Lewitt LCT 040 MATCH stereo pair Reviews

Totally Rad!!!

Nice, clear and clear hi def top end.

Great little mics

I've used them as OH on drums, acoustic guitars live and in studio. Great little mics, balanced sound, not harsh at all which happens often with cheaper SDCs like these. I recommended them them to a few drummers for live use, and they are all using them currently.

Amazing Sound

Really impressed with these little mics! Sound so good on acoustic guitar and handle a drum kit well to really brining out the shells

For the price it sounds really good

The overall sounds is very good. Particularly the mids are awesome when recording steel string guitars. The sound sits well in the mix.

Satisfied with quality and functionality

Happy that I bought these mics, very practical for my M/S setup use outdoors and in the studio for string instrument recordings! Great SNR and clean recordings I made with this stereo matched pair.

Small and sweet!

First time experience with Small Diaphragm Condenser Mics, but from what I can hear, is that I absolutely love them! They sound very natural, smooth and do their job pretty amazing! Mic position plays a massive role and paired with these, you can't go wrong!

Awesome stereo pair

Wow...im amazed how good these sound.They do lack the features of 140 air but they have lower cost so...For those that want to do it in post its not an issue. Also they are soooo light,im very much afraid i will drop them and break them. But, all in all awesome stereo condenser pair

Amazing for the money

Amazing sound for the price. Would be hard to find the same quality at double the price

These mics do not work for me.

Problems appeared when trying to use these beautiful designed mics on the Zoom F6 field recorder. Hiss and whistle sounds appeared when turning the volume up, too bad too ignore. I tried to eliminate the problem by changing channels, cables and surroundings. Nothing helped. I contacted Lewitt, and they did send me a new pair of mics, which was really very nice of them. The new ones showed similar symptoms. I then read in a review that some old interfaces show problems with these mics due to their relatively high power consumption, and the old interfaces too weak phantom power supply. The Zoom f6 field recorder is a new model which works usually very well, but perhaps it has a similar problem? All my other 10 mics run perfectly on it. Finally I got the Lewitt LCT 040 mics running ok and without the hiss on a Behringer interface, but to be honest, their ordinary self-noise seems to be the highest of all cheap mics I own. This is not mentioned in most of those flattering reviews that made me buying them. No problem when recording a punk or metal concert, but quieter music? The positive: They have a clear and fresh sound, unexpected nice proximity effect but to my taste, a bit too hyped in the higher frequencies. The clamps and the stereo bar that followed the package are really nice and I will use and love them as if their where my own, but the mics are of no use for me. They do not work clean on my preferred equipment, the Zoom F6 recorder I am using the most.

Amazing mics

I've tried these guys on so-to-speak just about everything and they have really proven themselves. The violin, acoustic guitar, bass cabs (yes, that's right), vocals, overheads, etc.

Crisp, accurate, fast, small, good looking, cheap and very efficient.

Recommended!

Little friends that will make your life easier, and get you a great sound out of basically anything!

These bad boys are a product of a noiseless perspective in recording sound, and they absolutely full-fill their job. Besides being light and small, their sound quality, in my opinion, is above all other microphones on this level (compared to the NT5s, the Oktava 012, etc). Although they are extremely sensitive, the noise you get with these is very low when you crank up your pre, and the top end feels like a shelf, even tho it is a little bell. They are bright, in the high end, flat in the mids, and sustain a great amount of bass, for a ridiculously low price. The only downside (which for me hasn't proved to be critical in the professional utility of the tool) is that you don't have any possibility to change the sensitivity (with gain pads) or a low cut like you have in the NT5, or the Oktavas. But if you really need it, I recomend checking out the LCT 140s which use the same capsule as these ones, and have some extra features that will certainly help. I am very happy with this product, and would recommend it to anyone, from beginner studio engineers, to top notch entities!

The Breath for Yur Drums

I used some sennheiser dynamic mic for OVH. Not the best way but that was all i had until i got these. They breathed into my IEM's and the overall drums FOH right away. I place them over the drums using the SPACED style. And it sounded flawless. I then decided to place it under my cymbals as i wanted to hide them Aesthetically, and it still sound amazing. On the EQ part i had to dip the highs a lil bit especially under my thin crash cymbals. With that said i liked everything about it.

Excellent matched pair

For the price these are absolutely fantastic value. They are a true matched pair, sound wonderfully detailed and not too harsh and they're really small.

The small diaphragm condenser mics are fixed to cardioid pattern, but I'm using them as drum overheads so that's what I want them for. There's no roll off switches or 10db pad, but that's not a deal breaker for me. They do one thing and they do it very well. I upgraded to these from a pair of Behringer C2s and the difference is striking. The highs are very sweet, the whole sound is airy and detailed. Space is a consideration for me as I have a low ceiling and the size of these meant I could get them as high as possible. They're light but don't feel cheap and they certainly don't sound cheap. Would recommend.

Amazing

This is my first SDC pair, wanted to use it for recording acoustic instruments (guitars, oud, bouzouki etc) in my home studio. I was instantly lured by their small size as I leave them permanently installed to my desktop. The sound quality - even though I have no other SDC to compare them against - is excellent. Airy and detailed. Highly recommended

Clear and airy sound representation

I'm very happy with these mics, used for both drum overhead recording and acoustic piano. The sound is detailed, open and with good high end on the cymbals. They are very small and light which is great when handling and using on boom stands above the kit. Build quality is very good. I thoroughly recommend. They are very good value in my opinion.

Really good mics for drum overheads

I had planed to get the Rode M5 matched pair for my drum overheads as I had tried them out with great result. Then I was told to check out the Lewitt LCT 040 matched pair instead and I'm happy that I did. The Lewitt pair is even better and in fact a incredible value for the money. They really sound good and actually give much better result as overheads for recording than few other much more expensive pairs I have used. I highly recommend this pair and look forward to try them out as well for recording other instruments than drums.

beautiful mics in the price range

i didnt expect such sound quality for this 2 mics my entry level of small diaphram microphones, very impressed. My cheap acoustic guitar just comes to life and are wonderful on capturing about everything! compact, light and what a sound!

Lovely pair

Clean and honest sounding with a hint of air. I mostly use these for recording accoustic guitar in an ORTF configuration.

They compare very favourably to much higher priced mics, and I can think of nothing better until you start spending silly money.

Build quality is good, clips are solid, and the little slip case may come in handy for some. Mics are nice and discrete due to thier small size too.

Some may find these lacking some minor features such as pad button, but these can handle serious SPL's so it's not really needed. No changeable capsules is to be expected at this price, but again not essential. The cardoid pattern is by far the most useful for my needs.

These are no-nonsense, great souding mics that are perfectly matched for stereo recordings of full range instruments such as piano, guitar, choirs etc, and would probably make awesome overheads for drums too.

Would buy again. So good that I'm now looking into other Lewitt mics to add to the studio.

Great value for money

I use these mics to record my accoustic guitar via a Motu M2 audio interface and I'm very pleased with the quality of the audio.

The mics are all metal and very well made.

Great microphones for the price

Absolutely in love with those mics, great as overheads and with shelf boost on high frequencies acoustic guitar sounds lush and rich. Great stuff.