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(More customer reviews)I have spent my life in broadcasting, sound and video. I have used every conceivable mic you can name and several you likely never heard of. I have a fairly extensive collection of mics ranging from super cheepies from the old Lafayette Radio of the 1960's to the latest and greatest pro studio PR-30 from the genius of Bob Heil at Heil Sound.
That said, for pure dollar value vs. sound quality, the Behringer XM-8500 is a steal. It sounds every bit as good as similar mics selling at five times the price and is just as rugged.
Its only drawback is its propensity to be a little sibilant if worked straight on, very close without a wind screen. Put a $2 wind-screen on it and all that disappears and its the match of mics in the $100+ category. (Rule of thumb taught to me back when I was first getting started in radio: Never use this design of mic without a wind screen -- no matter what brand it is.)
I own several of XM-8500's and use them mainly for loan outs to friends who want to do a recording with something that sounds better than the mic built into their digital or tape recorder. I also have a dedicated pair that I use to do field interviews for an on-line news service I produce -- recording these days on a Zoom H4 digital recorder. Nobody who has borrowed one of my XM-8500's has ever complained. Nobody Ive ever interviewed has sounded anything but natural.
No, its not going to be the equal of an EV RE-20 or my Heil PR-30, but for $20, I dare you to find anything that sounds better or is constructed better than the Behringer XM-8500.
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