A number of my clients have been so impressed with their OktavaMod mics vs. their Neumann mics they've sent comparison samples. I don't control the test methodology of people using my mics - I just try to make people happy with my work.
To make it easy to listen to some of the shoot outs OktavaMod has been involved in, I've collected a few here. Folks can decide if they want to talk about what they hear, or if they want to debate audio test methodology.
U47 FET / OktavaMod MK-319 Floating Dome PE
Male singing voice & acoustic guitar recorded by Rick Asher Keefer at Sea-West Studios, Hawaii. Single take, one track per mic, mics separated 4" at mouth level angled slightly downward and inward. Rick said "The two mics are VERY Close ... And Klaus Heyne really worked hard to get
my U47 FET to sound BEAUTIFUL".
U47FET
MK319DPE
U48 / MKL-2500 Blind Test
Which is the Neumann U48, the OktavaMod MKL-2500 cathode follower and the OktavaMod MKL-2500 plate load mic?
Vocal 1 /
Vocal 2 /
Vocal 3
Neumann M149 vs. OktavaMod MK-219 PE
Jitendra Ramprakash, New Delhi-based voice-trainer & poet, recites an excerpt from the 20th century Indian classic 'Andhere Mein' ("In The Dark")
Male speaking voice, Neumann M149
Male speaking voice, OktavaMod MK-219 PE
Neumann-Gefell UM57 vs. OktavaMod MK-319
From the Czech Republic, OktavaMod client Lukas Hajek sent an A / B test of his Neumann-Gefell UM57 and his MK-319 PE mic. The UM57, introduced in 1957, was a multi-pattern vacuum tube mic manufactured by the Eastern branch of the Neumann family. It uses the Neumann M7 capsule with PVC diaphragm.
Neumann-Gefell UM57 - male vocal
OktavaMod MK-319 Floating Dome PE - male vocal
Neumann-Gefell UM57 - male speech
OktavaMod MK-319 Floating Dome PE - male speech
(3) U47 mics, Lawson L47, Wunder Audio CM7, AKG C414B/XLS & OktavaMod MK-219 w Premium Electronics
http://www.recordwithbarron.com/new-47-mic-shootout/