All user reviews for the AKG C 3000 B

I purchased the microphone during a 10% off sale at the Mars Music superstore in Orlando, Florida.
The pre tax price for the mic during the sale was $261.
Due to the savings, I thought it would be a good time to purchase the mic for my small home studio.

The AKG C 3000 B large diaphram studio condensor microphone is a fine performer for the natural reproduction of both vocals and musical instruments
during recording.
My particular recording interests are mainly for vocals and acoustic guitar.
I wanted one microphone that was suitable for both, as well as, overhead use.
The broad frequency response, (20 hz to 20 khz), combined with the capability for frequency contouring
and cardioid capture pattern are desirable for the various possible recording situations that may arise in the studio.
The microphone may actually be configured for cardioid and hypercardioid patterns and has a 10 db pad to accommodate louder sources.
The supplied internal shock mount protects the element from rumbles and vibrations within the source room.
Another desirable feature of the C 3000 B is the ease in placing the mic in the "sweet spot" of a musical instrument.
Some condensors do not provide a pleasant spatial image unless placed and angled just right.
The AKG mic seems to provide a larger capture area with regard to a desirable spatial tonality.
This feature has another important secondary effect. It provides a comfortable distance from the performer, especially an instrumentalist.
A comfort zone is maintained, allowing the musician to record without feeling restricted.
If a musician is more comfortable during a long recording session, better results may be attained.
I recommend the AKG C 3000 B Studio Microphone for it's wide range of applications, and it's abillity to deliver a professional recording product.








The $300 price range for this microphone may prohibit some enthusiasts from considering the AKG C 3000 B.

The AKG C 3000 B has an all metal case and includes a full shock mount.
The diaphram is gold vaporized in a 27 mm capsule.

The AKG C 3000 B out performs studio condensors that are considerably more expensive.
The versatility of the microphone makes it a fine choice for the variable recording applications that may be presented in a studio environment.

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Condenser microphone medium / large diaphragm (1 inch). A high-pass 6 dB / Octave at 500 Hz, -10 dB pad 1. Cardioid. Building that exudes seriousness, comes with a plastic hanger with no hyper-beefy cons.
My use of the microphone: vocals and guitar folk taken.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for almost 10 years, basically I had bought especially for the reputation of that mark (I knew well, to be used in the studio, the C12 and 414). Not enough money at the time to pay me a 414, I was pulled over the C3000B! I must admit it was a mistake, so these two mics have nothing to do with each other!
This mic is quite aggressive in the midrange-treble, and suddenly it does not suit all the voices, the voices that said "no nose" accommodate them pretty good. The same applies to decision-folk guitar, too "hard" for my taste. In contrast, classical guitars pierce the mix with this microphone.
In the lower register, it's pretty decent without further because there is always that feeling of hardness due to present and mediums too aggressive.
It's a pretty good microphone that cash, so it's not bad on guitar amps, brass and cymbals. But again it's not really what it does best taken for such, but it's still acceptable.
Its price / quality ratio was not bad at the time of purchase (in 2002!), But today it is not the same thing, and I do not think I would buy. Some microphones are current Chinese 10 times better, the OS or the X1 example sE 2200 ... But, I continue to use it, however, because with experience, I learned to know him and I know his tinkering with the EQ. It always makes me service. A true "workhorse" as they say in English!

Dynamik, dynamik. Phantom power supply (not all prs), micro combined vocals / percussion / guitar Deutsche (well, in my case)

OVERALL OPINION

I for a month. I confirm that cuts a little nasal. Heat a little lacking, but with a TL 5010-A, a good EQ compensates for this rglage trs well. I am however much more flat in proximity that 40 cm, but is also full of my studio with bttn rverb intgre ... For voice soft and sensual close, I find it much better than it trs rating. I love his sound on percussion and guitar (Epiphone acoustic). On the voice, when moving from a SM58 that the one does not think even compare. And pus, the price for the little that is Nolwenn, it rocks the house (this is not my case).

I give because I parat 8; me an APRS use, not when they face top 50 cm of its membrane. And 10 for the report qualitprix.

The C3000B is a versatile microphone that addresses both the voice of brass, but it can also be used in overhead battery ... is an electret microphone, rponse 20Hz 20kHz, 140dB max SPL, cardioid, 25mV sensitivity in terms of technical specifications (I believe).
To use Home Studio, Studio or Scne

OVERALL OPINION

I use this mic for a short time, and mainly for voice in home studio. I find him a good sound quality and I trs is a voice "nose", I find that micro attnue just this purpose. He has little breath, and even if I am not an expert in studio microphones, I do not take risks, saying that it is a good choice for trs that can not afford a Neumann .... In use Home Studio, a branch of VoicePrismPlus TC-Helicon, and on a Yamaha 01v, I'll even up to say that I would not change ... Discoverable between 410 and 450 euros in France (I think), I for my part, bought for 300 euro in Andorra with his suspension and pop filter. I think that there's no photo, you must not do without!

I RETURN AFTER A FEW YEARS

I still have that mic, which gives me more satisfaction.
Since I bought a T-Bone SCT000 which is better on the voice.
It speaks well of the accordion, I find it a little frquence out the "web of snow" well nazillard what, I'll finally make a prter deuxime in torque and a little more distance would be a better consquente.

Electrostatic, for vocals, overheads, guitar amps and bass, acoustic guitar ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since 2001, is THE killer of my park! No kidding, even without trying to understand too, it's always a good job, I compared it with neumann, rock and mix in dynamic, well I prefer the C3000, and this always intelligible. Ditto for the coolest stuff, it's pretty sweet on the treble if they are left alone, but it is still the ribbons won the trophy for the sweetness! Unbeatable value for money of course. Stereo is the best!

My micro park grows, grows, and the C3000 always a special place in my shots, my phylosophy of making sound is most often designed around the grain of the C3000.

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This is a large diaphragm condenser microphone. It thus requires a pre-amp with phantom power to operate correctly. It's a large diaphragm condenser, so I haven't had much use for it outside of the studio. I don't know if there really is a practical application for it outside of the studio, except perhaps to mic a piano at a concert hall.
It has a cardioid pickup pattern, which makes it somewhat less functional than some of the other mics of this nature that have multiple pickup patterns. However, it is much cheaper than many large diaphragm condensers.

OVERALL OPINION

I like using this mic for a lot of different things. I'll use it on vocals at home, and some other uses in the studio. I particularly like using it on pianos, voice (especially spoken word), acoustic guitars (especially ones that aren't too bright), as a room mic (mono, usually) for drums or even guitar cabinets, and even on string sections as a stereo pair with another mic. I find that it has a lot of uses in general.
When I compare it to a U87, which I often use as the standard in judging small diaphragm condensers, I have to say it doesn't hold up that well, but that mic is way more expensive, so that's to be expected. It also has two more patterns than the AKG C 3000 B, so that's another thing it has against it. The cardioid pattern of this mic is actually not drastically worse than the cardioid pattern on that mic when I'm using it at home. It takes a really nice pre-amp to "amplify" the difference, if you will. So I'd say this is a great bet for the home studio owner, given the price and quality of it!