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Any of you have any experience with SENNHEISER microphones in general ?

Or Side Address mics in general / specific ?

I have one e609 silver and LOVE IT! you WILL NOT find a better mic. for the purpose of miking a guitar cabinet! First of all they are a large diaphram mike, 2cd they only cost a C note (100 bucks) 3rd you dont need a mike stand, 4thly they sound better and more true than any mike for live application! They also make an e909 silver the only diffence is another 100 bucks and Oh it has a switch! Get one George put your SM57 on the drums you won't regret it!

J-HALEY wrote:I have one e609 silver and LOVE IT! you WILL NOT find a better mic. for the purpose of miking a guitar cabinet! First of all they are a large diaphram mike, 2cd they only cost a C note (100 bucks) 3rd you dont need a mike stand, 4thly they sound better and more true than any mike for live application! They also make an e909 silver the only diffence is another 100 bucks and Oh it has a switch! Get one George put your SM57 on the drums you won't regret it!

It's in transit already.

Want to try it on my new Marshall amp. I will also try it on the toms as well as some other locations. Thanks for the opinion. If your using or have used them and are pleased then that's worth a thousand YouTube reviews in my book.
I noticed the is a "European" version of it made in Germany that is about a Jackson cheaper. May have to look into one them as well.

It might be good for live micing, but things I read over at the homerecording forums indicate the Senn is not good for toms and the overall tone is not great (by itself) for amp micing when recording.

GuitarMikeB wrote:It might be good for live micing, but things I read over at the homerecording forums indicate the Senn is not good for toms and the overall tone is not great (by itself) for amp micing when recording.

Thanks . . . I have seen both positive and negative reviews as well as heard some head to head comparisons on line.
I'll be testing it out in live and our home recording studio so I will post a hands on review after I have a chance to really get comfortable with the mic.

I had actually considered running two mics into two separate channels on the board for comparison as well as a thick guitar sound in live and recorded use.
We'll see. I'll let you guys know when it arrives.

These guys tested it and liked it:
http://www.gearwire.com/sennheiser-e609.html

I honestly can't hear much difference between the two but 40 years of playing loud rock music might be part of the problem.

Get it and try it out. Trust your ears. If it sounds good it probably is.

sanshouheil wrote:Thanks . . . I have seen both positive and negative reviews as well as heard some head to head comparisons on line.
I'll be testing it out in live and our home recording studio so I will post a hands on review after I have a chance to really get comfortable with the mic.

I had actually considered running two mics into two separate channels on the board for comparison as well as a thick guitar sound in live and recorded use.
We'll see. I'll let you guys know when it arrives.

The two mic way is a great practice when recording. Make sure that the mics are in phase with one another (same distance form speaker), so that if you want to combine the two tracks they don't cancel each other out at times.

Thanks.

Still waiting on that damn mic

Hey guys it is like trying to compare apples and oranges, whiskey or wine! The E609 is a LARGE diaphram mic and the ole trusted SM57 is NOT! Dang I don't even understand the argument I have 3 - 57's in comparison they will be used for miking drums or for a doorstop! Use yours as you want it is your choice?

GuitarMikeB wrote:

sanshouheil wrote:Thanks . . . I have seen both positive and negative reviews as well as heard some head to head comparisons on line.
I'll be testing it out in live and our home recording studio so I will post a hands on review after I have a chance to really get comfortable with the mic.

I had actually considered running two mics into two separate channels on the board for comparison as well as a thick guitar sound in live and recorded use.
We'll see. I'll let you guys know when it arrives.

The two mic way is a great practice when recording. Make sure that the mics are in phase with one another (same distance form speaker), so that if you want to combine the two tracks they don't cancel each other out at times.

I've been doing some research on this. however the only information I find o balancing the phase is with both mics in front. The most interesting set up I have seen was actually a condenser in the open back mixed with a large diaphragm super cardiod in the grill.
Still looks like a lot of trouble when you can just double the tracks in the
mix.

I think with one in front and one in back, you need to reverse phase on one of them.
Doubling just gives you 2X the volume. Using 2 mics gives you 2 different sounds.

I've got my mic set up and ready to go. Tomorrow will be the first shot at utilizing it with the full band and hopefully get in some shop edit recordings as well.