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Originally Posted by Andreas G The U67 is one of the best sounding universal mics with an unique character: punchy mids, very controlled highs (good for silbiant singers) and a very controlled bass too (sometimes you don't even need shockmount).
An U269 may be an alternative: same mic but different tube (AC701), it's quiter, has a little less midpunch but a bit more overall presence.
The U87 is a good universal mic too but hasn't the "live" and qualities of the U67/U269.
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I more or less grew up in studios. I was always singing through 67s and 87s, and to this day, even though the U67 I believe is a better overall mic, there is still some kind of quaility...I don't know what to call it....something in the transient response probably related to the excellent capsules, that I hear in the Neumanns. I really love it. It's a fast, sensitivity that I haven't heard in any other mic. You can't go to wrong with an 87, and what's really nice is that if you want to spend another 1500 or so someday, you can send it to Klaus Heyne and get a world class mic back. His 87 mods are pretty unreal.
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