the t.bone CD 55

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the t.bone CD 55
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JonnyK 26.04.2016
I don't know why I spent years buying industry standard mics. This little mic, for the price, simply cannot go wrong. It's plastic, so I'm not sure it'd withstand too many errand hits, but really, it's quite fine for the purpose of mic'ing toms and snares. I have two toms I'm using these for, and seriously, a little corrective EQ, and it's absolutely fine for the vast majority of us home studio guys. You'd have to be pretty picky to want to spend 4 times the price on a mic that will maybe sound 10% better. What is the point... Cheap doesn't mean bad, not in this day and age!
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Useful!
Edgar Blackdagger 06.01.2021
Okay, they do have a very narrow frequency response, they sound thin and dull at the same time, BUT:
this makes them very useful for sounds that need to take less space in the mix, I wouldn't use them for toms, but they make snare tops sound quite puffy (which is great for some styles), they are great as snare bottoms, they can be useful for electric guitar accents and take saturation well, so they can be used for effect vocals or drum room crush mics.
They actually feel great and they come with quite decent tom mounts that I now use for my Oktava MK-012 mics.

Also, because of their lack of bottom end, they don't have a strong proximity effect, so you can place them QUITE close to the sound source without having to EQ out several db of 150-300Hz.

After hearing them on toms I was going to sell them off, but after experimenting with them I think they are indeed useful for certain tasks and they are definitely worth the money. I'm keeping them!
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Can't go cheaper, so what can we really expect...
Dirty Five Given 22.10.2020
This is the lowest you can go when buying a mic, so having any expectations of it other than it would generally pick up the frequencies in roughly the range it was advertised as, is too much.
It works. It's built cheaply. It can record your drums, but you're definitely gonna have a harder time mixing them, than if you used something more classy than this.
I still recommend it, because there's a lot of possible uses for very cheap microphones - eg. I use this one to record band practice.
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Rugged simple inexpensive.
Stolen Fridays 05.03.2022
Exceptional quality for the price. These mics are perfect for the weekender or pro alike.
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Good mic!
JW92 27.01.2021
Purchased for recording snare drum. In my opinion the sound is Okay, but it does not compare to a 57!

the clip system is a little unsecure for my liking. The mic now gets used for other instruments, it no longer lives on the drum Kit.

For the price i would recommend the BD200 in its place.
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Bought three. Would buy again
Wishiwastaylorhawkins 25.10.2022
Bought these during lockdown, so now about 2 years old. In my shed they've survived 2x cold winters and 2x warmish summers (in England, so you might not agree with the definition of warm and cold :)). Been hit with drum sticks, too. Two have survived, one got hit too many times. They're quite flimsy but as I said, I still have two left after all this time. One I now dangle over my guitarists amp so I can run his sound through my in-ears. The other I now use as a practice vocal mic. It's easy to put on a boom behind by drum throne. Great sound for the price but I dont think I'd use it live as a vocal. They were used to record the drums and I was really impressed; at this price they're amazing.
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They sound Ok for the money
Sabu 08.08.2021
Mics sound ok, their a bit on the dark side in terms of an EQ, you'll need to boost the Hi freq a bit to hear a much more clear sound.
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Ok on a budget
Thomas C. 82 22.06.2013
These mics are ok. They work well for a budget set up. They lack on low end but high and mids are ok. The clips are a bit cumbersome at times and can slip a bit after a while. I have taken the clips off and screwed them onto mic stands instead (they are a standard small type mic thread).
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Excellent do everything mic
Thomas E. 235 07.06.2013
This is a fantastic mic, not even for the money
It's brilliant for accordion bass
good at vocal work
It mics guitar amps well
drums
even on violin!
i would highly recommend it.
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Daniel Y. 15.05.2013
I was tempted to buy this product or not? and i did, and i am really happy with the results, it sounds real, with a bit of EQ when recording it sounds great, these tom mics are great for live work to. Very good product!
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