Superlux PRA 628 MKII Reviews

Extremely useful

I use these every week in my venue for the guitar cabs and they are very reliable. An absolute steal for the price.

Can't be beat for price

Does exactly what you need and on the bar circuit where things can go missing its price is spot on! Would buy another!

Good sound, good size

Didi 4 gigs with this microphone, had no issues, guitar sound came through the microphone just as expected.

Size also allows the microphone to be set up slightly more compact, compared to a sm58 setup for example.

Reccommend strongly to anyone staring a home studio / small rehearsal space / gig venue.

bought as experiment

Good microphone, sounds ok, but the holder went to pieces very soon, needed to replace it with other holder.

But the mike itself, within its price range is very OK

Superlux PRA 628 MKII

Great product at a very reasonable price.

I bought 2 pieces of it and I use them especially during the live shows for a Mesa Boogie Mark 5 Combo + additional speaker box.

Sound absolutely satisfying and very similar to its 'original'.

Well done and robust, for its price you can really afford to be able to change it in the event of a final break.

Surprisingly good for this price

Very easy to use and the sound is great. I had a gig where I needed a mic for my amp and I did not feel like spending too much since I don't usually need to do it. The quality is amazing for the price and it's very easy to set up everything.

Looks and works great.

This mic makes an amazing sound for a dynamic microphone that costs less than 50 euros.

It looks so good on the amp/combo and works just fine on the snare drum as well. It's also a space saver because you don't need a mic stand, you can make it "fall" in front of the speaker.

If you what to put this mic on a mic stand you will need a clamp, the mic it's to thin for the average mic stands.

When recording, it captures the speaker sound (almost) without any noise or buzzing.

For its prize and sound, it is a great mic!

Great mic!

Looking for an dynamic microphone which serves as an alternative for Sennheiser and Shure SM57 but not too pricey that will give you a reliable sound? This is it! Great finishing, great mids.

Great

frequency response, deeper to the lower bottom range, higher SPL capacity and

supercardioid directivity with high gain, just before feedback.

You won't be disappointed!

owesome

good looking and super quality in that price range

Great Low Profile Mic

Great alternative to the Sennheiser equivalent - have used for loads of live shows and it's great when you don't have room for a small mic stand or just to clean the look of the stage up!

Well built and fairly rugged too!

Cant go wrong

I own both the Sennheiser 906 and the Superlux 628 which I mainly use for recording guitar cabs or snares. In my opinion the Superlux has a far better sound than the 906, including a clearer bottom end and mids. I usualy use a ribbon mic for extra botton end definition with the 906, I don't need it with the 628, it is stunningly quiert too and very well made. ....628 hands down the better mic.

The sound you want

No more 57, this will be your go to for guitar amps. Not sure all which it can be used for. Had a nice appearance, it matters. Nice timbre. Friend is accomplished player and I mic'd him up through the PA for a test. We tried every mic in my case and this was his favorite. The PRA IMO projects the midrange you're likely seeking without too much crispness.

Good microphone, but the mount doesn't fit

This microphone is a quite good microphone for the price. I use it to mic my amp for practice and smaller gigs. So far it gets its job done as it should. My only complaint is that the mount that came with it does not fit the microphone completely and seems that it will fall apart soon.

Superlux PRA 628

Great piece of kit for guitar amps, good value for money, its not top of the range but the response is very good and sits much better than a normal mic.

Good clear sound

Clear sound I use it to mic the back of my guitar cabinet and I reverse the phase of it. It gives me a huge amount of low-end.

Classic sounding amp mic

This is a very respectable sounding guitar amp mic for many situations, with a design that is extremely practical for hanging over the front of the amp. It also includes what could be a useful clamp, although that doesn?t get any use in our case.

I also own the PRA 638 condenser version (requires phantom power). This has more high frequency detail and a more ?open? sound than most people are used to using in this role (sounds more like a studio condenser), whereas the PRA 628 MkII I am reviewing here is closer to the dynamic mics often used is this role. Brighter mics like condensers can lead to a more ?fizzy? guitar sound (messy treble) sometimes. This mic generally won?t unless the sound really is ?fizzy? to begin with!

It will depend on the amp being mic?ed and the sound being aimed for as to which style of mic would be deemed to be more appropriate. This is what I would feel is a very safe bet indeed for most users at a very affordable price.

For the price, it's awesome!

Clear sound! For the price, you can't go wrong!

amp mike

want a mike for your guitar amp? a good one? better then an sm57 ?

do not believe it?? buy one and you will see (hear) for some things an sm57 is not replacable but for miking guitar amps, wel there is, like there is the 628MKII.

as good as the sennheiser version? i think it is. love it, use it whenever i can!!

Good Budget Mic

Bought the Superlux PRA 628 MKII for micing up my guitar amp for recording into a Zoom H5 at live gigs - good, solid, mic construction is nice and robust. Am happy with the sound - good value for money mic.

Bought 2 should have bought 3

Bought 2x Superlux PRA 628 MkII to mic up a Vox AC30 and a Fender The Twin, I also bought a Sennheiser E609 and the idea was to test the PRA628s against the E609, there was so little difference in the sound picked up from the amps regardless of which mic was used. The E609 did capture a little more midrange but other than that there was little difference and certainly not a big enough difference to justify paying almost 3x as much for the E609.

There may well be a difference in the longevity of the mics and I cannot testify to that at this stage, but I would rather have two PRA628 MkIIs than one E609.