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To my ears, the OktavaMods are more pleasing to the ears because the mids seem silkier, the highs seem a little clearer and sheeny, the bass is tight, BUT, the mids on the 48 seem more "inyoface"...The neuman's in general sound like they are in a cardboard box campared to the mods. Boxy mids, howev...

Here are the results of the U48 / OktavaMod MKL-2500 blind test: Vocal 1 = Neumann U48 Vocal 2 = OktavaMod MKL-2500 plate load Vocal 3 = OktavaMod MKL-2500 cathode follower Anonymous blind test voting results show Vocal 1 and Vocal 3 to have been chosen as the U48 about equally. I believe difference...

While we're waiting for the polls to close on the U48 / MKL-2500 blind test and the results to be revealed (364 downloads so far and only 8 voters :cry: , cast your anonymous vote at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OktavaMod/polls) here's another tip that can reduce the hum in MKL-2500 mics sold ...