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Post by recordingengineer on Apr 20, 2024 2:00:48 GMT -6
Anyone have experience with both? I’ve K7s in some a couple mics, but have no experience with their M7 yet. Anyone know the actual sound-difference?
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Post by Ward on Apr 20, 2024 9:09:20 GMT -6
From everything I've heard and peers I've spoken to, the K7 and M7 are deadly accurate to their inspirational origins in Neumann's caps.
And the Neumann caps are different to each other. The M7 sounds more 'vintage' and smooth whilst the KK47 sounds more present and less muddy, and perhaps slightly aggressive
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Post by mcirish on Apr 21, 2024 7:48:11 GMT -6
I have both but my BN-M7 I believe is defective. I have a Thiersch Red M7 and have directly compared to the K7. They sound very similar. I think the Thiersch may have a touch more low end but they are both very similar.
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Post by recordingengineer on Apr 21, 2024 12:56:10 GMT -6
Thanks guys! For some reason, I had it in the back of my mind that the K7 is some sort of cross-breed between the M7 and K47. I must have been remembering it wrong.
I’m quite familiar with the Thiersch M7 Redline. I’ve used mics with them quite-often, but have never had them in my own mics; even though I own one (it’s slated for a mic though).
Sorry to hear of your possibly-defective Beesneez M7 though!
I also have a 3U M7 slated to go in a mic, but trying to decide if I want to try it first or just grab a Beesneez M7 for it.
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Post by plinker on Apr 22, 2024 6:55:16 GMT -6
Thanks guys! For some reason, I had it in the back of my mind that the K7 is some sort of cross-breed between the M7 and K47. I must have been remembering it wrong. I’m quite familiar with the Thiersch M7 Redline. I’ve used mics with them quite-often, but have never had them in my own mics; even though I own one (it’s slated for a mic though). Sorry to hear of your possibly-defective Beesneez M7 though! I also have a 3U M7 slated to go in a mic, but trying to decide if I want to try it first or just grab a Beesneez M7 for it. I think you’re right about the cross-bred nature of the K7. I have one that Ben put into my black spade mic around 2015. I later swapped it out for a heiserman 47. That was many years ago. I can tell you that the K7 is a more mellow sound than the Heiserman. The K7 is soft and throaty. I’ve been contemplating putting the K7 back into that mic. |
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Post by Ward on Apr 22, 2024 10:17:21 GMT -6
Thanks guys! For some reason, I had it in the back of my mind that the K7 is some sort of cross-breed between the M7 and K47. I must have been remembering it wrong. I’m quite familiar with the Thiersch M7 Redline. I’ve used mics with them quite-often, but have never had them in my own mics; even though I own one (it’s slated for a mic though). Sorry to hear of your possibly-defective Beesneez M7 though! I also have a 3U M7 slated to go in a mic, but trying to decide if I want to try it first or just grab a Beesneez M7 for it. I think you’re right about the cross-bred nature of the K7. I have one that Ben put into my black spade mic around 2015. I later swapped it out for a heiserman 47. That was many years ago. I can tell you that the K7 is a more mellow sound than the Heiserman. The K7 is soft and throaty. I’ve been contemplating putting the K7 back into that mic. VERY interesting! |
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Post by recordingengineer on Apr 22, 2024 11:43:35 GMT -6
I think you’re right about the cross-bred nature of the K7. I have one that Ben put into my black spade mic around 2015. I later swapped it out for a heiserman 47. That was many years ago. I can tell you that the K7 is a more mellow sound than the Heiserman. The K7 is soft and throaty. I’ve been contemplating putting the K7 back into that mic. So maybe I am remembering right. Huh. Knowing the K7 well, compared to the Heisermann HK47 (I’ve no experience at all), I’m not surprised; just from a single vs dual back-plate design. |
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Post by mcirish on Apr 22, 2024 15:15:10 GMT -6
I believe the K7 is sort of a hybrid in that it is a single backplate like an M7 but the diaphragms are screwed down on a mounting ring, instead of being glued like a M7. Anyway. the Thiersch Red and the BN K7 sound pretty similar, but not completely identical. I really like both and would pick them over all other capsuke varieties if I was stuck with only having one. Which, of course, I'm not, thus, the 50+ mics. :-)
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