BA 85A Dynamic Super Cardioid Microphone

I got this for DJing and its great. Has good functionality has no cord. great clarity. noise level is good. and its pretty sturdy to me when i use it.

I was tired of dragging my expensive condenser mic to our Ukulele jams so I bought one of these. TBH, the audience, banging away on their ukes, likely can't hear the difference and could care less! It sounds pretty good to my ears, too, for this purpose. It's ruggedly built, as well. You would have to spend a lot more money to get a significantly better mic.

Behringer makes clone. Period. They are shameless in their attempts to duplicate other companies' products and then sell them at a much lower price point. They hit about as often as they miss. The BA 85A is a miss, but just barely. It's an attempt at recreating the Shure Beta 58A supercardioid vocal microphone and it succeeds on many accounts. It is a handheld microphone that has a supercardioid pattern and it resembles the Shure mic. That's about it. It doesn't sound bad, but it doesn't sound like a Beta 58A either. It sounds like a more modern and hyped XM8500, which I guess is a good thing. The little blue band around the ball filter basket likes to pull off and disappear. Good mic and if you can get it at the right price, it's a decent addition to your toy chest.

I’m going to be real here and admit that this wasn’t my first choice in mics, but I had to know how it would stack up against the SM58s I’m used to. In terms of feel, sound quality, features, and includes equipment, at worst, it’s a dead heat. Compared to its vastly more expensive counterpart, ambient noise rejection is identical, pickup pattern also identical, the Behringer has a very slightly darker natural tone (nothing that can’t be compensated for with a little EQ-tweaking), the weight and feel are practically identical, and really, the only area where it notably falls behind is that it has fairly little shock resistance, but a) this can be combatted with a decent stand and/or shockmount and b) it is absolutely unbeatable for the price. I’ve had a long run of good luck with Behringer, but even so, I was skeptical of this mic starting out; the run continues.

Love the sound of my voice in this mic. It’s quite a nice microphone with decent build quality, but cheap enough to replace should something happen to it.

I'm new to microphones. The last one I had was plastic, from walmart, in the 90's. I saw a lot of positive info for this one and it's good and bad. It's rock solid and heavy, you could use this thing as a weapon. So a plus that it is durable, less so with the weight. Plug in was easy with an extra 3 pin to comp mic plug adapter. The end result of a recording is the most crystal clear that I have ever heard my voice. I was actually surprised at how I sound in a good recording. That said when I initially record the audio it is so incredibly quiet that I can't hear it at all unless I'm absolutely screaming into the mic. I've researched and turned up every setting I can find in Microsoft and Audacity, but that just got it to a level of very very quiet speech. So every recording now has to go through a few steps to get it to a reasonable level. It's no the end of the world, but I really didn't expect to have to jump through hoops to get a good recording. Perhaps I'm missing something, as I am new to this, but it's not like there are instructions provided so you just expect simple plug and play usage.

The Behringer BA 85a is a great microphone for the price. I compared it against one of my Shure Beta 58a mics and can honestly say it the Behringer BA 58a held its ground against the Shure. Similar output and sound quality. Of course the Beta 58A is a better mic but not 10 times better. I'm going to start substituting the BA 85a when I so sound for outdoor parties and give a hard listen and see if anyone can tell the difference.

I have a Shure SM58S & bought the Behringer SL 84C as a spare. I called my wife over (also a musician - concert pianist) and she couldn't tell the difference. The only difference I see is that the Behringer has more plastic & is lighter weight. For the quality of the product the price is amazing. Update: I gave away the SL 84C to a friend who runs an open mic night (he loves it). Decided to purchase the BA 85A & try that one out. It's also a very impressive mic. One thing I read in the reviews (and saw on YouTube) is that the Behringer BA 85A has more handling noise then the Shure mics. This is simply not true. FYI: The blue rubber that goes around the mic was missing on mine. No big deal & not worth returning for such a minor issue.

Svår att få tag på, du slipper av och på knappen vad den nu gör för nytta, annat än skapa oxid och störningar. Är även okänslig för handljud etc. Perfekt om du nu inte ska sjunga över 15kHz det blir ganska jobbigt för hundarna så sluta med det.

I bought two of these microphones for our Church reader lecturns to replace the older mics which did not have speech clarity. These Behringer Mics are fantastic they provide clear sound pickup of every speech and are powerful. Exactly what we needed for our church. They are great quality, value for money and do not compromise on sound unlike other more expensive microphone brands out in the market.

Amazing mic for the price! Great clarity & versatile, highly recommended. Super fast shipping.

Rigid

I tried it out against an SM58 Shore, and it went very well. Surprising as I thought it may have been a fake. Well, done Behringer.