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Barcus Berry 4000: Planar Wave System Reviews

5 3.0/5.0 based on 4 customer reviews
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Customer Reviews

Tim Nicholson
from Columbia, SC
October 31, 2011 Music Background:
Pro Musician

Barcus Berry 4000 on Yamaha C7

Clarity is much better than the mic we had. Overall good sound ... it's going to take some more time from sound engineers to balance the pickup to the room to combat some of the tinniness. Overall, we're happy though.
John Deards
from California
September 20, 2006 Music Background:
Live Audio Engineer

bbe

I like using the BBE on Piano because I can use it to feed the pianist monitor and not have a feedback issue. Sometimes the piano needs to be shut, using a couple SM91 and the BBE I can acheive a very warm not electric sounding Grand Piano.

from
March 1, 2012 Music Background:
Live Sound Engineer, Pro Musician

too bright and thin

I was looking for something to mount inside a grand piano so that when we moved it we wouldn't have to worry about repositioning the mic. I followed the installation instructions and the tone was very thin and bright with little to no low end. Tried placing the mic in different spots and doing some dramatic eq-ing on the board to no avail.

I quickly returned it and will take a look at mounting a boundary mic or using a small diaphragm condenser since that's what we were using in the past and it sounded much better.
Richard Riley
from Sacramento, CA
November 1, 2005

This is a great product for the price. Hi output and lo noise. You can just leave it attached, very handy. It sounds excellent, I'm having trouble deciding whether I like it better than my large diaphram condenser or not. I also have an amt m-40.
I like this mic better.

Barcus Berry 4000: Planar Wave System

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