Every Old Neewer NW-800 Review is Now Useless
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Neewer has quietly completely changed (and possibly for the better) the NW-800 condenser microphone. It's now identical, except for the upper housing, to the NW-700. If the proof is in the pudding, here's the pudding!
Tom Buck's NW-700 and NW-800 Teardown: • Can A Cheap Microphone...
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Contents
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0:00 Intro
0:43 What exactly changed?
1:38 The Old NW-800 vs. NW-700 Teardown
2:01 The New NW-800 vs. NW-700 Teardown
4:16 The Good News
5:19 Final Thoughts
#Neewer #NW800 #NW700 - Věda a technologie
Awesome review of the renewed mic.
Enjoy your content fellow Hoosier! Was hoping for PC content but acknowledge it can get pretty expensive.
PC content will continue to be covered too! I tend to just make videos on whatever tech I find interesting!
I'll be honest, i use a Floureon BM-800 which is very similar (probably identical apart from the name) I personally think a lot of the online reviews & video reviews are done by people that are also using the supplied cable or just plugged direct into a laptop where the internal soundcard isn't very good for microphone use... even using a dirt cheap external USB adapter is tons better than the onbord jack on a PC or laptop. it's only going to get bad reviews if tested using what comes in the box.
This is why i think so many of these microphones get a bad review, using them on a pro spec mixer or interface with phantom power & XLR inputs it truly reveals how good the mic is, any mic regardless of cost or pec connected to a PC with a jack lead is going to sound atrocious especially if it needs a 48v phantom power to work properly.
I have been using my BM800 for a few years now to record radio shows at home, I'm not talking online stations with a low bitrate but proper broadcast radio on FM & DAB & so far nobody has complained about how the mic sounds. A little EQ & i would put it up against some low end brand name mic's all day long... yes I can hear a noticeable difference compared to a Shure microphone for example, but it takes a trained ear or a side by side comparison to truly know. I bought the mic cheap to get me out of trouble when I needed a studio condenser mic for home recording & so far I am happy with it enough not to change it, it works.
Could you link the mic stand that you are using please?
I got one of these a few months ago w/ cable and shock mount for a whopping $10 off Amazon.
Having a background in audio?
I will say it's not an ideal mic, but at the same time? It's not complete trash.
As a demo quality recording artist, or budding podcaster? It WILL work for you, but you WILL want to eventually upgrade to a better mic ASAP IMO.
Great vid man!
Cheers!
I have the Behringer C1, which is still a cheap mic at $80 odd Australian dollars (they were almost twice that a couple of years ago, but that's the current price), but 4 x the price of a Neewer NW700 or 800, the full kits were only around $25, and the mics alone $20 or under, and I tested them side by side. I preferred the Neewer recording. I can't complain about them at all, and if you need gear, a couple of kits will have a home studio ready to go. I actually bought another kit, not for the mic, but just so I can have enough gear not to have to swap mics over if I want to use a different mic, I just grab the 'arm' of whichever mic I want to record with at the time and plug the lead into the interface. The kits are great value, even if you don't want the mic.
Edit- The C1 is still $170 to $230 aud at some stores.
@@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Another really good "sleeper cheap-o" condenser mic IMO? The MXL 990. Buy two.
ISYN bruh...
They're just like these freakin' silly ass little $99 stereo pair workhorses, and recently?
I've discovered a Redit thread of peeps attempting "Neumann TLM" component mods to them?! Not gonna lie, that's peaked my DIY soldering iron curiosity.
LMAO!
Behringer definitely makes some well above decent affordable gear IMHO.
There's no shame in that game at all my dude.
Because the measurably subjective preferred range of dynamically magical nuance within a $1,2000 German mic? Up against a $120 Chinese mic? Honestly don't make AF into some Focusrite Scarlett usb audio interface printing at 44.1-48kHz
Tools is tools...
A $5 hammer next to a
$50 hammer next to
and a $500 hammer?
They all can smack nails, and claw them ones you missed out. Ha!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've had both mics for almost 3 years (3+ for the 700, almost 3 for the 800) and they both had the exact same components. Maybe the other dude had a certain mic from a certain batch that was made like that?
thanks.. this is a VERY, helpful video !!!
Hi, Thanks for this review. As I have changed the Condenser capsule with a 25mm one, really providing a great sound, vs the embarassing stock capsule (later versions are implementing a condenser capsule with the FET already Inside), I would like to know the FET (the component at the top of the PCB that is not SMD) number (printed on the component). I see the NW700 and NW800 mount different FET component, would you be so kind reading those numbers for me? I actually used a 2N3819 into mine and it works fine, but a check would reassure me, as I suspect they use a P-JFET instead of a N-JFET. Many thanks in advance and best regards from rainy Milan Italy.
Of course I can provide you with some details about change of the Capsule, with AliExpress models etc-