Microphone Suggestion for under 200.

[tgaume]

I like my Beyerdynamic TG-V50D better than my Shure 58, or my Blue encore 300, and it's less than $100!

http://amzn.to/2s3mOBM

[rmsstrider]

Originally Posted by MarkF_48

If you want to go up to the limit of your budget.....

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PM9mic

......otherwise the e935 is a decent sounding mic.

I do deal with Sweetwater a lot. great company. And, if you want great extended payment plans.

[rmsstrider]

Well thank you all for the suggestions. Online reviews are not as good as coming here where I always get good honest opinions from experienced people I trust. I don't think I could go wrong with any of the suggestions here.

[Revy]

I love my 935! Unless you are a very experienced performer I would shy away from the 945. The 945 is a super cardioid. Which makes it a little touchy about not being directly in front of it. If you play and sing and move around a bit it might cause you some trouble. The 935, not so much.

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by steve_mac

TC Helicon mikes are built like tanks and as well as sounding detailed but rich also have controls built in for their devices. It's also very feedback resistant.
I have used mine for the last few years and am very happy.

I would agree - I use a TC Helicon MP75 and love it....!

[Schau_ins_Regal]

Originally Posted by rmsstrider

If I were to look for another Vocal mic in this price range , what would you suggest?

Audio Technica AT2010

[kaos]

Another vote for the 935.

[Soles]

I've in a similar situation - need to upgrade from a SM58, but not for me. The woman singer I work with uses an SM58 that sounds pretty muddy and muffled compared to the Heil 22 I use. She's a bit oblivious to this but since her voice is the most important part of our sound the muddy sounding mic is really annoying me.
I'd like to steer her towards something else that she can tell is better and crisper. Is the e935 or e 945 that much better? How do these it compare to a Heil PR35 or a Telefunken M80?

[pieterh]

Originally Posted by Soles

I've in a similar situation - need to upgrade from a SM58, but not for me. The woman singer I work with uses an SM58 that sounds pretty muddy and muffled compared to the Heil 22 I use. She's a bit oblivious to this but since her voice is the most important part of our sound the muddy sounding mic is really annoying me.

I'd like to steer her towards something else that she can tell is better and crisper. Is the e935 or e 945 that much better? How do these it compare to a Heil PR35 or a Telefunken M80?

The e935 and e945 are way better than the SM58 (imho) yes, and a step up from the Beta 58 too: smoother and easier to eq, more like a condenser mic's frequency response but with the sturdiness of a dynamic. In my opinion the Sennheisers work really well on female voices. Whether she would benefit most from a cardioid or supercardioid depends partly on where she likes monitors (e935 directly behind, e945 off to the side) and how must other stuff is on stage (e945 rejects a bit more at the sides but has a slightly longer reach immediately in front).

It's been a while since I mixed an artist with a Telefunken, I remember liking it a lot at the time.

I love the Heil PR35 but wouldn't recommend it in your/her case - it has a huge low end response which is rarely needed in a vocal mic. Although the range and quality of the mic is exceptional the bass response would not really be ideal for a female voice that needs a clearer mic. There is a built in low-cut switch which helps and if this is the mic you go for you are probably going to want to push it in with a pencil or something as soon as you get it and then forget about it!

[pieterh]

Originally Posted by rmsstrider

I just spoke with a friend who is singer songwriter, guitarist, performer, think Eva Cassidy voice. She just bought a 935 to replace her 58 beta and thinks it may be too "hot" for her? She was interested in trying the Art tube preamp though.

Too hot? Turn the gain down slightly, I think she should find the e935 a great partner for female voice.

[martingitdave]

I did a mic shootout a few months ago using the same PA and different mics. The e935 was the winner and was a good bit cheaper than a few of the other options I tested. I really like it.

[lkingston]

One thing to keep in mind is that the Bose L1 Compact's XLR mic has a custom curve that was designed to compensate for the weaknesses of a dynamic microphone. When the Bose engineers did this, they used an Audio OEM3 as their reference microphone, and if you buy the L1 Compact kit from Bose, this is the mic they include. This is also a reference mic that is used in the Bose T1 mixer profiles.

Having said that, I find the OM3 a little too bassy with my vocals, even with the compact.

[Nama Ensou]

Originally Posted by martingitdave

I did a mic shootout a few months ago using the same PA and different mics. The e935 was the winner and was a good bit cheaper than a few of the other options I tested. I really like it.

My friend and I did a mic shootout a few years ago and with three guys taking turns doing acoustic solo performances we all agreed that the Audio Technica AE-6100 sounded great on the male vocals, but not so well on the female vocals when his daughter showed up later. My friend ended up buying both an Audio Technica AE-6100 and Sennheiser 935, which he alternates with.

Some of the other mics we had were the Sennheiser 845, 935, 945, EV ND-767, Heil PR-35 and more that I can't remember without going back and looking at the pics.

For years I've been using mostly either my Sennheiser 845 when in Japan or Audio Technica AE-6100. That all changed when I bought another Heil PR-35 a couple months ago and I've been using it four nights a week for the last month or so now. Great, great mic that requires a lot from the singer in mic control, but the payoff is well worth it.

A few more mics I have is the Telefunken M-81, Sennheiser 441 and Beyer TG-V90r.

[drplayer]

It's just a little over your budget, but the RODE NT1-A is a fantastic mic, and a bargain at its price point IMHO...

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...SABEgKAQ_D_BwE

http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt1-a

[ricdoug]

Another for the E-935. It comes close to many condenser microphones, without the need for phantom power. Ric