Universal Audio SP-1

The sound and design of these mics is extraordinary in this price class! Clear game changer appearance!

Pros:
- The cream color and embossed logo looks fantastic - with the cool side effect, that these mics never roll off from plain surfaces ... so well done :-)
- Sound is perfect - and (depending on expectations) really album ready
- Great UAD Console presets available online - could be supplemented for LUNA!?

Cons:
- Whatever they smoked during the design phase - the XLR inputs don't lock (using Neutrik, Vovox and all the other good stuff)...??? This is cruel, gruesome but concerning their sound an beauty .... but - WHY :-) ... You can live with it - and still enjoy the beauty of those pairs - but one question remains... why, why, why ??? I forwarded this question to Thomann - and surely we will find a solution.

Love them anyway - ... but (I know - sorry - to repeat myself...) WHY ;-)

I bought this pair to use them in my studio: I use them mainly as drum overheads, often to records acoustic guitars and percussion . I really love the sound, detailed and transparent.

Unfortunately there are a couple of problems: there's an issue with the xlr male connector, I always have to struggle to find the right cable that fits in, otherwise the connector isn't locked. The second problem is that sometimes they pickup a lot of unwanted noise; I don't know how to explain precisely what happens but it happens only with this pair and it's not pleasant, especially when recording.

I decided to keep them because the sound is really good, I hope they will pay more attention with the quality control.