Comments on: Telefunken M80 Dynamic Microphone Review

By: John Copper

John Copper — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:09:40 +0000

Best Mic I have ever used.

By: Brian Rowland

Brian Rowland — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:07:53 +0000

Respectfully disagree. This is the best sounding live mic I’ve ever heard or used. Not sure why the grill would rust … you drinking salt water?

By: David Boone

David Boone — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 02:33:40 +0000

I own and use the Heil PR 35 and can attest to it’s 40db of rear rejection resulting in very low feedback. I have used it for live room recording with very little bleed. I can’t speak concerning the Telefunken M80 having no experience with it. I am sure it is a respectable piece of kit however, the PR 35 outperforms anything I have ever used in a live situation, beautiful, full and clear and as I said fantastic rear rejection.

By: Mike Frye-Henderson

Mike Frye-Henderson — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:28:11 +0000

I’m a professional live sound engineer . I think your off on this review and mislead a potential buyer. I own and use all the mics you mentioned weekly, normally 3-5 bands on a weekend. I think there are few similarities between a m80 and sm58 except that they are both vocal mics. First, regardless of what people say, the m80 is super Cardioid and will absolutely drop vocals that are off axis. The sm58 is fully cardioid and will pickup vocals from just about any direction and even from long distances. Useful for people with bad mic handling techniques. The m80 is exceptional for sound quality for most female and tenor vocals, also exceptional for gain before feedback. As for the Heil PR35 it has nice low end for male vocals, but feeds back easily, so the vocalist needs to be loud in live applications.

By: tayor gee

tayor gee — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 19:43:24 +0000

This is junk – the version with the chrome grill literally rusted within a few weeks of use. There are numerous better dynamic vocal microphones – in fact everything reviewed here. Also, this is not the German Telefunken company this is a completely different company that bought the brand name only. Stay away from this as it is way overrated and designed to feather the pockets of Sweetwater sales engineers!

By: joe

joe — Wed, 29 May 2019 04:42:08 +0000

First must say so very glad to see the site back posting reviews on mics! I’ve long suspected Telefunken mics in general were overpriced, and I know I can get numerous excellent mics for a good bit less than this, but the affirmation is appreciated. You guys have such excellent reviews, please keep them coming!