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So why its not possible to eq Why can cheap mics be eq to sound like expensive ones?

This is maybe stupid question, but what other things, otherOther than frequency response, makewhat makes a mic sound goodgood? i mean if we takeSay there is a cheap microphone, and an expensive micmicrophone with same frequency response/selfnoise/sensitivity/polar pattern and.

Now we compare the recordings, they probably will sound different..and the winner will probably be expensive one.

So why its not possible to eq cheap mics to sound like expensive ones?

This is maybe stupid question, but what other things, other than frequency response, make mic sound good? i mean if we take cheap and expensive mic with same frequency response/selfnoise/sensitivity/polar pattern and compare the recordings, they probably will sound different..and the winner will probably be expensive one.

Why can cheap mics be eq to sound like expensive ones?

Other than frequency response, what makes a mic sound good? Say there is a cheap microphone, and an expensive microphone with same frequency response/selfnoise/sensitivity/polar pattern.

Now we compare the recordings, they probably will sound different..and the winner will probably be expensive one.

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So why its not possible to eq cheap mics to sound like expensive ones?

This is maybe stupid question, but what other things, other than frequency response, make mic sound good? i mean if we take cheap and expensive mic with same frequency response/selfnoise/sensitivity/polar pattern and compare the recordings, they probably will sound different..and the winner will probably be expensive one.