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AKG D112 Large Diaphragm Microphone

This microphone was developed for clean kick drum and bass guitar performance with a powerful, punchy sound. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Perfect nice clip and adaptor for different sized stands.

Quality:
Hard, Strong tough its well made and made to last.

Value:
For next to nothing its great and as its a top quality dynamic mic what mor could u ask for.

Desirability:
Looks good is good end of.

Sound:
Well to other people not rating it highly is probably becuase your not putting it in a correct position. but i find i can acheive clear punchy and crispy bass drum soudns with easy. Represents low end very well and boost at 60hz or lower is a great filler for the bass drum. I use it a lot in live and studio use. Plus why do you think so many studios use it becuase they know what there doing with it. And if u use it with maybe a Shure SM57. So Kick mic in the bass drum centre height and width near the non hit skin and a SM57 over the top of the bass pointing down at the beater it should sound wicked. Phase inverting the D112 can help if phase occurs.

Ease of Use:
Can range to differnet sounds easy to big and boomy right to clear and crispy and punchy all about where you place it. Can lack top end but eq can re instate that.

Support:
AKG no idea. But i expect good service.

Overall:
Easily 10 years. :P

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Overall:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10

Feature:
everything came with it, couldent have thought of anything else for it

Quality:
I would say a nice looking mic, sturdy, can deffintly drop it a few times and your sound will not be comprimised.

Value:
for a 15 year old kid who is messing around in his basement with some lower end recording gear, this is perfect.

Desirability:
not a bad looking mic, nothing different.

Sound:
This mic is ok for my basedrum, i tuned my basdrum really nice just for the mic and it didnt really compliment it. i wanted a super punchy crisp sound and this mic didnt do that. but for someone just starting out and making a little demo or something, this would do the job. but if your looking for studio quality, this is NOT it.

Ease of Use:
easy to use, no pre-amps needed or anything.

Support:
didnt need to phone anyone or ask questions so i wouldent exactly know.

Overall:
i just wasent happy with this mic becuase when i made a few demos for my band, and my friends bands. it just wasent a good sound, not what i was looking for anywase

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Overall:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
I Want It:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Support:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10

Feature:
no real features, just a standard mic.

Quality:
It will keep working, if you can stand to use it

Value:
Given how much I dislike this mic, it should be priced lower so as not to sucker anyone out of the good mics.

Desirability:
I never want to use one of these on any stage or any studio.

Sound:
I've mixed tons of bands and used prettymuch all mics, only once have I gotten the desired sound, and that was on a particular bass cabinet. This is terrible for drums, no wonder I rarely see any professional touring act use them.

Support:
Had many problems with support (parent company) glad I have a network of my own.

Overall:
Just not up to par.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
It's a mic?

Quality:
German engineering is the best.

Value:
Don't know why it costs as much as it doesn. It only serves a few purposes.

Desirability:
It's the best in its class.

Sound:
I've done an A/B comparison with the D112 and the Beta52. The AKG won hands down. Both had the same amount of bass response. The AKG just had a little more attack without having to add EQ. Also the Beta sounded a little more honky (unwanted mids). With the AKG, I didn't have to add as much EQ to get a decent sound.

Overall:
Can't find anything wrong with it.

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