A Bit of V67 Praise

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Dammit, Jim, Shut Up!
I bought one of these at the beginning of the year. At the time, I wasn't crazy about it on my voice, but since then, I have recorded a couple other people with it. Man--its really starting to impress me now.

I can only describe the sounds as buttery and fat--yet with nice definition on top. It just sounds so WARM! I have had real nice results with this mic on male and female vocals. For what it costs, I have to shake my head in wonder. It "shouldn't" sound so good for what I paid.

Its not the only mic I'd want in the cabinet, but for certain voices it is really a great choice. Definitely a keeper. I'm going to give it another try on my voice because the results I've had with it lately have been impressive.

Any other V67 stories out there?
 
Ive all heard this before about this mic "it sounds awfull on me ,but really damm good on other people". and the price 8th street is selling it at right now is a good price.(tempting) But in that other v67 thread a couple of people talk about the cad M37 allso, i have that mic and if the v67 is around that "just as good quality area" i dont think i whant a v67. Im not dissin the cad, it is a good mic for the $100 beens i payed for it(+ a killer case it comes with) but the cad tends to have this low mid boost thang going on and someone described the v67 as bassy/gritty low end.
Thens theres the SP b-1 thats $80. Theres to many fuckin choices, then i could stop being a cheap skate and wait to get the SP c-1 for double the price, or get 2 v67 for stereo overheads or whatever for less than the price of a C1, to many fuckin choices!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........sorry.
 
I have a V67 too and have used it on vox,tenor sax,kick drum and acoustic guitar also.Warm is a good word for its timbre.I wouldn't say bassy or gritty.According to Harvey,its that little bit of iron in the transformer that is at the heart of its sweet sound.
 
I had one for a few months and got rid of it. Just didn't really do anything for me at the time. Somewhat muddy. I liked talking in to it more than anything else. I thought it would make a real nice voiceover mic.
 
Yeah, personally, I have nothing but good things to say about this mic. My little collection of cheap-priced LD condensors was a V67, pair of V63's, AKG3000C, that really cheap Nady 2001-ish thing, and a not-at-all-cheap Blue Baby Bottle. No contest; while the V67 didn't sound great on EVERYBODY, it ended up sounding the best "more often than not." Seems to me, by comparison to these other mics (including the pricey Baby Bottle), it was the most even-sounding, almost "compressed," very smooth. Put it this way, it's always sounded very PLEASING. Not too harsh, not too "colored," doesn't sound particularly "hyped" to me.

I'm not saying it "sounds as good as" or "sounds better than" more expensive mics, and it's not that I wouldn't rather have a real Neumann, but - given my budget, and the acoustics of my room, I can't honestly say that I think I'd be getting better mixes if I HAD a Neumann. Really good mic for the money - and if you can't get it to sound good in the mix then I wouldn't blame this mic, I'd look in the mirror at the engineer...
 
If you like the V67 then check out the V93. I had both to try out and I thought the V93 was a lot more versatile. I've used a bit now and I love it on acoustic guitar. It also seems to work great on nasally singers.
 
Hey Tex--I have the V93 too! I agree that it is more versatile. I've used it a bunch and its sounds great. There is still something magic in the V67 when used for vocals--er, certain vocals. I think both are pretty awesome, and for the money, they are both killer deals.
 
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