Best Dynamic Performance Microphone

[Shredmaster007]

e935 for me - tried 57/58/87a and e935 sounds so much better imho - really smooth, clear, no shrillness, great feedback rejection, low handling noise, even looks great.

[LiveMusic]

For my baritone voice...

AKG D5
Electro Voice PL84
Audix OM5

[Long Road Home]

I have both a Sennheiser e935 and e945. I like them both a lot for my half-way-between baritone and tenor voice.

The main difference is that the e935 seems to be more tolerant of off-axis performance. That's the reason I use it more often on gigs. I tend to look down to make sure I hit the correct foot switch for harmonies on my TCH Play-VG, (and now I've added a bluetooth foot switch for my iPad as well).

[pieterh]

Originally Posted by pax238

I have both a Sennheiser e935 and e945. I like them both a lot for my half-way-between baritone and tenor voice.



The main difference is that the e935 seems to be more tolerant of off-axis performance. That's the reason I use it more often on gigs. I tend to look down to make sure I hit the correct foot switch for harmonies on my TCH Play-VG, (and now I've added a bluetooth foot switch for my iPad as well).

Off axis performance makes sense as it is a cardioid and the 945 is super cardioid. The 945 would be a bit more forgiving of distance from the mic on-axis (in my experience anyway).

[lkingston]

Like many here, I’ve tried many microphones and realized that there is no “best microphone”, just “the best for me”. I have a soft baritone voice and I need a bit of a high frequency clarity boost and a bit of a low mid mud scoop. The Audix OM3 and OM5 do this best for me. I keep an OM3 in my guitar bag for open mics and always swap it in for open mics. The OM5 sounds slightly better but they are very close. I just love their mics. My voice sounds so clear. The audience can understand every word easily. You can turn it up louder without it feeding back and easily control your level with small changes in mic distance.

I just ordered an Audix OM7 (used from eBay) and want to experiment with it’s greater directionality and feedback resistance. I expect that I will stick with the OM5 but have been curious about the OM7 for quite some time. As compared to the OM5, the OM7 will be pickier about me being directly on axis, and mic distance changes for volume changes will be tighter. The output level will also be less and I’m not sure how well it will work with my xVive U3 wireless. For handheld vocal use the extra tight pattern would be great, but I think the pattern might be too tight for a singing guitar player.

[The Kid!]

My sound guy can get blem (b stock) Heil PR-35's for $180.

[HeyMikey]

I have an e935 cartoid and e945 supercartoid. For my high baritone voice the 945 sounds slightly richer but I use the 935 primarily because it is more forgiving off axis. For a group setting I would use the 945 and eat the mic more.

[The Bard Rocks]

I mostly use the Sennheiser 945. It seems to do a bit better with my voice, which is a bit muddy, than the 935. But I like the OM5 sound a bit better.

[fitness1]

I've owned a zillion mics over the last 40 years - I agree the Audix OM5 is a nice mic, but the Blue Encore 100 is just as good for much less money. The Encore 200 is another notch up, but it's an "active dynamic" and requires phantom power.

[MrErikJ]

I’m a soft-voiced baritenor and I like my Senn e935 quite a bit. I have a SM58 as a backup but it’s not nearly as nice.

[big jilm]

Another baritone here, and I also love my Sennheiser e935. Just a good sounding mic.

[MikeBmusic]

Originally Posted by rokdog49

By best-sounding, I mean something that sounds good overall doesn't have those high hissing sounding trebles.

You might want to look at your PA system and its settings. I use both of those mics with a Mackie mixer and Alto 10" speakers and don't have "high hissing sounding trebles".

[lkingston]

Originally Posted by lkingston

I just ordered an Audix OM7 (used from eBay) and want to experiment with it’s greater directionality and feedback resistance. I expect that I will stick with the OM5 but have been curious about the OM7 for quite some time. As compared to the OM5, the OM7 will be pickier about me being directly on axis, and mic distance changes for volume changes will be tighter. The output level will also be less and I’m not sure how well it will work with my xVive U3 wireless. For handheld vocal use the extra tight pattern would be great, but I think the pattern might be too tight for a singing guitar player.

Well I just got the Audix OM7 today. I paid $100 used on eBay and it is perfect except for a strong minty smell of toothpaste (or mouthwash). I was worried that the level might be too low for use with my Xvive U3 wireless but it seems fine. There is plenty of room on the Shertler Roy or Elite Acoustic s D6-8 preamps to compensate for the lower level.

Sound is very much like the OM5 but with even more directionality and steeper falloff as you get further away from it. Four or five inches back is too far. All the pickup is in the small space right behind the mic. As I expected, mic distance control of volume all occurs within about an inch and a half from the mic.

The point of this mic is good sound and high gain before feedback. It is typically used for loud bands where the singer wants to be able to sing without yelling over the band. This mic will let the singer go from a whisper to really driving over a band and control his volume with very small differences in mic distance. Using this mic is supposed to take a bit of practice.

For a guitarist singing with an amp behind (or to the side of) me, this should let me turn the mic way up and control my volume with small changes in mic distance. I should be able to get my vocal loud enough to whisper (even in a noisy room) and yet I should also be able to belt out the driving parts without being too loud in the room just by backing off less than an inch from the mic.

So far I am struggling with trying to be so precise in my mic distance, but I am going to force myself to stick it out until it is comfortable.

I don't know if I will end up with this mic around just stick with my much loved and easy to control OM5. It's tempting to stick with the OM5. It already has more headroom before feedback than the other mics we have been discussing. The amount of headroom that I would get before feedback with the OM7 should blow anything else out of the water though!

[hgabor]

I have a question for you. I am a baritone and I play the trombone. I've been playing for about three years and I've used the e935. I've noticed that the e935 doesn't produce as good of sound quality for me. It's not bad, but I can hear some slight distortion in the high end of the instrument. I'm wondering if you guys could help me out. I read a comparison on this site (https://audioinspects.com/sennheiser-e935-vs-e945/), but I'd like to hear your opinions as well.

[shufflebeat]

If you're getting "hissy trebles" from an e835 and just easing it off with EQ isn't working then I'd suggest the mic is not the problem.

Save your pennies for now.