All user reviews of 5/5 for the Neumann TLM 193

Large diaphragm condenser microphone.

For making voice and instruments.

OVERALL OPINION

I have since 3/4 months. I tried some kind of microphones MXL V67G, Rode k2, Neumann TLM 49 and tt1 prodipe (dynamic).

Softness and a beautiful setting with the well-known Neumann grain. Probably the best in its class. Sound "dark" this mic can please or not please.

Warning: This mic needs a perfect acoustic for recording voice because of its high sensitivity!

With no sound or dedicated cabin, I turn to prodipe TT1 gives me an almost perfect result (yes for a mic 39th)

That said with a good acoustic treatment I'm sure I'll get a very professional result.

The Neumann TLM 193 is a large diaphragm microphone to be used in the studio. It has the same look at the U 87 and other large diaphragm mics, and it's one of the newer mics from Neumann as far as I know. It's got a cardioid pick up pattern and a frequency response from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Unlike the U87, it doesn't feature a pad or a low cut filter.

OVERALL OPINION

The Neumann TLM 193 sounds to me much like the U87, although it is a slightly different sound and definitely has it's own place in the studio. I only had a chance to use a set of these recently at a major studio. We used them as room mics. We were recording drums in the live room and I think that these mics did an awesome job of capturing that live room sound. Since I don't own one of these at home and haven't seen them at any other studios, I'd definitely curious to hear how this mic sounds for vocals and other acoustic instruments. I think that you can definitely look at the TLM 193 as a poorer (still not poor) man's version of the U87. It has that crisp clear clarity and great mid and high end response to it that just reminds me of that sort of sound. I haven't had the chance to shoot the two of them out against each other, and would be curious to do so but currently don't have the means to do so. It's definitely still not a cheap microphone, but it's still a little bit less than half of the amount of a new U87. You can get even cheaper with Neumann mics like the TLM 103, but that mic doesn't have the super U87 sound to me, and while this isn't exactly there either, it's much closer to it. Anybody with a higher end home studio or pro studio should be aware of the Neumann TLM 193 and what it brings to the table for the price.

Tlm 193, electrostatic cardioid

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 year. This is an excellent microphone, the curve is remarkably frequency drives right hand a small decrease in the high mdium, restitution is trsraliste with a grain Neumann inimitable.
APRS making a comparison with the cardioid in u89i we concluded that sound exactly the same silent, so if you only need a cardioid position the TLM 193 is really a place among the Neumann greats.
Note for the voice I use with an Avalon 737SP pre-amp which adds a little shine and smoothness really enjoyable trs.

Condenser microphone.
Large Diaphragm / transistor.
Low noise level. +
cardioid
18mv/Pa sensitivity, though.
Lightweight hollow-2db around 5kHz, no exaggeration, either.

OVERALL OPINION

For how long have you been using it?
2 months
I use in recording studio equivalents more upscale from a sacred moment: M149, U87.

What thing do you like most/least about it?
+: Unique name neumann, neumann sound, affordable price, size larger than tlm 102/103, so physical very pro
-: No variable directivity, normal for the price, anyway I do not will be served.

Did you try many other models before getting this one?
U87 and company, the better I think (I could never make comparison on the same day)
tlm 103, subtle difference (I think) on digi preamps 003. With a U87 is the difference ... subtle. Wholesale preamps on mid-range is all the same. On good preamps there will (probably) a net difference, but that it will be for the next episode.

AKG C414, many colors, I prefer the uk. A good mic anyway, not quite neutral, qed rarely optimal with respect to neumann (but sometimes if), in spite of good features.

Rode NT2, bof, fairly well, if one moves away from him when the decision is the end of beans in the treble. Well below (with preamps Digi003). It was the mix of horror, the grip (which was bad, because to me also) is not treatable, the equalizer inneficaces, all of its imprecise. It colors, and it is not subtle.

T Bone SC450, no comment, and final net difference, the last of all

Audio Technica AT2020, not bad, between the t bone and rode

So in the sound, yet I've tested only on votes where it is excellent. So it has a very good response to strong volume changes (not like the t bone), a low / medium low and this thick, clean, defined.
The hollow of 5kHz-2db does not flow much about the sound, I was afraid before purchasing this microphone that lack of medium but in the end it is a trifle. Good performance in frequency throughout the spectrum.
Nothing to do with mid-range microphones, it was the seriousness here.

What is your opinion about the value for the price?
hey, we put the price was the quality
appropriately priced, quality is much higher than the cheaper models that I met. It is an audible difference for many and flagrant. For good models, we must listen and try to better quality equipment.

Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice?
yes
but in Gefell, Neumann, Braun, blue there may be equivalents interesting too. It is true that having a neumann class is also more pro.

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OVERALL OPINION

I have been using this mic during the month of May on vocals, accordion, and acoustic guitar mainly for the moment.
It has a very natural sound, once accustomed to microphones Chinese T BONE SCT 2000, I rode my NT1A or TLM 103. I first found a little dark. Finally I m'apperçoit that it is others who exaggerated treble. Catches are made with the 193 bp without a place in the mix, if you need to use an EQ is not back galley frequencies nauseous, I have not really tasted the highest quality, the C414 for example, but I find the sound of 193 more natural. However no multi directional. But well above the TLM 103 in my opinion anyway to use that I did. Used on Neve 8801, SSL VHD Pre or Universal Audio LA-610,
I love the point of buying a second next week!