Quote Originally Posted by MugsyDouglas View Post
About the microphones: The PL76 mics are Electro-Voice's answer to the Shure SM58 vocal mic. The PL76 is a much better mic, however, in my opinion, with an extended frequency range: the Shure SM58's go from 50Hz-15kHz, whereas the Electro-Voice PL76's go from 50Hz-18kHz. This is significantly higher, bringing out more clarity in the music source. In addition, the EV is known to give a more even response across the entire frequency range, creating more lattitude in EQ-ing. I have found that I actually need to turn the treble knob down to compensate for the extra crispness from the PL76's!.
I have no doubt that the EV mic is much brighter sounding than a 57, but it isn't because of the difference between having a top frequency of 18k instead of 15k. Even if there was a lot of sound in that range, which there really isn't, it's isn't a very big difference at all. It is the same as the difference between 937.5hz and 1125hz. It's a major 3rd, the difference between an A and a C.

Most of a mics brightness and sibilance will be between 5k and 10-12k. By the time you get up to 15k, most people over 40 are lucky to be able to hear it at all AND there really isn't much energy up there in the first place.