Neumann MA 1

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Neumann MA 1
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Nearly very good!
neuwomann 29.12.2020
Slightly painful (and time consuming) start due to various bugs in the software (e.g. you can select any audio input from your interface for the mic signal as long as it's input one...!), but once I got through to the calibration stage things went much more smoothly.

Things to improve:
- Archiving (saving) and loading previous measurements for comparison and reversion is absolutely essential. If you want a calibration with and without the sub, or you use you monitors in more than one location, this is really essential.

- A quick means to switch between presets is also very much needed.

- Don't forget to apply the calibration before closing the app, or you will have to redo all your measurements!

- Measurements should be salvable independently too, so they can be reused to generate a different eq curve.

- Would be nice to be able to select any input channel, as the interface suggests ;)

- There is also a bug regarding system gain, whereby you have wait a few minutes after assigning your speakers to Left/Right position before testing the system gain or it will repeatedly fail. There's no onscreen indication as to why this is failing.

- I also managed to get my monitor indicators to flash forever by clicking the ID buttons and then going to next screen before they stopped flashing.

- Would be great if the audio IO UI had an input VU meter to help identify when the mic channel was correctly selected and working.

Results: Moaning aside, the results are very good and I think this is an essential bit of kit if you use your KHs for anything critical. The low end was never right, even using their ipad algorithmic calibration wizard (which did help quite a lot over the rear switches) and I had limited trust over the low end of my mixes. Now it sounds really smooth and open across the entire freq range which is great!
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Professional and easy to use
Shaw 31.07.2021
It's a gem Neumann introduced. It's a small mic per se but the magic is all in the alignment software. The measurement and setup took about half an hour; it sampled 7 listening positions around the centre. The sound field is much tightened up after the setup! Worth it.
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MZ..... 04.05.2021
Works as expected with KH120 + KH750DSP. Marked improvement noticeable (& measurable) after calibration. Software isn't the most user friendly around.
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Great Alignment system but Mic also sounds great :).
SlikNik 27.09.2022
It totally changed the quality of my mixes. Suddenly it's possible to REALLY hear whats going on below 50Hz and that has a huge effekt on the overall balance of any mix.
Highly recommended! Even if your room already sounds good...
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Believe the hype!!
Angelface 17.08.2023
I firstly purchased the KH80’s and initially set them up using the iPad’s Neumann alignment app. However, I kept reading more and more reviews raving about the MA1 mic and decided to check it out for myself. Wow…is all I can say, the difference was night and day!! It was was amazing how it improved these already great speakers. I do already have some acoustic treatment in my room, but I immediately was able to hear an improvement after the alignment and therefore highly recommend this mic. It is my hope to purchase the KH750 sub next!
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Amazing
Overdope 04.12.2023
I have kh750 and kh120 after this mic feels like new set of speakers
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the best monitor correction system at this price
Eden1 13.11.2023
The value for money if you have Neumann KH monitors paired with a KH sub is insane. Not only does it store the correction within the monitors itself so no plugin required it also corrects the phase between the monitors/sub and linearizes everything
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