Behringer MIC200 - Anyone seen?

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This looks like an interesting little product. Sound on Sound gave the MIC100 a surprisingly good review ... for a £35 preamp this new one looks like it could be fun with its preamp voicing/modelling.

Anyone used it?

I'm not advocating Behringer, by the way ... although I may just pick one up for a laugh :cool:
 
I used MIC100 for few months. These things have a decent 12AX7 tube and they do sound pretty fine. Just pick it up for a laugh and try it out yourself.
 
I have been using one for over a year. No it is not a $2k mic pre but it works good. Best setting is with none of the buttons pushed in. They color the sound waaaay tooo much.
 
I picked up a MIC100 b/c it was cheap on ebay and was quite surprised on the sound that came out for $30. It sounds okay with my MXL990, but really shined when I used it as kind of a DI for my Seagull M6, actually brought forth a warm tone. I couldn't believe it when I compared the sound of it to my stupidpre's on that piece of crap Behringer MX1604A.
 
The reason I'm asking is because I'm after two things:

1. A new toy to play with. A 'coloured' preamp might be quite fun.
2. Something to phantom power a condenser on stage. I need it when I play venues with no phantom power or where the sound guy is scared of using it. I might pick up a couple for the SDCs I use for hand percussion, you see. And people reckon the phantom on the Audio Buddy isn't up to much.
 
I'd give it a shot....for the $60 why not try...got 15 diffent presets so there's gotta be one or two that are decent.
 
Yo' dude-of-noise, the MIC1000 is what makes most NYC toilets flush so efficiently!!! As a matter o' fact, the Mayor of NY has signed a contract with Behringer to supply the city's municipal building bathrooms with a 3-year contract to install the MIC1000 to each and every toilet and urinal to insure proper disposal of human waste (the MIC1000 prevents sewage clogs from too much toilet tissue being deposited in same)!! Behringer has finally come thru with a product that actually works!!!





















Yeah bruh, I was (un)lucky to hear the unit in basic applications (vocs & acoustic) and noticed a slight distortion on hi-sense mics and later was told unit only a 14dbu boost (unsuitable for kit-micing).
Nahhhhh man, me thinks I will skip this ultra-lowend pre!
Just my .0000000000000001 cents worth!
 
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Did I not mention my toilet in the original question? I think I did:

me said:
The reason I'm asking is because I'm after two things:

1. A new toy to play with. An automatic toilet flush efficiency enhancer/expander pro 2000 unit might be quite fun.
2. Huh huh huh he said number two!!
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wilkee said:
Mr Q

The Mic200 has a 20db pad ?

Tony
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Wasssup there silkee-wilkee! (Hey man, I incorrectly listed the MIC100 in my post; I was referring to the 200!)

The MIC(k-e-y m-o-u-s-e)200 states in thier specs that it comes equipped with a switchable 20db pad (the same claim they made on the pre's of their MX line of mixers; which was proven to be false during a ratings test by measuring a max of only 12-14 by Weston Ray a.k.a. "Recording Engineer").
A good friend of mine did a comparison between the 200 and 2 of my lower-end pre's, the ART MP & the ART TPSII (which Beh obviously borrowed from both to create it's own version). Running an AT4050 thru the 200 in omini & fig-8 patterns less the 10db pad mic'ing his acoustic, he measured a db rating of slightly less than 15. "Discoloration" was apparent when boosting gain and it's var pre-amp modes yielded no "warmth". Matter o' fact, when 20db switch is depressed and valve,acoustic or voice mode is used even the average joe can hear an audible drop in volume along with a lack of clarity.

My ART MP & TPSII provided a cleaner,clearer sound and peaked at 18 compared to the 200 (and that ain't sayin much!)!

It w/b wiser to forgoe this unit and eithe invest in a higher-end pre or if you're on s lo-cal budget,get an ART MP.

My .000000000000000000000000000000000001 cent opinion.
 
Ok Q ... but I kinda wanted you to read MY reply too.

I'll ignore the MIC200 ... might still pick up a 100 for a laugh though. It's not important for it to be a 'go to' sound, I have my Soundcraft M12 for that now. Ho hum. ART stuff isn't as widely available or cheap over here ... and anyway, who wouldn't want to be associated with the bog-flushers of NYC?
 
my 10 to the minus nth cent opinion.
this is hot......
get this instead....the ultimate cool recording studio...
a mobile hot rodded ferrari three something or other sports car
with a acer ferrari laptop inside for recording all in red (check out the ferrari llogo on it sometime).
plus a hot cutie . dressed up to the nth degree holding
something or other that looks like a microphone with a rack (of somethings).
(any suggestions for mics ?)
 
I think you need to have a lie down. No, change of plan, maybe a cold shower.
 
MISTERQCUE said:
Wasssup there silkee-wilkee! (Hey man, I incorrectly listed the MIC100 in my post; I was referring to the 200!)

My ART MP & TPSII provided a cleaner,clearer sound and peaked at 18 compared to the 200 (and that ain't sayin much!)!

It w/b wiser to forgoe this unit and eithe invest in a higher-end pre or if you're on s lo-cal budget,get an ART MP.

My .000000000000000000000000000000000001 cent opinion.
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Fair enough My.Q , nice to see you keeping an eye on all this luverly new Berry gear
:D

Tony
 
The Behringer UltraGain Pro MIC2200 we tested actually did pretty well. That and the ART Tube MP are the sub-$100 pres we recommend. The Ultragain series is good stuff for the money. Definitely a colored sound.
 
That's cool, thanks. That ART just became available at my local place so I may have a squint at one or other around Christmassy time.
 
noisedude said:
That's cool, thanks. That ART just became available at my local place so I may have a squint at one or other around Christmassy time.
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Which ART n'-dude?
 
The MP ... it's about £50, a little more than those Bellringers!
 
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