Topic: Neumann 140's vs. DPA 4022'S Samples Inside

[dennisrtyler]

Sample #1 = DPA 4022's

Sample #2 = Neumann 140's

The 140's really shine in this situation.  I plan on doing another comp next Saturday at Tea Leaf Green at the 9:30 Club. 

well i was wrong. i preferred sample 1 fwiw.

[bhadella]

Sample #1 = DPA 4022's

Sample #2 = Neumann 140's

The 140's really shine in this situation.  I plan on doing another comp next Saturday at Tea Leaf Green at the 9:30 Club. 

well i was wrong. i preferred sample 1 fwiw.

Same here. 

[nedstruzz]

Really?  I thought sample #2 sounded cleaner. 

What did you like more about sample #1? 

[Gutbucket]

Sample 1 sounds smoother overall and a bit more open to me.
Sample 2 has a bit of a silibant peak in the treble.

I eq'd both to taste on slightly dark Senn HD650s and dialed in a slight high end shelving boost for 1 and the same with a notch in it to cut the silibance for 2.  Less of a difference on the low end, though I made a slightly different and smaller adjustment difference which I cant remember now (last night, late). Both sounded good, but forced to chose, I prefer 1.

Thanks for the listen.

[dennisrtyler]

Really?  I thought sample #2 sounded cleaner. 

What did you like more about sample #1? 

sample 2 did sound "cleaner" but that is not always better for me. i like a little color. what's odd is that the "colored" sample was the DPAs. sample 1 was definitely "smoother".

[sparkey]

I think this thread is a great example of how the power of suggestion influences peoples liking or disliking a recording.  If some one would've simply posted a thread that Neumann's sounded just as or almost as good as DPA's, everyone would've been all up their ass about it.

Josh

[danlynch]

Except for me, who has 150s and 4021s and generally prefers the Neumanns.

[stevetoney]

I think this thread is a great example of how the power of suggestion influences peoples liking or disliking a recording.  If some one would've simply posted a thread that Neumann's sounded just as or almost as good as DPA's, everyone would've been all up their ass about it.

Josh

While I agree with what you are saying Josh, I don't think that broad sweeping conclusions can be reached from this comp either.