Stage Mik

[six]

Hi folks

I'm looking for an affordable (rather on the cheap end) dynamic vocal mik. I know, best thing would be to try out a bunch of them - but it's just no option for me.

My voice sounds a bit like Jon Bon Jovi in the low register and turns into Axl Rose in the highs... if that's of any help .

I know JBJ uses a sennheiser, I'm not sure about Axl though. Maybe I should buy these two mics and stick them together with duct tape.... yeah... that'd be so early 70's.

Any suggestions?

 

[Seafroggys]

Shure SM58

 

[dastrick]

Sm-58........

 

[mattr]

Sennheiser 865

Nice mic. Had nothing but good experiences using them.

 

[six]

Shure SM58

Why did I expect this?

I used an SM58 now and then, and I really think that the price-performance ratio is a bit off. It might sound a tad better than a 50-bucks-mic of a less hyped brand (on some voices), but it costs three times as much.

Nevertheless I keep it in mind.

(I just realized I wrote mic with a "k" in the first post... )

 

[jaz49]

On the cheap...e835. Some pretty knowledgeable folks choose them over the 58's. Mine compares very favorably to a heil PR35 that costs a lot more money.

 

[kingpin_478]

i have one never been used its a sky dynamic promicrophone sek-14 LO Z

 

[pohaku]

Pick up a used Audix OM-5 or OM-6. Much better than an SM-58 IMHO.

 

[in a little row]

ok ill go for something other than a 58....

i use AKG d3800's and love them...they get it all for me vocally on stage...you can get them cheap used

 

[Richard Monroe]

I agree the AKG D3800 sounds great. It, is however, a very challenging mic to use. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless their mic technique is very good. For most beginners, I would recommend Sennheiser e835. It sounds good, and is easy to use. I am really unimpressed by SM58, but they are everywhere. Like most folks that have played out for a living, I've wound up singing into them for years, and I have almost always done better with Sennheisers and AKG's. On the AKG side, I like the older D320's a lot, probably better than most of the newer neodymium models. I've got a D3800, but I mostly use it for piano, because it's too much work to use it live. The proximity effect is very abrupt and the pickup field is very narrowly defined, so you can't move much using it. That's an issue for me, because, playing acoustic guitar mostly, I'm not a mic swallower.-Richie