Behringer B-5 Single Diaphragm Condenser Microphone with Switchable Capsules

We use many of these for choirs and instruments. They are versatile, cover the low frequency range well, and with the =changeable capsules have a lot of versatility.

This small pencil microphone is great for indoor recording and records a good, natural sound especially suited for voices.

Typical Behringer stuff stock. Inconsistent, and cheap. Once this mic is properly modified, it comes very close to the sound of a Neumann KM84.

This is the only competition I've found for the AKG C451E under a thousand dollars. With it's smooth high end, it's at home with an acoustic guitar or a grand piano.

I'm a filmmaker on a budget and was looking for microphones for a project involving a choral group. After much reading, I narrowed my choices down to the Rode NT-5 stereo pair, the Avatone Pro CK-1, the Golden Age Project FC-4, the MXL 603/604, and the Behringer B-5.

I have used the B5 to record mainly guitar tracks and some drums but not that much because I don’t have a full drum set up at home. I have used the B5 for over a year now and I must say it is a very good accurate mic. I really don’t have any complaints or anything bad to say about it.

The Behringer B5 is a condesor mic that I was skeptical about from the start. But after using it on a few instruments and recording in to my laptop pro tools 9 it really proved to be a very nice mic. Actually for the price it might be on of the best ones in the its price range.

*Microphones are very subjective. Some microphones that work for some brilliantly may be disastrous on others. It is therefore important to understand the context in which this review is written and take it with a grain of salt, like all reviews on microphones should be treated.

This behringer B-5 microphone is a condenser microphone. I have used it whilst recording instruments such as an acoustic guitar, a mandolin and a banjo. You can also use it for recording hi hats on a drum kit and maybe sometimes a snare drum but I would not recommend that.