Building my Microphone Collection over the next year...need help

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Once again though, with Bluegrass there is no monitor battle and no loud backline to compete with.
 
I know that Rush, on their last tour, used an AT AE5400 (AT LDC) as the vocals for Geddy Lee...but they're all on ears, only a 3 person band, and their instruments go direct (except for most of the drums) so they don't have as much of a problem with feedback. Even so, the FOH engineer remarked that he's had issues with feedback.

http://fohonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=295&Itemid=1
(2nd article on the page, "Rushing Into Something New")
 
madkayaker said:
I know that Rush, on their last tour, used an AT AE5400 (AT LDC) as the vocals for Geddy Lee...but they're all on ears, only a 3 person band, and their instruments go direct (except for most of the drums) so they don't have as much of a problem with feedback. Even so, the FOH engineer remarked that he's had issues with feedback.

http://fohonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=295&Itemid=1
(2nd article on the page, "Rushing Into Something New")
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While the the AE5400 has the same LDC capsule as the AT4050, it is designed and built to be a performing mic. While I would certainly use an AE5400 (nice mic, I bought one for my secretary who sings) to perform with, I probably wouldn't use an AT4050 on stage unless I was doing the bluegrass/old time music thing with an ensemble around a single mic -- and even then, that approach takes timing and knowing how to really work a mic. I have a couple AT4054s (one of the predecessors to the AE5400 that uses the same capsule but has built in bass roll off) and its a really nice performing mic for cheap (maybe @ $150 on e-bay). Competitive with the Neumann KMS105 and the Audix VX10 at less $$$.
 
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