All user reviews for the Behringer C-2

Small-diaphragm dynamic (or electret?) mic Cardioid polar pattern.
It comes with a mic clip and windscreen (for winter).

OVERALL OPINION

This mic that costs almost nothing (60 bucks for a pair and 30 secondhand) has a big advantage in my view, which has been pointed out as a defect by my predecessors: The frequency response curve that's attenuated in the high end, unlike Chinese pencil mics that are extremely bright.
In fact, it's less sensitive and saves you in situations where you have unfavorable acoustic conditions, or when you need to record a clanking acoustic guitar. This mic smoothens out the timbre thanks to its attenuated highs and balanced high mids. With a good EQ you can easily remove the 10-16khz band. So the highs are very present, but attenuated.

When I use them as OH I don't notice their lack of sting. On the other hand, as ambient mic they seem quite neutral.
I have no noise problems with mine and the signal-to-noise ratio isn't any worse than my mk319.
They will never replace my high-end pencil mics. But they can be useful in many situations. When I'm on the road, for example, to record takes with my folk guitar in places with bad acoustics: The result is better than with my more expensive mics, which are unforgiving with the acoustics and the mediocrity of the instrument... For the price, it's a chance not to be missed.

The c-2 are static condenser microphones sold in pairs.
They intend to instruments (range 20-20000Hz frequency drives)
low price for microphones called 'studio'

pin XLR (balanced signal), to be phantom power (phantom) 48v.

OVERALL OPINION

I have reu today. Comes with a plastic box, windscreen, bar and support for Stereo microphone stand, robust appearance, heavy, but really tiny (8cm long).
I have compared to other microphones, but dynamic (shurePE45L, beyerdynamic MKII AKG D310) and it is the height of the microphone, with a sensitivity much (have to back the instruments and to lower the gain) more ...
Tests RALIS Shure FP33 mixer on (hardware pro)
No breath, they have a neutral sound with good rpartition bass / treble (test with a tabla and a ektara: a lot of harmonic bass and treble well present)

So: good for trs microphone! Councillor especially with such a low price, perfect for recording instruments.

-> See also the forum with audio samples of the micro

Pair of small diaphragm condenser microphone
delivered in box with plastic clips and studding bar stereo link
Warning alim fantome de rigueur

OVERALL OPINION

I have since 2 months, in two of my Oktava MK012
value for money borders on indecency (60 Roros pair)
These microphones have a hole in the lower frequencies (a sort of low cut natural) after use that is absolutely awesome on the toms or percu live (farewell low running), I'll buy one or two other couples and to SM57 was the retirement of my drum kit
otherwise the sound is more than adequate, without the silky side Oktava (an aggressive chouil what) but better now than SM57

I put a flat two after me to use, they can not be used in overhead as part of a recording, their effective bandwidth to begin around 100 / 150 Hz, the record is over screaming, absolutely nothing to do with my MK012.
I use them now live on the toms or cutting down natural miracles (on some percussions as well), but on a hi-hat that is a horror.

Electrostatic small diaphragm REQUIRING own phantom power visibly though small when you open the box, however, comes with an adapter to double the two microphones on one foot available in AB

OVERALL OPINION

Bad bad bad bad butcher a real ear for it seems unthinkable to have a home studio in even the most amateur of amateur home should turn up the gain a background for a supper of drinking response (not j ' I have checked well placed !!!!) jai phantom power for hours of searching came o the background: A micro ESPECIALLY DO NOT USE FOR OVERHEAD unless we love the beautiful sound of the rain on the vinyl record or effect though dirty. J all the deprecated

Dj cited.

OVERALL OPINION

I use them as overhead for drums.
They restore correctly the sound of cymbals and other complment microphones that are placed on the battery, I have a good overall sound trs from my investment.

I have no problem winning, or the hum of breath.

I find a dumb enough to put a 1 / 10 and say it's a filthy shit because if you if your call, I do not understand why you buy the Behringer 30 micro ... you remain objective and, for the price it cost a set of microphones Apaire their perfomances have done everything correct. Biensr and they do not make the weight for a couple of microphones 300 brand spices, who would doubt?

These microphones mritent a good 8 / 10 for the report qualitprix.

These pickups are in pairs and static, I use them for all areas (even ambient noise). I did not find that they lack bass (if it disables the high pass filter), and plastic case is handy.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought two pair of microphones ds leaving with mic stands and cables I Avaya for about 110 I think, these are microphones with an excellent qualitprix, I use them to catch vocal, drums (in overhead, on the toms on the hi-hat or even the big Cais, they are very Polivalente) Vilon resume or guitar amps. I only have the equipment behringer (the 4 C 2 microphones, two compressors, two pramps and a mixer 8pistes) and j'enrengistre all on a Fostex D80. the sound is exceptionally good for the price I put in! I often hear that behringer is a bad brand, but I am totally against that, I have no breath, the sound is fairly neutral, and fidel. I advice to all those microphones home studio, because for that price it is important not hsiter. I do it again without hsiter this choice and if I expand my fleet condenser microphones, I use the same if I n'esaye not larger diaphragms. the only "negative" is that during my first attempts, there are two or three configurations craient a very low noise. Seeing the other reviews, I am told that these microphones are manufactured with great tolrences, which explains why some users are not satisfied.

excellent quality price!

- Couple of micro cardioid directivity Apaire but removable capsules (which can be logically adapater omni capsules)
- Technology: Micro static capacitor so ncessitant fantme alim.

Rponse in frquence announcement by the manufacturer:
- 50 Hz 20 KHz
-> With attnuation serious of little prs 10 dB / octave from 300 Hz
-> Attnuation treble from 10 KHz
-> Bosse between 5 KHz and 10 KHz

When you're picky about what trs want, think about watching this kind of info, Beringher gives them (which is not always the case manufacturer offering pretend microphones or microphones in this pricing game).
-> I was told the two that have gone down this couple, probably to pretend to the ears of the requirement extreme points, it bah rat. This reflects only a lack of objectively obvious.
Good point of view technique is forcment mdiocre because when you look at the diagrams are just way dja what will be the weak points of these mics (APRS question is whether behringer is Hon you the top or not)
Well I put our findings here (see below for test conditions).

Well, yes behringeur is shame, we found exactly this attnuation 10 dB / octave on our decision in the low and attnuation clear (but smaller) in the treble.

- THE FIRST thing we jump to the ear between the microphones is the diffrence potato. The behringeur not a big trs output levels forcing ramplifier derrire the signal, but it's not a surprise (almost 12 dB with Shoeps cart, but they are just fantastic enough to a).

- The band frequency drives: good clear treble and bass lacking but unlike what we would have p beginners think they are missing is that with the legalization may have rcuprer signal and correct the problem. Sr Although this has an impact on the quality standard of its overall but does not make it unusable.

- The good surprise for the accuracy of microphones in terms of rponse transient attack: they are there and it's really important because it trs also Determines the precision of sound. It is certainly not as good prcis as trs trs microphone but it is, trs boiled away from the reports that could be expected to get ^ ^. On this particular point, these microphones will show all shames.
Good to finish on our comparison ... sr TOC Shoeps well ... there's no photo, their sound is a clear transparancy and a simply amazing and you can hear right away that the cot behringer are trs trs derrire far, but it must be remember that we are talking about mics a price almost two orders of magnitude above (we are in 8000 ... not 80 euros, roughly)

In short, their record remains largely satisfactory for the price and they prsentent spcificits few that can be useful:

The feeble low (even without the low-cut) is an advantage in many circumstances, for percussion taken as t aadja lowest signal (especially, since the transients are OK) but also for example taken in its collection's outdoor: it allows rduire wind noise and others. They will probably be perfect for interviews or taken in collection outdoor surround sound.

OVERALL OPINION

- Actually, I did not utiliss trs though in practice, but the purpose of this purchase silent to test the studio to see if a little c'tait a really big disaster or a product simply amazing for the price point.

So we RALIS a test taken on his matrial DIFFERENT sound (percussion, strings etc ...) to test the behavior of the couple DIFFERENT diffrent ranges in frequency drives rponses and in terms of dynamics and transient attack.

To have fun and have an order of ide radical enough we did the sound at the same time with another couple (pos quasiement at the same place): ... a couple of stro Intgr Shoeps in the kind of micro Radio France used to record a symphony orchestra, I do not know the price of a couple but is probably around 10 - 15 000 euros.

It is even difficult to speak of it as comparison is the two extremes of games (the very bottom and the top ^ ^), but sometimes it's good INTERESTED to such tests, default and the qualities you jump IMMEDIATE ears. Furthermore, compared with such microphones do not forgive, if c'tait real es m. .. nothing would have been able to say much and is clearly not the case.
- In addition to these mics I have used many mics sr in all price ranges (AKG, audiotechnik, Shoeps, Neuman, Shure, Behringer, BNyerdynamics etc ...) and also DIFFERENT type of technology (electret, dynamic, static, tape etc.) and circumstances (taken from his instrumental concrtes, reportage, interwiew, studio and sound).

And of course, the teacher who made the test with me (which is a Fast Fashion professional sound and music and the sound for at least 30 years) was more a point of comparison, it will without saying.
- Report price quality?

Well I think we have the srieux be two minutes, I turn again to the two people who dcendus these microphones. In the box include: two windscreens, two standard microphone clips, a couple bar and ... Apaire two condenser microphones.
It happens that I live in a city where finding accessories for micro Relva of the Holy Grail. Why I'm talking about accessories? But simply because if you count the price of accessories is almost dja Exceeds the sale price WITHOUT THE MICROS! As a wholesale dtail to give a 2 x 2 x studding clips + + bar = 7 x 2 x 2 + 15 + 10 = 54 Euros ^ ^ it feels microphones? ... going just 15 euros pice (and I do not even the price of the carrying case).

So even assuming that the microphones are totally, completely unusable I said well, the extreme limit with a sound saucepan, a rest INTERESTED if only for accessories! So you still even rflchir two minutes before spitting a behringer. Then ... the pickups are far from being as execrable as it sounds, so quality level compared prices ... it's just amazing, we really wonder how a brand can Russia offer a product so cheaply.

Finally, as all of its prenneur know the default microphones are sometimes in the absolute quality of some operations so it is always INTERESTED to have low-end microphones for certain applications, making an investment of this kind can not be wasted!

Dj said below, I will say no more

OVERALL OPINION

Well, I read all the reviews and I have good jug to post mine in esprant you will find an added value.
I bought a pair of C2 that I could compare a pair of Oktava. Indeed, the Premire taken, I felt my silent studio somewhere in the middle tempt on the northern beaches. But not on blowing one of the two microphones. It yad be a problem on one of them. It's a safe bet that the problem of breath that others have encountered are also a concern of a SERIES. I have ramen and seller to me chang ... Whew! of breath.
Indeed, some level hump and hollow as shown, but it's really not bad when even, especially for the price. I use it as overhead drum and I'm rather happy with my choice. I would do without hsiter. All fawns, as said below, this price is certainly not the gchis ...

No need to go back over everything t said.

OVERALL OPINION

It has been three years since I use mainly two couples live
I have tests primarily for choirs and acoustic guitars, piano, snare, hh, oh, ... Compared to the price to say anything:
Actually they are gaps (for cons I've never had a problem or gain of breath diffrent: my four C2 rpondent all alike), but they are very practical for live. I mean to sound with a choir of 40 singers in a gym full crack (1000 entries) we are left with neuman tions KM184. These taient almost too thin and too sensitive: you could hear the friction of the garments, the 'travel and ds that are pushing some were hung with the face. The C2 rvls have much more efficient, certainly not for trs, trs but their music and have a natural default blurred the noise. On the instruments, once again, its not a trs end but I got a clear, warm trs, trs cohrent and without real correction.

In short, by their default, I got to do stuff that I could not couraging with major standards such as 451, KM184 ...

At this price, do they go without you ever dpanneront.