I have a feeling most of the new stuff I’ve seen with the k87 style capsule probably sounds the same. Lots of prosumer stuff. This new pro line though, that I want to k is more about, too.
Nice! Let me know what you think of the V5 when you get it. After this, I have an updated V47 that I'll do and it looks like a rebranded version of their 414 is coming to Amazon, but unless they have some more Professional series mics coming, I'm probably done with the prosumer stuff. BUT, check out today's newly posted Time Preservation Society review of the BFL KK07.
Realllyyy nice Mark. One of my favs on you. Super smooth, warm, and present. I'd love to hear this next to the Roswell Mini K-47 (that's my reference point for Transformerless K-47 style mics). Keep up the great work!!
This mic reminds me of the Blue Blueberry with it's similar sound profile and similar look. Considering that mic's discontinued and I've wanted to try it for a while, this one peaks my curiosity greatly. In theory this could be a great replacement/clone. Even ignoring that though, this seems like a nice mic in a vacuum. Maybe cutting a little too much highs for my taste but those mids and high mids are delicious. 🔥🔥
I think you could totally high shelf it hard and bring out that air without it falling apart. I like this one dark-ish as contrast to the other mics I have in the booth, but yeah, that MIDRANGE has some nice purr to it and that's tough to pull off with a mic at this price point. We're really only seeing these mics at wholesale prices at this point, so it's a pretty great time to be alive.
Great review as always buddy! Would love if you can test the V7, as it remids me a lot to the Elam mics ... well, it is just the same color hahahaha. I have checked the graph in the papers they provida and it seems similar or the same to others in their catalogue.
It looks interesting but a closer inspection reveals the V7 has a k87 style capsule so it's going to sound a lot like the v10 and V47, except the chiseled headbasket will cut those already compromised mids even more because it, too, sits on a flat circuit without the proper de-emphasis.
Jumped on the hype train and ordered one of each of their mics from AliExpress. DAYUM...The V5 is disgustingly, stupid good for voice work. No regerts. ;)
Going to get one. Just got a LCT 940 for projects and what not. Will use this for streaming and rough drafts of things. If you had to choose one BFL mic would it be this one? Or the 47 you modded?
It's worth it, it's literally a 1.1 clone and it smokes the Stam u87 and the warm u87 etc. Put it this way I'd rather buy a new aliexpress u87 then to buy a used u87.
@@zayzay92 would be great if you could upload a video for us all to see I think it would get a lot of interest. I would love to see it myself then I would buy one 100% Thank you
@nizzaofficial yeah I would but I'm currently fibbing to clients 🙃 since mine say neumann im gonna opt to leave the details out in such a public way....if im open about the fact their replicas i know people will treat them differently...But the 87 and the m149 sound amazing and spot on, honestly the m149 clone smokes my Manley ref and cost me 1300 less it's amazing and the u87 clone makes my Roswell Delphos sound boxy in comparison.
The C414 model and a couple of other BaiFei Li mics now have an option for a 34mm capsule. Do you know if the bigger capsules are the same K47 capsule used in the V5? Have you tried the 34mm capsule version of any of the others? If so, what are your impressions?
I think the window comes maybe from a cheap Chinese headphone amp. These companies get their OEM parts from the same manufacturer. I think they got these for cheap and thought „this fits!“
It sounds like your voice tone got lowered an octave and you're about to sing Barry White to me, which I'd personally want to change. Agreed on the mid-range. It's very good
Oh man! That's the best sounding BFL yet! Seriously? Did they send that to you? And I get sent the KK707? What gives? Hahaha. Well done! Also, loving the new haircut! Cheers!
Thanks! Yeah, it was time for a new wig. The old one got gum in it from a Taylor Swift concert protest march in Tampa. Fucking Tampa. Sorry to say they apparently can't send the good mics to Canada because of the embargo on Justin Trudeau's taint, or at least that's how the English translation of their explanation came out with Bing translate.
I wasn't impressed with the quality control on these. Inside mine, the capsule was very scuffed and looked several years old with lots of screw driver marks on the screws and scuffs and tarnish on the body and scratches on the inner discs. First the mic capsule wasn't picking up my voice unless I screamed into the capsule from 0.25 inches away with the gain maxed out on my interface... until I poked around inside and it randomly started working. Mine also has some grounding issue. A constant buzz unless I hold onto the XLR cable. I enclosed the internal circuitboard tray with metal tape and ran the case screws through the metal tape as well. That seems to have solved the buzzing sound, though now all of my components are hidden by shiny tape behind the plastic window. I also found the range between the room noise and voice it picks up is only maybe 10-20db depending on the voice volume. It seems quite hard to drive. There could be an issue still with the components inside. But that brings me to my final point. Buying this mic is like rolling the dice, playing the lottery, and for over $100, and the hoops they require you to jump through for a refund/return and the time commitment of that, I am not so sure it's worth it given how poor their quality control seems to be. I feel a little burned by Bai Fei Li and I don't think I'll be going back to them for more, even though I was excited to go down the road of trying a lot of their mics. Edit: here are some pics of the inside of mine: imgur.com/a/imD7KHs
@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff maybe in a month by the time I send it back and they send another after I submit the DNA samples in from the carrier and confirm my birth certificate lol
@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff I am getting some foam and such soon for the walls. The mic seems and sounds really great from your videos. I will def try to get my hands on it, hopefully I'll like it just as much for myself and keep it forever
The MT48 doesn’t add tone. It’s super clean gain. It’s going through a hairball gold 500 series pre first which is adding some clean gain with a little transformer weight which is how I plan to use this transformerless mic.
@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff ah..thanks Bro -I wondered though as I got the MT48 for Music and its so good..but yeah - I have been using the V402 with it and it's so good!!! I am using the U67 with the V402and the MT48...its like so awesome! thanks Bro love your channel..head over to mine if you want to see what I do... cheers have a great day!
Sounds incredible for the price. Incredibly smooth sounding.
Right? How is this mic only $135? I think they’re bringing it to Amazon under their ProAR brand soon.
I'd really love them to make a shotgun microphone with the same quality they usually use for these condensers. Thanks for the review Mark.
That would be pretty cool. I’d love to see that too.
Holy hell that sounds great. I’d noticed their newer offerings and was hoping you’d do some reviews on ‘em.
I have a feeling most of the new stuff I’ve seen with the k87 style capsule probably sounds the same. Lots of prosumer stuff. This new pro line though, that I want to k is more about, too.
Please do a review of all the BFL mics once you collect all of them. haha! Just bought this one to add to my collection.
Nice! Let me know what you think of the V5 when you get it. After this, I have an updated V47 that I'll do and it looks like a rebranded version of their 414 is coming to Amazon, but unless they have some more Professional series mics coming, I'm probably done with the prosumer stuff. BUT, check out today's newly posted Time Preservation Society review of the BFL KK07.
Realllyyy nice Mark. One of my favs on you. Super smooth, warm, and present. I'd love to hear this next to the Roswell Mini K-47 (that's my reference point for Transformerless K-47 style mics). Keep up the great work!!
Thank you! I haven’t used any of the Roswell mics but I know Matt over there really knows what he’s doing.
Damn that mic is sooooo smooth sounding for so little money! I may have to snag one before they go up in price
For the price it’s a steal. And yes, there is no doubt they will go up in price.
Dear Mark, thanks a lot for your efforts.
Great review on cool mic again!
My pleasure! Thanks Bill!
This mic reminds me of the Blue Blueberry with it's similar sound profile and similar look. Considering that mic's discontinued and I've wanted to try it for a while, this one peaks my curiosity greatly. In theory this could be a great replacement/clone. Even ignoring that though, this seems like a nice mic in a vacuum. Maybe cutting a little too much highs for my taste but those mids and high mids are delicious. 🔥🔥
I think you could totally high shelf it hard and bring out that air without it falling apart. I like this one dark-ish as contrast to the other mics I have in the booth, but yeah, that MIDRANGE has some nice purr to it and that's tough to pull off with a mic at this price point. We're really only seeing these mics at wholesale prices at this point, so it's a pretty great time to be alive.
Great review as always buddy! Would love if you can test the V7, as it remids me a lot to the Elam mics ... well, it is just the same color hahahaha. I have checked the graph in the papers they provida and it seems similar or the same to others in their catalogue.
It looks interesting but a closer inspection reveals the V7 has a k87 style capsule so it's going to sound a lot like the v10 and V47, except the chiseled headbasket will cut those already compromised mids even more because it, too, sits on a flat circuit without the proper de-emphasis.
Insane how it went from sub $30 bucks to like almost $150. JEEZ
Yeah, you have to jump on these when the price is low. They're all going to keep going up in price as people discover how under-priced they are.
That's OK. We'll see it put out under 5 different Chinese names, all made from the same factory. Mic companies are in trouble.@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff
@@ramspencer5492 name of sister brand? Awesome
Jumped on the hype train and ordered one of each of their mics from AliExpress. DAYUM...The V5 is disgustingly, stupid good for voice work. No regerts. ;)
The V5 is truly a gem for that price.
Sounds great for the price. What are your favorite headphones for voice over?
These. Beyerdynamic DT-700 Pro X Headphones for Voice Over
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@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff Thanks. I'll watch this now.
Hi, MARK! I ordered BAIFEILI V5 !
Yasssss!! I hope you dig it. Please let me know what you think after you’ve had a chance to use it a bit.
Going to get one. Just got a LCT 940 for projects and what not. Will use this for streaming and rough drafts of things. If you had to choose one BFL mic would it be this one? Or the 47 you modded?
You need to try the Bai Fei Li U87 AI. It's expensive but it's great
It’s good? I’ve been tempted.
I’m very interested in the BAIFEILI U87AI do you have one?
I have a TLM103 I’m wondering if the BAIFEILI U87AI would be a better microphone.
It's worth it, it's literally a 1.1 clone and it smokes the Stam u87 and the warm u87 etc. Put it this way I'd rather buy a new aliexpress u87 then to buy a used u87.
@@zayzay92 would be great if you could upload a video for us all to see I think it would get a lot of interest. I would love to see it myself then I would buy one 100%
Thank you
@nizzaofficial yeah I would but I'm currently fibbing to clients 🙃 since mine say neumann im gonna opt to leave the details out in such a public way....if im open about the fact their replicas i know people will treat them differently...But the 87 and the m149 sound amazing and spot on, honestly the m149 clone smokes my Manley ref and cost me 1300 less it's amazing and the u87 clone makes my Roswell Delphos sound boxy in comparison.
Looks like Baifeili has come a long way. From making lookalike mics to finally making original designs (do correct me though if I'm wrong 😅).
I do believe the V5 is an original design. I haven''t seen another that looks exactly like it.
So....i have one of these and a 414 coming in the mail from Aliexpress right now. They really should be paying you a commission!
Hah! They should put me in charge of marketing.
Sounds lovely. How does the sword noise compare with the V10?
V10 is much noisier.
@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff excellent. Where does the 414 fit in terms of self noise
@@curseleisure5507 BFL 414 has more noise than the V5. Electret capsules, in general, have more self noise.
The C414 model and a couple of other BaiFei Li mics now have an option for a 34mm capsule. Do you know if the bigger capsules are the same K47 capsule used in the V5? Have you tried the 34mm capsule version of any of the others? If so, what are your impressions?
I have not tried the 34mm version but Time Preservation Society has. The v5 is the only BFL mic with a k47. The others all have a k87-style capsule.
I think the window comes maybe from a cheap Chinese headphone amp. These companies get their OEM parts from the same manufacturer. I think they got these for cheap and thought „this fits!“
You are probably 100 percent right on that!
It sounds like your voice tone got lowered an octave and you're about to sing Barry White to me, which I'd personally want to change. Agreed on the mid-range. It's very good
Barry White? Wait, did you get naked?
@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff let's just say I can't get enough of you
@@MarkVO 🤣🤣
Nice vid. I'd actually be interested to hear this up against the Soyuz 017Fet...
Thanks! Yeah, perhaps. I'm kind of bored with putting mic A up against mic B, but I may do this against the u89.
Damn it, Mark. I mean, I didn’t need this microphone. But guess what… Anyway, nice vid.
Thanks Jeff!! I certainly don’t need another mic but every now and then one just surprises you.
Headbasket looks more like the Blue Blueberry or some of the current JZ microphones
For sure. The V5 headbasket is a bit larger than the JZ Amethyst, so I’m guessing there’s more low end presence inside the headbasket assembly.
Is there much difference between BAIFEILI-V10 and BAIFEILI-V5?
V5 has a 47 style capsule which is better suited for the circuit than the v10’s k87 style capsule.
Oh man! That's the best sounding BFL yet! Seriously? Did they send that to you? And I get sent the KK707? What gives? Hahaha. Well done!
Also, loving the new haircut! Cheers!
Thanks! Yeah, it was time for a new wig. The old one got gum in it from a Taylor Swift concert protest march in Tampa. Fucking Tampa. Sorry to say they apparently can't send the good mics to Canada because of the embargo on Justin Trudeau's taint, or at least that's how the English translation of their explanation came out with Bing translate.
Espectacular!!
Thank you Eduardo! I agree.
mid range is nice, but the top sounds a little grainy to me. idk how well it would respond to eq up there.
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I wasn't impressed with the quality control on these. Inside mine, the capsule was very scuffed and looked several years old with lots of screw driver marks on the screws and scuffs and tarnish on the body and scratches on the inner discs.
First the mic capsule wasn't picking up my voice unless I screamed into the capsule from 0.25 inches away with the gain maxed out on my interface... until I poked around inside and it randomly started working.
Mine also has some grounding issue. A constant buzz unless I hold onto the XLR cable. I enclosed the internal circuitboard tray with metal tape and ran the case screws through the metal tape as well. That seems to have solved the buzzing sound, though now all of my components are hidden by shiny tape behind the plastic window.
I also found the range between the room noise and voice it picks up is only maybe 10-20db depending on the voice volume. It seems quite hard to drive. There could be an issue still with the components inside. But that brings me to my final point.
Buying this mic is like rolling the dice, playing the lottery, and for over $100, and the hoops they require you to jump through for a refund/return and the time commitment of that, I am not so sure it's worth it given how poor their quality control seems to be. I feel a little burned by Bai Fei Li and I don't think I'll be going back to them for more, even though I was excited to go down the road of trying a lot of their mics.
Edit: here are some pics of the inside of mine: imgur.com/a/imD7KHs
You didn’t just have a defective mic replaced? Great interior shots though!
@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff maybe in a month by the time I send it back and they send another after I submit the DNA samples in from the carrier and confirm my birth certificate lol
Mark I hope these BaiFei li guys are paying you some royalties. Given, you alone were the reason for increase in price of the other BaiFei li. 😅
LOL Right? I’m just happy to shine a light on cool stuff I find. Once compensation is involved, the objectivity comes into question.
They should call it the YoshiFei Li
Which microphone do you like best from BeiFei Li?
V5
can someone show me what's the frequency response of the microphone, or does this mic sounds brighter or darker or natural
Mostly neutral with a low-mid bump.
is it good for music? can it be used in an untreated room?
I think it would be great for music, but any decent condenser will never sound as good in an untreated room as in a treated room.
@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff I am getting some foam and such soon for the walls. The mic seems and sounds really great from your videos. I will def try to get my hands on it, hopefully I'll like it just as much for myself and keep it forever
This mic is good for acoustic instruments?
Haven't tried. Can't see why not.
How much of this mics sound is due to the MT48?
The MT48 doesn’t add tone. It’s super clean gain. It’s going through a hairball gold 500 series pre first which is adding some clean gain with a little transformer weight which is how I plan to use this transformerless mic.
@@MarkYoshimotoNemcoff ah..thanks Bro -I wondered though as I got the MT48 for Music and its so good..but yeah - I have been using the V402 with it and it's so good!!! I am using the U67 with the V402and the MT48...its like so awesome! thanks Bro love your channel..head over to mine if you want to see what I do... cheers have a great day!
What's your favorite BaiFeiLi mic so far?
Probably v5.
Wow
SHUT UP, you're putting the price up as you speak.