowing how this microphone is just decent enough for many recording applications where thousands of uninformed people could've saved up 380 dollars with a bit of EQ. the world needs to watch this!!

[@MichaelW.1980]

Thanks for this video! Funny enough: I was able to not only hear the difference, but actually tell, which recording was which, without trying. Why? Because I own a Behringer BA 85A and a Shure Beta 58A. And I noticed exactly, what you described yourself on your comparison between the SM57 and the XM8500: That certain fuzzyness on the higher registers and a lot of mud the lower you go. That being said, the overall bang for buck I got was still shocking. Even tho my BA 85A isn’t as quiet as my Beta 58A, it still destroyed my RØDE Procaster in terms of rejecting background noise. So the pickup pattern works, even if the self noise level is rather „meh“. So yes, i Don’t like to admit it, but the CHEAP dynamic microphones from Behringer are actually worth it, if you can accept Behringers questionable ethics towards intellectual property.

[@AudioHaze]

Wow impressive! I'm glad your findings are the same as my own, still wonderful values at the end of the day though :)

[@davidsillars3181]

It is amazing for the price. I got one to use with a portable recorder with an xlr to 3.5 jack. Works very well.

[@AudioHaze]

Yeah I was so shocked at the quality to be honest

[@moreroids_morehemorrhoids]

Bought this as a replacement to a replacement. All microphones at similar prices and the behringer blows the other 2 out of the water. I wish I watched this before buying the other microphone (I already had one and bought another), this is great

[@ericdano]

The Pyle-Pro PDMIC78 is a great mic. If it isn't balanced, it's a simple solder job to make it so, and it make the mic sound great. Works great for drums and stuff.

[@AudioHaze]

Definitely want to try that one at some point :)

[@ericdannewitz8748]

@@AudioHaze It's like $30 and a soldering iron. Maybe replace the wires with something beefier while you are doing it......

[@waldemarpawlik1458]

@@ericdannewitz8748 A common mistake is thinking that "beefier" wires affect the sound or quality of a microphone. They don't.

[@drewfasa]

I consistently preferred the XM 8500 in the blind tests, and I'm a Shure fanboy and thought I was choosing the SM57 until you revealed.

[@michaelmichael7043]

Hi audiohaze!. Mmm... interesting comparison. I do totally understand why the behriger popularity,but, As a sm 58 guitar user for 30 years the sm 57 has a more natural Sound it has this upper midrange which bring out the best of a guitar amp. Thanks again for a great review.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍

[@AudioHaze]

Hey! Thanks Michael :) I tend to agree, but the XM8500 is a great budget mic none-the-less

[@meinemeinungzuxy]

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScottGrammer]

As $20 mics go, it's a great one. But as $90 mics go, the SM57/58 are pretty much unbeatable, and have been for decades. Every time you switch to the 57, it's like taking a blanket off the speakers.

[@some2l9]

Nice test audio there! lol 😄

[@enado18]

Holy cow, the dirty guitar with the SM57! This was the highlight of my day, thanks!

[@AudioHaze]

Thanks dude! This comment made mine :)

[@PeterAlanJohnson]

I use up to 6 of the XM8500s for podcasting, they give great isolation at an unbeatable price (it’s available as “Nerdfest” if you want to hear. That’s in an untreated room with 4 or 5 people recording at once, using noise gates and some multitrack editing to reduce crossover and clean it up.)

[@AhaOk2398]

noise gates is last resort to me, but with 4-5 mics at the same time there's probably no other way. great way to reduce self-noise (and avoid using noise gates) would be getting cheap mic boosters, but that's both very clunky as well as pricey (additional xlr cables, costs of mic boosters)

[@PeterAlanJohnson]

@@AhaOk2398we don’t really get any significant self-noise from the XM8500, I just meant the gates clean up the crosstalk (and room reverb) picked up by the other mics.

[@wayneholmes637]

I get better results with expanders rather than gates when dealing with noise etc.

[@PeterAlanJohnson]

@@wayneholmes637 interesting- I do use a compressor to flatten the levels, so I guess a compander of some sort?

[@cresshead]

Superb A/B mic review well done.

[@AudioHaze]

Thanks man!

[@user-kl3hf1li2w]

nicely done, i like your stile.

[@AudioHaze]

Thanks!

[@Spetsnazty]

Owning a 58 and the xm8500 it’s insane how similar they are. I do have to put about 3db more into the sm58 so everyone’s info is the same. With slight EQ, its hard for me to tell the difference if I go back and forth while reading aloud. My 58 sounds a bit more smooth, like how people view the 7b compared to the 58.

[@NiPaVou]

Few years ago I started doing some voice recording. Without doing any real research I bought the xm8500 just because it looked like the perfect starting point. It was so cheap I could throw it away immediately if I didnt like it. I'm still using the mic to this day :D

[@ghostly964]

How it is now and how long have you been using it? Just thinking to buy one

[@NiPaVou]

@@ghostly964 it's been 3 years and I am satisfied with it. The recordings on my channel have been made with it, so you can check them to get an idea of its quality. Keep in mind I record in my room and not in a studio and there's some amateur sound editing

[@johnlackner1193]

Good choice if you need to get 12 of them and use them for a discssion panel in a breakout room and run the PA through some ceiling speakers.

[@lukogs]

I have 2 doubts. 1. Your recommendation that this is good enough for bare minimum setup. I saw some videos that pencil condenser mic (mostly saw samson c02) should be used Instead of shotgun for untreated room. Is this true? 2. As stated above, the Samson c02 is sometimes titled as indoor dialogue mic. Are there different mic for different audio? My usecase is music recording & sometimes interview.

[@mackenlyparmelee5440]

Hi I think I can answer this 1. Yes shotgun mics should not be used indoors in untreated rooms. The effect of comb filtering on shotgun mics is very pronounced and can render the audio unusable. Pencil mics don't suffer from this nearly as much because they don't have interference baffles. The c02 will work. I own a behringer b-5 that is a pretty dang good instrument and dialogue mic. If you are planning on using this for singing, I would recommend an LDC instead. SDCs usually can't be close-mic'd to a singer without sounding uncomfortably bright. They will sound good from a distance but then you have to deal with room noise and reflections. You can get much closer to and LDC and use the proximity effect (many are designed this way) and being so close tends to minimize interference from room reflections. The Behringer b-1 is a good budget LDC for that.

[@tristanwh9466]

I definitely preferred the sound of the sm57 but half as good of 1/4 of the price is a pretty amazing deal (especially when you're comparing it with one of the best value mics ever made)

[@AudioHaze]

Add a bit of processing and I think it can certainly compete (at least when it doesn't have to fight in a mix)

[@maximeheberttalbot4505]

I have 8 of them lol, I mic everything live with em, love the xm8500, end up giving away my 57s!

[@GarretClaridgeMeerkat]

Makes me wonder about the Peavey kits I used to run in my old music jams, I dont have them anymore but it was an SM58 knock off with a switch but came in a kit with the mic, boom stand, soft bag that fits it all and a very crap xlr cable for 50 CADS -- they worked well for PA singing and held up with drunks dropping them other than the cables that again were the worst ive ever seen, but the stand and mic super solid

[@ericbaseY0]

I appreciate the comparisons. Well done. But Id rather pay extra for sm57.

[@swampdweller5]

Great video. I enjoyed it. Btw- those birds are called Canada geese. (Not Canadian geese) But I agree they are terrifying! Kind regards

[@elprofe6113]

If you lower lows and give some highs you have a much better mic. I have 3 of them and with +highs and -lows works great.

[@thatchinaboi1]

I prefer the XM8500 for vocals over the SM57. I just bought the Rode NT1 5th Gen. The mic I really want is the MXL Revelation 2 multi polar pattern tube microphone. To me it sounds even better than the TLM103. BTW I am an audio engineer.

[@viktorbarnabas]

I absolutely love this comment. Your first statement is well connected to the subject. The second is not, but let’s consider it a bit of extra information, just to add color to the comment. The third and fourth ones seem to come out of absolutely nowhere, and we’ve got a sweet statement about your occupation as a P.S. You should not stop at this point; you might want to say something about how your day was or what you think about the silverback gorillas in captivity :D

[@Casinofire1]

I have the Behringer and for $20 it's not bad. Will never replace the 57 but the build quality is workable. If you are starting off and just need some beater mics, you can absolutely start with the Behringers.

[@theoutsiderjess4869]

I have the Xm8500 and I love it but I also want a shure sm58 one day I think both are great

[@DUNHILLLIGHT11]

i got both but i prefer xm8500 more than shure sm58

[@t3floz]

good video! Thinking of buying this but doesn it pick up much backround noice like from a keyboard? Im a gamer :)

[@Tomas.Mauleon]

tengo uno y anda increible! igualmente yo no lo usaria (a menos que busque el sonido especial opaco) para grabar guitarras de high gain. pero para voces anda muuuy bien, para un podcast o para tener algo en vivo que se la banque! saludos

[@mikhel4048]

On most of the tests, I was drawn to the 8500. The only real standout was the acoustic guitar test imo which is the only instance I really would have preferred to use the Sm57. In general, if you want something brighter and “cleaner”, I think you should grab the 57, but if you like filthy grungy darker tones, grab the 8500. Better yet, have both

[@snype4303]

Dude, the XM8500 sounded 10 times better than the SM57 with distirsion guitar, this is mindblowing

[@johnlase4376]

Hey i listen your opinion so it matterd to me so much i bought the sm57. Please do a review on the sterling p30

[@skorpers]

Recent price reduction to $16.53 makes this mic OP.

[@aRandomHomelabber]

review the sl75c next 🙂

[@realsmt]

The quotes at the end are kind of tough to convince anyone of. It’s extremely difficult to make an sm7b sound bad, about as difficult as it is to make this behringer sound really good. Audio samples were great, overview and comparisons fantastic. The value the behringer offers is tremendous. Might get one for my daughter, I’ll buy the shure for me. 😂

[@AudioHaze]

I would actually disagree! I think there are plenty of people who misuse the SM7, and if you have a good chain and a good technique, its not hard to overtake the VO quality of a lot of SM7 users, simply because the the SM7 probably is the most improperly used mic out there, in my opinion :)

[@realsmt]

@@AudioHaze shoot me a vid of someone using an sm7b poorly. This I gotta see. When I bought mine, I bought a high quality interface with clean pre amps. A quality xlr cable. That's it, everything is fantastic. What are people doing wrong?

[@bnpray2279]

I think I should get XM8500 asap and compared it to my SL75C because back when I bought it my ideal was that it will be the nearest to SM57/58 replica, but I'm a little disappointed with it, the gain is notably low, I have to crack up my audio interface gain (around 80-90%) but in a result of noise. is this right? I use UMC202 HD, this is my first dynamic mic, I used to use a condenser mic and never pass 50% gain in the interface in a pretty much similar untreated room, and my noise level was always acceptable

[@gustaveriksson9091]

I thinking of buying the xm8500 or the SL75C. Have you test them both?

[@oceanwave4142]

I wonder how it will sound like when I finally can try this 2 mic setup: one is Samson CO1 the other is SM57 with the Shure foam made for it (which is not the same as a SM58 soundwise btw, it sounds more natural)

[@23L3V3NS]

Wow! That's effin' ridiculous! I'm all about frugality until fluidity... This is giving me ma vibes. .

[@askbuzaafrica8408]

Looking for a cheap mic for podcasting that's why I'm here 😄😄😄 thank you sir

[@pokepress]

Definitely seems like something you could send to a guest or new co-host to get them up and running.

[@toxicpiano8166]

dude, I didn't check yet but you should do a chill asmr like video of your guitar singing

[@DaleLadDaz]

hey, if I wanted to record audio memories from elderly family members using just my macbook and these xm8500 (x2 one for me to ask questions, one for family to recall memories) what equipment would i need? The uphoria has 1 mic input, obviously I would need a mixer with 2 mic inputs was looking at the xenyx 302usb mixer but that only has 1 mic input too...I am stumped and never used recording equipment before so this is all new to me.

[@baymukemmel]

Bro i have watched couple videos but i couldn't any answer. Do i have to buy an audio interface for this mic? Im just thinking use this with xlr to 3.5mm/usb cable. Is this a mistake?

[@clementinelives]

an interface would be your best choice, xlr to usb cables are known to provide lower quality

[@TC_Conner]

Gimme the SM57 (I use 2 of em), but I'm usin the XM8500 too, I kinda know what I'm doin and can get the XM8500 to sound like I want it to sound. (I'm curious to know if you use a humidifier in your Taylor acoustic? I have a horror/miraculous recovery story about my Martin D28, and a Fender Acoustisonic Tele.)

[@AudioHaze]

I used to use a humidifier yes, but not these days, I probably should though :/

[@TC_Conner]

@@AudioHaze There's an easy test you can do to give you an indication of problems: take one sheet of regular paper, printer paper or notebook paper, lay it flat on the bottom of your Taylor just behind the bridge and see if the paper slides under the bridge. If it does, you should have a qualified luthier give it good check up. 😎🎸😎

[@jeverett1769]

The sm57 definitely sounds better imo, but the xm8500 sounds great for a starter microphone if you want to learn how to eq the muddiness- might be a good learning experience for a beginner

[@JohnShalamskas]

In the acoustic guitar demo, I am curious why you oriented the mics nowhere near 90 degrees relative to the guitar neck. It looks like they are almost pointed at the sound hole. Does it boost the bass to match the midrange?

[@AudioHaze]

Pointing it at the sound hole picks up a more even bottom end without all the woofiness that will result from placing it directly in front of it. Keeping it at the 12th fret pointed out the sound cool picks up the brighter transients at the neck :) here's a video about it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5mofqanq8Rma5o

[@JohnShalamskas]

@@AudioHaze Thanks!

[@x-x3133]

Hello my friend What do you think is best for excessive sound? Road nt1a or mxl990 or audio-technica at2020

[@mackenlyparmelee5440]

I might be able to answer this. If you're talking about using an untreated room with traffic or industrial noise outside, I would struggle to recommend any of those to be honest. I think a better option would be to get cardioid or supercardioid shure SM family mic, especially the SM57 or the Beta57. These do an excellent job at noise rejection and have a very agreeable sound that works well on most sources. Of course this also depends on your use case. If you are a musician recording vocals, I think an equal concern with room rejection is the tuning of the mic and how it complements your voice. Keep in mind you can get away with getting very close up on a brighter mic to engage the proximity effect and this will greatly cut down room interference. A darker mic will not be able to do this as well. The Behringer B1 comes to mind as one that is designed to do this. At this price point though, the tuning and how the mic complements your voice (at a reasonable distance) will probably be more important in the long run. Nothing is worse than getting a mic that doesn't play well with your voice.

[@Mike-ol7xp]

I through the years have had more people grab for an XM8500 than the SM58, so much so that I now have Just as many XM8500's as I do the SM58's. They both equally have their place, I love all my Shures but I like the 8500's just the same. It's all subjective at the end of the day really.

[@Dobroz99]

Recording 57, live, save your money. Thanks so much always learn from your videos.

[@ptr_does_music7042]

Call me crazy but the clean and dirty electric guitar licks somehow felt brighter and poppier to me on the xm8500. The sm57 felt like it was occupying too much space in the lows

[@raresdragan4610]

I was surprised that for voice and electric guitar I like the XM8500 better than the SM57

[@essp404]

Very tempted for an extra instrument mic... but anyone had a gander at the b906?

[@gustaveriksson9091]

what mic is the best for song you think?

[@sysdevman]

An interesting experiment is to remove the mesh ball grill. After all, the SM 57 just has a different grill than the SM 58. So how would removing the grill XM 8500 sound?

[@filmgruppefranktfurt1830]

Got this mike last week for a client project. Its awfully close to my Rode PodMic.

[@AudioHaze]

Nice!

[@crazygreek6341]

FINALLY praise the lord for the XM8500!

[@zachary963]

Also like for “you know darn well you have a crappy sounding room”

[@ClaudeTheRed]

How would you compare the XM8500 with another Behringer XLR like the C-1?

[@AudioHaze]

I prefer the XM8500, I think for anyone in this price bracket, a dynamic is likely a better option :)

[@tempeight]

If Behringer XM8500 is compared with Behringer SL 75C, which mic you will choose?

[@elcamino6699]

Is that my imagination or does your voice sound extra smooth and "creamy" today?

[@AudioHaze]

lol I was sick? Maybe thats it

[@TheXirik]

@@AudioHaze lol I feel like every video that comes across my feed, you happen to be sick

[@michaelpaul1619]

any comparison to the TBone MB57 clone mic?

[@peterboyle5421]

57 and 58 are not the same mic, they simply aren't. The thing about the Behringer (At 20 bucks) is, it's great for what it will do, but it's not that good for what it can't do. The same goes for the 57 and 58, these are stage mics that will last a thousand years, mine are over 20 years old and still do there job just fine. The most important thing is how they sound for what you are using them for, that's the same for ANY mic, trust your ears, test them out at a place like guitar center or the like, read the reviews, do your homework before you put down any money.

[@Jose_T131]

have the same AI, how do you remove the noise floor ?

[@hkmrsrg1367]

I own this, how do I EQ this mic or what settings on OBS should the cempressor be. Because I ended up using it without EQ nor compressor for singing.

[@billlord4203]

There is not standard answer to these questions other than use your ears. Put on a good pair of headphones, change the EQ as you are listening and choose the setting that sounds best for your particular needs. Same process applies for compression. It depends on the environment, the vocalist, the style you are going for - numerous factors.

[@yadanxiao2095]

Hey bro,do you interested check out xvive wirless mic?

[@Undefined9]

I have one for podcasts and it has exceeded my expectations. Putting a high quality windscreen over the xm8500 JUST RIGHT makes it sound damn near close to a high-end Shure mic as well. By the by, you said you use Gullfoss for EQ; are there any free versions or something comparable to that or possibly cheaper? I just want something simple to mess with the levels a bit since I'm a big beginner to that kind of thing.

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

The Behringer is undeniably good value, but it's obvious listening to the test why the SM57 is the better mic :)

[@silyukov]

xlr balanced or unbalanced?

[@havespacesuitwilltravel9607]

They sound different for sure but is one definitely better? I dunno...

[@stewiegriffin2143]

Never show any fear around geese they sense it and flog Turn toward it and push your chest out and attack There will be no fight

[@mackenlyparmelee5440]

This is the best comment in the whole comment section.

[@TonyChamberlist]

My 1st exposure to Behringer was the blatant Aphex and Mackie ripoffs... It taught me to be properly suspicious of them as a company, and especially the quasi-sociopathic Uli Behringer. I also had the classic Behringer graveyard in my garage... That said, I have a few B products that are just splendid ( Nuke 6000 4 channel power amp, a few active DI's and a pair of cheap passive pa speakers.). I'll also never forgive them for throwing Presonus an anchor when they purchased TC and promptly did away with access to the Firewire/AVB chips that Presonus was using for their Ai series digital mixers, leaving them with half baked functionality and more than a few frustrated and angry customers (I'm one of them). Conclusion: They are a horribly compromised company, yet so many of us have benefited from their IP thievery.

[@cam-inf-4w5]

Lets be honest we all have to eq anyway. So a mic not having a glaring flaw is better than a mic that has a great sound but is like fizzy or something.

[@bernardkriel1]

its not only the sound tho.....you can drag an SM57/58 through a mine field and it will still perform......

[@AudioHaze]

That is very true, or in my case, under water lol

[@agusbintangg]

I wish know this mic earlier :(

[@lucas_brg]

in the dirty guitar test I prefer the xm8500 and now I'm confused ... loool

[@zerobubble3063]

what i need to sound like in your video ??? i like it so much

[@noahpearson2190]

youtubers with bad mirophones I can't listen to but for some reason the beringer sound nice enough for me to listen to a hole youtube video.

[@erickluisdejesus]

you are the best

[@AudioHaze]

Thanks Erick!

[@SamMaskery]

I’ll be honest in the blind voice test I wasn’t looking at the screen I didn’t realise they were switching

[@markerviedejesus]

I'm much more concerned about the cat not bumping the guitar 😁

[@imKhokie]

incredible how good that is for 20 bucks

[@AudioHaze]

I know right!

[@techmed-rainer]

Danke!

[@AudioHaze]

Thank you so much Rainer!

[@lucaslu9095]

How about the Donner PO-8?

[@AudioHaze]

Haven't had the chance to check it out yet!

[@lucaslu9095]

@@AudioHaze Please check e-mail.