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We put MXLs Genesis through its paces alongside a much pricier model, to find out just how good a tube mic can be at this price.
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We put MXLs Genesis through its paces alongside a much pricier model, to find out just how good a tube mic can be at this price.
To accompany our July 2010 Genesis review, we recorded a series of standard tests with the review mic alongside a more established mic (in this case, the AKG C12 VR).

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