Matt Wallace on Picking the Right Mic Unbiased

Matt Wallace did a blind test to choose his favorite mic for vocals and had an assistant record the same singer, singing the same section of a song on all the mics he had. In this batch of mics were some microphones that cost up to ten grand, some high profile, top dollar mics.

Only the assistant knew which mic was which and multiple times Matt chose the inexpensive MXL 990, which retails for $99.

This proves, that we need to learn to listen with our ears not our eyes or preconceived notions.

Matt now owns a few of the 990 mics and uses them all the time.

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