The U47 has like a natural Multiband compression to it. Just sounds like a record so sweet. Stam sounds great though, Im not spending 36k on a mic thats for sure haha. Thanks so much for renting this and putting it up for the public!

David-Thanks for doing this! This is the best mic shootout I’ve heard. Great piece of songwriting, man. Awesome performance of it. I got the STAM sa-47, & just cut female lead vocals w it for 2 days as my first sessions w it. Imagine how thrilling for me that your 2 mics would be indistinguishable in a rock band mix.

SA-47 MK2 BLEW my mind. Thanks for the shootout! Amazing singing btw !

so cool. the u47 seems to sit better on the mix.. stam is more in your face. both are cool. thanks for sharing!

i really appreciate you for doing this

The u47 has more butter on the top with a bigger weight on the low mids and bottom. The Stam still sounds fantastic though.

Mr.DiMuzio that's an awesome piece of equipment.Amazing voice and you look's great 👍.

The U47 has far more weight and "3D"-ness to my ears.

U47 has slight more presence in the upper mids but less in the lows. I prefered the Neumann but there is no argument to spend more than 35k because of that little difference. Same style and vibe. I would even bet that a different U47 next to the one u tested would sound like the other. Definitely a best buy.

You can hear the full range from that mic, highs and lows and mids in your vocal tones. A sound you would get from an old tube amplifier which are also worth thousands

I like the Stam. Is sounds great period

I did a similar video about ten years ago (channel doesn't exist anymore, unfortunately, but I'd still do it again) in which I compared a "crappy" Focusrite TwinTrak Pro against their ISA series preamp. I split my acoustic guitar mic + vocal mic signals and sent them to both preamps and back to my DAW, with and without processing. Everyone (as usual) hated the sound of the Twintrak and LOVED the ISA. "ISA sounds so much fuller, warmer, has more body; etc..." the usual suspects. Only ONE person out of 150+ commenters said something like: "wow, the Twintrak sounds better than I thought!" And I was the only one who knew which preamps they're actually listening to. They wére listening to the Twintrak and the ISA though... esrever ni tub, LOL!! stoidI! Most people's brains work in mysterious ways when they THINK the Neumann MUST/SHOULD sound better!! xD

I really can't tell the difference. I just got the STAM SA47 and love it.

The highs were slightly nicer on the u47 when really listening. But they are virtually the same. Could might as well be the positioning of the mics. Amazing!!

amazing btw with ur nice voice 👍great Sir🤩🙏

I could tell right away . The hollow sound of the U47 Neumann suits your voice perfectly.

I have six pieces of Stam Audio gear, including a SA-47 MK3 and I will continue to look to Stam as my first option.

I find the biggest difference lies in the "s" and "t" sounds. On the U47 I didn't feel that the vocal would need an de-esser whereas with the Stam a little bit of de-essing would be necessary. That is probably also due to decades of dust, smoke and dirt that the membrane of the vintage mic has collected, and therefore making it more heavy and slowing down the transient response. I bet if you leave the Stam for some some years in a smokers room it will sound more closely to the original.

Both mics have a very similar sonic signature - I could hear a touch more fullness in the bass on the U47, but it was marginal. Great demo, great singing - thanks for this

STAM got some natural compression going on in the top end

I like your vocal texture ❤

They're close. I checked with my eyes closed and I could still mostly tell them apart, but not always. Often if the phrasing had a certain breathiness or sibilance it would reveal some unevenness/resonances in the upper mids on the Stam. Also sometimes the fullness in the bottom drops by a tad or its covered by a more scratchy timbre. The Neumann sounds very full and even, good intelligibility without sounding sibilant, but it might also have been a tad louder, which of course misleads.

Great Singing!!!! Neumann U47 is pulled back a bit and dry | STAM SA-47 = full sound / brighter

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nice voice!

@daviddimuzio as you have the Stam SA87 and this Stam SA47, how do you compare these two mics head to head ? Be great to see you doing a singing comparison :)

Thank you for the precise comparison. The differences are marginal, but quite perceptible. Both sound similarly full-bodied in the frequency range of the soulfully sung vocals - the U47 a very little bit warmer in the presence range and also offers a top-end sheen that the SA-47 MK2, in contrast to the SA-47 MK1, no longer delivers. It's a pity that a comparison with the wonderfully warm sounding SA-47 MK1 was not possible at the same time. Listened to with Neumann KH 310 and with headphones.

Hi David. Beautiful singing. Do you know if your Stam has an M7 or k47 capsule? Thanks. Very helpful demo.

Blown away by the SA-47

The Neumann is dynamically smoother. It's handling the peaks better. That must mean the circuitry is to thank.

Sounds good but one of those mid frequencies is sticking out on the STAM in an annoying way, although it does better on the high end than the WA 47 does.

Original U47 has more bite and air (Sounds a but more Open/defined). Listening on Adam S2V studio monitors.

thanks for this mate, i have the feeling that the stam has a little bump very little around 200 HZ , and the neumann not, but it is not worth to pay 30 K more

Sounds Great! Pretty sure the difference is so small that it ain’t worth $35k.

Neumann is a bit warmer, darker; stam has more clarity in upper midrange or highs. But not significant….u can choose a darker micpre for the stam or eq it some.

Neuman. Nice song btw

I deliberately didn't watch the video once you started singing and just listened, to see if my ears noticed any changes in the mic. I couldn't hear any differences. I don't believe anyone who commented below about the differences between the mics would be capable of accurately pinpointing when the mics were changed without the visual subtitles.

Wow the Stam sounds incredible. They both have that 3D quality to them, but I actually preferred the SA-47 over the U47 in this demo. There was a noticeable difference in my opinion.. mainly that the Stam had a fuller tone. I'm curious to know if that might have something to do with the capsule. Did the vintage U47 you used have an M7 or a K47?

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SA-47 MKII Sounds Awesome, you're a great singer. what preamps and interface did you use?

Neumann... by far !

They're so close IMO. The original is a bit rounder on top and a tad fuller on the bottom, but, it's such a small difference.

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Stam has to be the closest of any replicas the low mids sells it for me

Hmmmm I can't hear any difference. It's really in the touch of the master's hand😄😄

I can’t tell any difference. The microphones sound identical to me.

Personally your voice is better on the Stam. The u47 has a slight dip in the 6k area with your vocal. The stam holds your voice well. The low and low mids are better with the u47

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What do I do with a broken mic?

I can definitely tell the difference. The U47 sounds more full in all ranges with more presence.

The U-47 sounds a lot more open and has better high end. No doubt it sounds better, but like you said, does it sound 35 thousand dollars better. NO! But if I could keep one and they were the same price . I'm taking the Neumann all day long.

You CAN hear the difference. I would say roughly a 5 to 7% difference in the vintage U47's favor. Yet im 100% sure the difference is NOT worth 36k. To me. Then again whats 7% worth to you?

For your voice and 99% of male vocals I'd skip both and get a vintage u87 but that's just me.

Neumann u47 microphone is way too go

Almost same

The original has a bit more body n presence to my ears.

The differences are pretty big if you ask me.

wowzers, even through my crappy macbook speakers that Nuemann is lightyears ahead of this Stam. Yikes, we're all screwed.

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Neumann sounds way better

Could you be transparant and mention if you are paid for this review - or not? Neumann has slightly lower level so that makes STAM look good. Nothing against STAM, I own some of their compressors and I like them. Nothing against you either, just this trend of "reviews" on KZfaq that manufacturers pay for, bugs me. Gullible people eat them for candy and don't realise that they are ads, not reviews. Sometimes these tests even are tampered with to make the advertised product sound wonderful for the consumer.

I hear no difference....

As singer that U47 is just ridiculous, it has that star quality, not impressed with Stam, sounds one-dimensional and not-sparkly (dull) and ”demoish”.