SteveAlton
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Just purchased this new Mic to pair with my new just ordered Allen & Heath QU 24 Chrome Edition....Thoughts?
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KMS105MT
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KMS105MT
What'cha doing with it?
The KMS105 can be a lovely sounding mic but it suits certain voices more than other.
One other thing: for your $700 mic to be worth it, the rest of your PA system also has to be top of the line. Your QU24 is a good start--a very nice mixer--but if you're feeding the mic and mixer into a less-than-top-of-the-line amps and speakers, you certain won't get the full benefit.
I mix at a small club, they own Rode M1 live mics and I use them every week. I get a great vocal sound and lots of people comment on how clear the vocals are. Enter the singer that brings their own KMS105 because it's the best vocal mic. What happens is that the KSM105 is much brighter so I have to trim the top end, it's much louder so I have to turn it down, it is more prone to feedback so I have to turn down the singers monitors. I don't want to EQ the system for the KSM105 because the next act on will be back to the M1's.
The main problem I find with the KSM 105 is that I find them hard to use in a small venue (this is about 80 people max) and a small stage. I recon on a concert stage they would be great to use, but if you are in small venues not so.
By the way I sometimes mix on a QU16 at another venue and I like them a lot.
Alan.