By Tom Young, Audio Media June 2009
"DPA has a stellar reputation with live, recording, and broadcast professionals for capturing a natural, realistic sound, so I welcomed the opportunity to use DPA’s new cost-effective 4099 Series of performance microphones, made in Denmark for an array of musical instruments. The first four models are the 4099 Guitar, 4099 Sax, 4099 Trumpet, and 4099 Violin. The 4099 Series is designed with the professional musician and his or her sound in mind; as such, it brings a more affordable highend product to the marketplace."
"Using the 4099 Series on strings, trumpet and sax, I found them to be excellent sounding, similar to what I have experienced with all DPA products. They reproduce a natural sound with nice richness, clarity, and presence. On one occasion in which the 4099 was on a sax for solos and the horn section was miked with other microphones, I would have preferred to use the 4099 Series on everything, simply because of the pleasant detail it provided to the instrument."
"I would definitely buy these mics. [...] If you are looking for a well-designed product with sonic excellence, you should consider the DPA 4099 instrument microphone series."
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