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Warm Full Vocals
By: Prez
Submitted: 10/30/2021
2 people found this review helpful.
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Great Sounding Mic For nThe Price And Vocals Come Out Sounding Full And Clear One Of My Favorite Mics
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This Microphone makes the Mixing So much easier to get vocals to sit in the mix
By: Ripples AKA Auditory Genius
Submitted: 7/7/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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I am absolutely amazed with the quality of sound I get from this microphone. It makes your vocals almost 3D and they already cut through the mix. I would suggest every musician that records anything should invest in one of these Rode's NTK. I don't like that it didn't come with the shock mount. had to purchase from a different company because it wasn't even in stock . I have been using this microphone for the last 4 songs I recorded vocals on. About a Month and I couldn't be happier. It surpassed my expectations. Thanks
-Ripples-
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Yes! Yes! Yes! That sound I’ve been looking for.
By: Doc
Submitted: 1/9/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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I’ve been researching microphones for a long long time and I finally decided to get a Rode NTK from AMS. I love the customer service and shipping options. The mic was on back order for about a month and right before Christmas 2020, it came! Wow! what an amazingly engineered piece of equipment. One word that was commonly used to describe this mic is “warmth” and it is very warm and natural. The Rode NTK can handle everything you throw into it. I know I made the right decision.
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Great Tube microphone
By: Terry Wesley
Submitted: 7/4/2020
3 people found this review helpful.
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The Rode Ntk microphone is great low noise microphone with crisp tone and smooth vocal layer.
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"Vocal Mixing Butter"
By: Dj Eboo
Submitted: 6/5/2020
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This Mic is AWESOME for Vocals.. I use it mainly for Rap vocals but can be used for Acoustic Guitar & Overheads too. Producer Zeytoven also used it in his early days with Gucci mane and more. I call it Mix butter because a lil compression slowing down the attack and adding some de-essing.. REALLY Sounds More Expensive and Detailed.. I use it with the SE Space and like I said "Mix Butter".. Being a Tube Mic, you can take care of of vocal Warmth on the way in. even if your a Beginner, The Ntk can make you skip that Upgrade your gonna do in a few months.. The BETTER Your recording sounds, The LESS Work YOU have to do. #GameChanger
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Gives more expensive tubes a run for their money
By: Scott
Submitted: 12/10/2019
2 people found this review helpful.
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Fantastic warm tone with crystal clear high end. Sounds amazing on baritone vocals and acoustic guitars. Haven’t tried it with any other instruments yet, but I have faith I won’t be disappointed.
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It’s a warm tube mic very forgiving.
By: Bobbi T
Submitted: 11/7/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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It is one of my Favorite mic’s. I have a wide dynamic range and when I want to get intimate
I get closer to the mic and wella a beautiful sweet sound when I want to belt out it is never comes off harsh to the ear. My producer had one and suggested I get it. Love it and a crazy great price for proffesinal sweet soinding recordings.
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The best mic money can buy at this price. I highly recommend this mic for vocals on rap, r&b.
By: WarnerBoy
Submitted: 5/7/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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This mic is the best mic I’ve ran across at this price. My vocals are crisp and clear. With the stand alone power supply it can’t be beat. Well worth the money and time spent. Go get it and find out for yourself what this mic can do for your vocals.
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Awesome mic warm it up 15 minutes before session and it’s AMAZING ??????
By: JKnotts
Submitted: 5/7/2019
5 people found this review helpful.
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Definitely worth the money
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Awesome mic. Love it.
By: Ruben
Submitted: 4/26/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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Great mic. Worth the money.
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One of rode's better mics
By: Marty
Submitted: 8/26/2017
1 person found this review helpful.
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I've had this mic for a long time, soon after it came out I grabbed one. It has held up great over the years, it's been used primarily as a vocal mic. It can be a bit spitty in the top end, enough to force you to use a de-esser in the mix. But on certain voices (mostly male) it shines. It has a lot of mid range detail, which makes it so good for voices, and can capture the chest resonance of even a thin voice well. I recently did a shoot out between an AKG 414, Neumann TLM 103, and the Rode NTK and the K2. In my opinion, the 414 won hands down, the K2 came in second, and the NTK and the 103 are almost a tie for last place. The NTK and 103 actually sound very similar, but the 103 has more hype in the high mids which made it sound unnatural and harsh compared to the NTK. The NTK is a good mic, but I think the K2 would be a better value as it has variable patterns and is not as hyped in the high end. Still, I wouldn't knock the NTK out of my locker.
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Very full sound,Vocals are big and bold
By: Dan Beard from Akron Ohio USA
Submitted: 6/9/2013
2 people found this review helpful.
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Real World Review
By: Gary Perry from Marion, North Carolina
Submitted: 4/7/2010
1 person found this review helpful.
Built Solid, heavy mic. Very dependable
quality components
Simple. Hook up power supply, cables, connect to pre-amp or board and go.
I'm a big fan of Rode mics. I've owned the original Classic, NTV and most others. For the money they are top notch microphones with excellent tone, clarity, and presence in any mix.
I've own several other high dollar quality mics and I keep coming back to my Rodes in most cases especially for vocals and acoustic instruments. You can spend $3000 for one brand or $500+ for an NTK and see if you can hear $2500 difference in your sound. The choice is yours.
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Perfect For Rap & R&B Vocal Nothing is Better Under a 1000 Bucks
By: KId from Gainesville Fl
Submitted: 5/1/2009
2 people found this review helpful.
Well Built Well Made Mic Very Heavy you well need a good mic stand...
No Features to these mic jus a warm sounding tube very nice looking without the shockmount
Not to bright Not to colorful Very Warm Jus a Perfect mix of everythang its like a mic that has auto make vocals sound good i cant make this mic sound bad if i tryed no one can perfect running it through your interface it a little then but still sounds great but running it thru a stand alone pre amp of my GOD if you can write good lyrics and have good beat and you can mix pretty decent get a ink ready to sign your recording deal...........
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Excellent mic at any price; great mic for the $$
By: AMS Customer from USA
Submitted: 2/5/2008
1 person found this review helpful.
Your general opinion of this product.
The NTK is a terrific vocal mic -- smooth, clean, delicate and lots of detail with pretty low self-noise for being tube-based. It has replaced a TLM 103 and an A/T 4047 as my primary vocal mic because it has less boominess in the lower frequencies than either of those excellent mics. I think it's the best vocal mic around for less than $1200 street price.
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superb at any price
By: AMS Customer from USA
Submitted: 2/5/2008
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QUALITY:
superb, my favorite on female vocalists
FEATURES:
simple, does what it is supposed to do
EASE OF USE:
perfect
VALUE:
killer sound, worth every penny
SOUND:
for the price, what's not to love? sound is always subjective, but as I mentioned before, this is my favorite mic on female vocalists, under $1500.
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Awesome deal for the money.
By: AMS Customer from USA
Submitted: 2/5/2008
Your general opinion of this product.
Very smooth warm sound on vocals. Works fairly well on acoustic guitars. Colors sources nicely but does boost certain frequencies a bit. Not as flat as my Studio Projects C3's. Requires some EQ'ing but not drastic depending on the source. Overall a great deal.
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Beautiful tube/valve mic; fantastic for voice!
By: Gene Bogart from Boca Raton, FL
Submitted: 2/5/2008
Your general opinion of this product.
After being very happy with the Røde NT-2 mic which I had owned and used for 2 years, I purchased (thru AMS!) my NTK... Wow! -- warm, clear, great presence, and built like a tank. I do TV voiceover for a living, and I use this mic every day. A noticeable improvement in my sound -- and it's really nice for recording acoustic guitar as well. Cardioid only, but that's what I needed it for. Compared to a TLM-103, the NTK is as clear, but warmer, and with quieter noise specs! Røde mics are terrific, I highly recommend them in general, and particularly the NTK for vocal work.
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Warm crisp sound in a hefty package
By: Marc Erickson from Raleigh
Submitted: 2/5/2008
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I recently bought 2 more NTK mics, which come in a great new black carry case. My first NTK came in a cardboard box, and RoDE sent me the case for the old one without charge! Way to go RoDE!. These mics have a great character for wide range acoustic space oriented recording. They are also super for closeup vocals, with nice rise in the mid highs for accentuating tenor and alto voices. I record choirs, pipe organ and orchestral live venues, and mix the NTK with other euro condensor mics.
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One of the best sounding Mics for a low price a mo
By: Shock from Chicago,IL, USA
Submitted: 2/5/2008
Your general opinion of this product.
QUALITY:
yes, great parts. a life time if taking care of
FEATURES:
the sound, theres no least impressive things. i don't think i would. power supply, Mic cable
EASE OF USE:
very easy. just plug up and you ready to roll. don't realy need it. Very
VALUE:
yes, yes, yes
SOUND:
great
STYLE:
Hip Hop and R&B
MUSIC EXPERIENCE:
about 6 years
OVERALL:
The sound is great plug a play type mic real easy to use