All user reviews for the Neumann KMS 105

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OVERALL OPINION

I read the other reviews and I also did my tests on alto sax, tenor, clarinet, cymbals
Medium high-pitched voice and serious all in one its Jazz.
Firstly curve announced a bump on 12000 14000 and confirm that you can hear it.
Sometimes it's embarrassing it must equalize.
The alto it shines a little too much for my taste on tenor and clarinet is really very good.
On cymbals not bad but there are more suitable (not too small like membranes
cymbals that color too).
On high-pitched voice I copied Nancy Wilson Sunny (listening Emergency) in head voice.
And it very well: very precise, detailed, giving the hump of acute presence.
Much better than the beta 87 (on the same socket).
Medium of voice very well too.
on the other hand on bass (until I fa not really down below)
even if it remains the patch is less accurate than the beta 87.
The "o" less "o" and "a" less "a" ...
Sennheiser E855 and the surprise is more specific about the vowels in the bass voice. This is probably why Jamie Cullum and Harry Connick use the Beta and Norah Jones Neumann.
I used to club it works well but at this price ... it is likely to remain at the studio.
Small flat live orchestra he took over as the beta 87 that captures and less far
It has more noise body (rubbing and tapping) that the Beta 87. More noise
are issued around 800 Hz and therefore full of song as the Shure makes noises
equalisablent easily burn the low-pass.
Having said that Neumann did not experience the big scenes of microphones that can be Shure.
(I am not paid by Shure !!!).
Basically an excellent mic for women and the studio.

Also works with foods that really do not distribute 48V.

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2 years. By taking maximum near the stage must be cut approximately-12dB at 100Hz steep. This gives a very good sound, very intelligible voices, and without color Nazal, which is much less true with shure sm58, sm85 and SM87 and Senneheiser md431. This limits many problems Larsen and other repisses is almost perfect, finally, I have not done better. This is very aggressive without that so-called ordinary and ill-t-appropriateness "presence" on the midrange is very balanced and very easy to work. For more acoustic music to 15 / 20cm from the microphone not need much editing, if not for aesthetics. The precaution with the hyper-cardio and return it to place / the return of lead-vocal on an axis approximately 30 degrees to the side and not directly behind and in line with the microphone, the Unlike a heart.

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I use the microphone during A Day in the studio. Taken guitar and vocals live (kms105 for voice, audio-technica's 4041 + 4033 + line for electro-acoustic)
Plac half a score of centimtres the mouth inclined about 45 up ... The claque! almost no need to EQ the sound is the guitar repisse a bit, but trs is beautiful! I think that is our next purchase ...
9 / 10 because it is not me!

December 2007:
ay is the micro is in our park!
always satisfied, it is excellent for this price (env500)
trick in the studio: disassemble the grid / pop protection, and! the KMS105 in all its glory ... sound recording are much, interposing an anti-pop to vote, without ATTENTION guard is VERY fragile, the slightest touch can damage it.

Micro Chant mainly, I flutist, for a terrible and it works for wind instruments to taste it is also very effective. Must try a little while and see what works or not ...

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I use it for a few months, I have not a lot of microphones, then to record other instruments, or use it in front of an amp, I dvisse the protective cap, and the sound is good trs , natural, say anything, no surprises ...

I recorded two such friends, a harpist and a cellist in a chapel, I used the Neuman without the vessel about 1.50 m, and rev your exact and beautiful grain the presence, and a lot of transparency.

For better feedback, I think we can be when even a good pramp (lamp preferences), but even on a rotten sound, PR tribution for a singer for example, micro comes to obtaining a clear, distinct, which is less empty at times with a SM 58.

perfect, simply, no "pops" with 3 or 4 grilles, clear sound open, which captures the grain of things trs fine ... Obviously, you have to position it.


Scne I get on, but I do not even notice that I have a microphone. . .
Class at all. The quality is paid .. sure. But we are not.

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OVERALL OPINION

Used primarily for stage, this microphone is the perfect companion to your "pop", "ssssssss" and "chhhhh" and will save your life by its low sensitivity to feedback! 
  Designed for live, this microphone is "intelligent": Finally, a microphone that meets the constraints of live! You put whatever you want, near or far, it's always clean to the ear. 
  the intelligibility of the voice is exceptional and makes it also suitable for the studio. 
  Its mechanical design, with its different layers of grids, is superbly thought. We can even clean them between sessions; 
  I still carry inside Carla Bruni's resonant voice who has made it her stage companion; you will also find it in the biggest TV stages because it requires no correction, it sounds right at once and simplifies the settings. 
  This mic, at its price an up, remains a high-end pro standard! 
  Robust and insensitive to moisture, it can withstand hours and hours of live and spitting! lol

KMS105 Neumann - Capacitor:
Micro singing live and studio.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year on stage, on an acoustic guitar amp (well, he knows how to be discreet) and home studio.
-Very linear, the technician equalized almost no signal and especially the directivitée hypercardioid, no problem of feedback on stage and I can sing away from the micro (20cm )//// Requires phantom power (I use a DI lamp Arts environ40 €).
-I bought on the advice of my singing teacher, I have not tried other mic in the same range.
The price-quality ratio is good.
-I would do without that choice issue, I can not do without.
Conclusion: Micro-(on) a singer (Waitress) who want to take care of her voice, great for Jazz, and Folk French song, I think less well for rock or puissant.Bon styles on acoustic guitar but only for very specialized instruments solo no recovery group or use overhead.Correct in home studio.
The quality you expect from a mic of this price.

Vocal mic, East scne, hypercardioid directivity

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A Neumann scne, with all that that implies for Excellence ... The grain of this microphone is the typical Neumann: Fidler, a low and a hyper mdium prcis this Confre him some heat, it seems to dress velvet voice .. . The highs are clear and ars, without being aggressive. THE short sound. Some prfreront the shure beta87 (more "dbordant" mdium on top, a little more "acid" my ear) which is an excellent vocal microphone, but for me the Neumann is the point of view of sound, a step up ...
The KMS105 is a little more sensitive to feedback that the shure, but it is easy for those who know contrlable grate a return circuit.
The finish is good, it srieux. Plosives are excellently filters (called "my daddy is a firefighter pompei" by pressing the "p", you will tonns the lack of "pop" in his untimely ...), and the problem of consonants "hissing" is divinely erased ... A great microphone is on, with a price that has declined (slightly more than 500 ...), but still expensive ... The very good stuff has always cot expensive, and this microphone is no exception, unfortunately.
Despite its price, it remains a well located trs perspective "qualitprix, the grain of his that can even be used in the studio who did not want to sing standing fig to a pole and large static familles.Tout capsule of the world should have its own ...

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OVERALL OPINION

I use it for some weeks as much for scne, both for the studio ... This mic is a real killer! Fidler I love his depth, softness, warmth, the size of the sound it gives ... WAAAOOOW finally just what! Indeed, I have tried many other models of this micro "template"; style shure SM87 A or Beta. This mic gives me everything I needed, I finally, for the first time in my life feel to hear me! its anti-pop in Intgr mtal is really handy! It's basically a studio microphone to be on scne tudi ... I admit that it is not srement the door of all for the price, 500 is Obviously a certain amount. But with the exprience, and if I did not know what to do with 500 happy I slam in the microwave!

I have a recording on my myspace "Swallow" made with the microphone, others have registered with a t shure SM87 A, there is no photo ... BUT THEN NOT REALLY! https://myspace.com/undatrees

The Neumann KMS 105 is a condenser microphone typically used in a live setting, but also sounds good in the studio. I believe it is designed for on stage use and built for touring, however it also works really well in a studio setting, especially for people recording live in a room together who want a mic that has the sound quality of a Neumann and the flexibility to block out outside noise when a singer puts their mouth right up on the mic. It also comes in either a nice silver color or straight black, both of which look pretty cool with the Neumann logo on it.

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I first used the Neumann KMS 105 about 2 years ago. I have only used it in the studio for recording sessions where the band was all playing live in a single room. It is good at blocking out other noise and has a rich tone to it. It is well built and has the Neumann seal so you know you're going to get a nice microphone. I have seen it used mostly on stage for live performances for those who want to bring the Neumann sound to the stage. Since it is built for the stage, it can probably withstand the trials of bringing it on the road and using it ever night. It is nice to have a Neumann built microphone that is in such a sturdy case and can be brought around. It is a bit pricey for those just looking for a microphone to bring to gigs, and I would honestly rather get the 5 SM58s that I could get for the same price. While these are reliable, sound good and are well made, for the price there are other mics I would rather spend my money on - both in the live and the recording realm.