Superlux HI 10 4-stars Reviews

Mediocre, but for the price..

When comparing equipment, price / quality is always a factor.

For the money, this isn't a bad mic, but it needs alot of gain wich raises the noise floor with it as well.

If you compare it to something 10 times as expensive like a DPA mic, then it gets blown away completely and it's not even a competition. But if you're looking for soms cheap drum overheads, or a mic to record accoustic guitar on the cheap, than this is a very valid option to be considered.

It's not great, but for the money, also not bad. The build quality is descent, this mic can take a beating, and even if you manage to kill it, at this price point, it'll probably won't hurt your wallet too badly.

Handy budget mic sounds great

Using this for hi hats and spare mic sounds great a little bright but with a little eq it's perfect

Surprisingly good

Very good bang for the buck. Wouldn't necessarily recommend it for high profile studio use. But it gives a very workable sound for live applications or home recordings. Especially at this price point!

Ok as a backup

Tried it on a snare in the studio and on an acoustic guitar live. Seems to have quite a delicate response. Good as an affordable backup if was needed in a catch.

Sounds great but has a lot of noise

I think it sounds great on the material it was made for, so hi hat and acoustic guitar, but I have noticed a bit more noise than on some other mics when you crank the pre amp gain.

A lot of microphone for your cash

Bought this microphone after reading some decent reviews online and honestly for the price you'd be daft not to pick it up even as a back up or additional microphone.

Not saying it'll be the stand out mic in your collection but I coupled it with a condenser on an acoustic guitar and it blended rather beautifully.

Decent construction for the price though does not look that kind to the eye but more importantly it does it's job and then some.

Good little mic

I bought this to have a small condensing mic to carry in my banjo case, as I don't have a pickup for it, and on a couple of occasions I have arrived and the venue have not had enough mics to go around (at least that's what they told me and the accordion player...) This mic is perfect for the task being small it fits in the case, and doesn't get in the way when I am playing. It faithfully reproduces the subtle, mellifluous tones of my banjo playing and of course is amazing value for money. It is not a top notch studio mic hence 4 stars rather than 5 but you can't beat this for the money. I really recommend this mic even if you don't play the banjo.

Superlux HI 10 microphone

This microphone is usually purchased for the strengthening of the Hi Hat on drums , myself gebruk them to strengthen my acoustic instruments and as far as I 've tested them all the features they meet both the high and low sounds very truthful. These are supplied with clamp, wind shield and storage bag . For this price , I honestly did not expect this result.

Great value

I bought this just to try out as part of a dual source set up for my acoustic and was quite surprised by the quality of sound for something so cheap. The build quality is fairly good too.

Sound is soft like a silk

Bang for a buck. Good for hursh sounding string instruments, setar, violin e.t.c.

One powerful little mic.

For the price of this little mic there really is nothing to complain about. It picks up sounds within its frequency range very well indeed. I bought it to mic up live instruments which it has proved excellent for Banjo, mandolin, mandola, ude, violin, viola and cello, autoharp and dulcimer. I've even used it for vocals a couple of times for which it is also good. For guitar however I would not recommend it as live in become a feedback nightmare and in the studio it's too tinny. This is also great for recording symbols as you would expect from a microphone which comes in packaging specifying it as a mic for high hat. I love it's small size and tidy and robust construction. I am confident that it will serve me well (within it's limitations) for many years.

Unobtrusive problem-solver

I bought this thinking it would provide a nice supplementary sound for my piezo-pick-uped acoustic guitars. If you like the bottom-end of a piezo but hate the quack in the upper mids and the synthetic higher frequencies, a little condenser or dynamic mic can be a good investment, adding sparkle and capturing harmonics and transients with an accuracy a piezo can't.

This mic starts to cut off below 200Hz; it's a small diameter with a short barrel, so small, but it's solid-feeling. This combination means it's well-suited to my purpose, and I've used it further away from the source, where it was important to use something less obtrusive, together with a camera clip/gooseneck/swivel head.