One of our distributors – Ivo Sedlacek (Czech Republic) made a great job for all of us by recording some samples with very respectable microphones and inserting them into Gearslutz as blind samples, so everybody could make objective judgment about the sound of microphones. Well, first thanks to all who made comments about samples and told their thoughts about the sound & microphones. I think it was very interesting discussion with surprising results…
Here are these samples:
Song 1:
Song 2:
In this shootout songs was recorded with different mics: Neumann U47, M49, Manley Gold, Horch RM2, JZ V47 and BH-2. Everybody could say their opinion and guess which mic is which. Of course there were different preferences but mainly the struggle was between Horch RM2 and JZ V47. Well, just think about what is the price difference for these two mics!?!?

It was nice to see that many preferred #3 in Song 1 which exactly was Vintage V47 mic! Especially it was funny when many said that #3 has the Neumann u47 vintage tone!
I just want to remind that V47 is not a tube mic but the quality of sound is at least in the same level as old & respectable tube mics. Many before hearing the mics doubt us for this approach that we are not using a tube but transistor.

In general I can say about this shootout that this still approves that people are having various tastes of sound and that people nowadays used to be very detailed when they evaluate the sound. Plus, this also shows that it is absolutely possible nowadays to compete with big name microphone brands and that the best way how to evaluate the mics is blind tests because it seems that many today are still much focussed only on brand named gears and are very reserved against new things!

Finally I want to offer also the opinion of our friend Ivo from Czech Republic who made this shootout: „Although many people joined our experiment and shared their opinions about the sound & mics, next time such a test would have to be conducted in more detailed way. This shootout show that people has various tastes and regarding JZ V47 mic opinions were quite consistent – it was often described as pleasant and “right”. Also the price for the V47 seems to be very good!”
Here are also some other phrases about V47 mic from Gearslutz shootout:
„The most pleasingly present. Brings the vocal to the forefront in just the right way.”
„I think A was the most balanced overall.”
„Is not bad at all. More vintage. Neumann vibe Prolly the u47. I love it for this song and singer!”
„Just sat in the mix well. A very sweet and intimate sound. It just sounds ‘right’”
„The #3 has the Neumann u47 vintage tone.”
„It’s funny how a lot of you guys said that the JZ47 was the one with the Neumann U47 tone.”
Read full discussion in Gearslutz: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear-shoot-outs-sound-file-comparisons-audio-tests/465589-jz-v47-vs-real-u47-also-m49-manley-gold-horch-bh2.html


















