Four KM-84 Clones - Blind Test

[k brown]

the cm4 is an insane buy, almost as good as schoeps (or better than many of their offerings honestly, but not all) for way way less money. it has a few caveats, like that it can't be used in small booths because its vents are sensitive to reflections at 90 degrees, but for performance and field recording? difficult to find a better mic at any price

Weelll . . . that overstates things a tad.

The flatness of the frequency response is their most remarkabe feature; that at the unbeatable value. But they do not have the low self noise and resolution of a Schoeps, or indeed most other mic in that league.

For recording Classical music, they make terrific spot mics; there the flat response is perfect, and the self noise is never an issue.

 

[joulupukki]

My son ordered a pair through the Benelux distributor. If all goes well, we'll have them before X-mas. He used to have a pair of CM2s, but he sold them off, because he found the them sounding utterly boaring...

Jan

I’m on the list to get a pair from this same dealer but probably won’t see them ‘til late in the year or early next year. Will be interesting to put them to work!

 

[IBarfoot]

I must admit I have a number of the previous Line Audio CM3 wide cardioids, they are superb, amazing value for money and never dissapoint.
I used to purchase them direct but sadly Brexit has done for that, being in the UK. I should realy look at buying some of the CM4 by the sound of the comments here.