I cannot guess which mike is what mike but here are my votes about the recording.

2. too dark
4. canned sound
1 and 3 pretty good and close
6. very good but too polished
5. Wins, bright, clear and lives

By the way Wolf I think you have a very good voice and are an excellent singer.

Fred

My favourite would be #3. IMHO it has the highest resolution in the (important) mid-range.
Ok, it could sound more brilliantly, but this might be no problem with a little bit High-EQ.

#6 Would be my second place. Ok, better high-range than #3
but... you can't tweak the resolution with EQ, can you?

was listening via:
E-MU 0404
Creek 4330
Visaton Topas

Just my 2cents...
BTW, enjoyed very much your performance of the Scottyee-Song!!

-Sun



[This message has been edited by sunfactor (edited 11-13-2005).]

Wolf,

Please tell us what mics did you test and in which order?

Hi Wolf,
Interesting test and very subjective.
For me, the 3 best sounds are the 6, the 1 and the 5.
I don't like the 4.
Good luck
Stam

#6, then #5 for me. I like your voice and the song a lot.

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Bill
Yamaha PSR2000

AND THE WINNER IS?????????????

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

OK, thank you very much for your opinions. The six microphones in question were:

1) Shure SM58
2) AKG D3800M
3) Beyerdynamic Opus 69
4) AKG D3700M
5) AKG D880S
6) Sennheiser e945

Yes Scott, you actually picked out the Sennheiser out of all these - again. Also from what other listeners have told me, it seems that number six comes out the clear winner. The clarity, and the way it picks out those subtle nuances almost resembles a condenser mic. The Sennheiser is the most expensive out of this bunch at $200.

Seems the AKG's are too clogged up and somehow muffled for my already dark voice. My old D880S makes an exception to this - it usually came second right behind the Sennheiser. If I had no money to spend at all, I wouldn't even consider getting a new mic after hearing how well my old faithful AKG scores against these newer more expensive models.

Number three, the Beyerdynamic, seems to have also done well and I do quite like the clarity and resolution in the mid range. It's either that, or the Sennheiser.

I took the SM58 here also for reference. It's a good all-around average mic with no strong or weak points, that usually works for EVERYONE out of the box. If I threw a karaoke party, I would give 'em a load of SM58's.

So.. based on this it looks like I am going for the Sennheiser e945. It just seems to stand out of this bunch, at least for my voice. The proximity is there, the crispness and clarity is there, it's of very good solid build and sleek in design.

It's all good.

Great choice!

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

Gar, do you think you could've picked out the Sennheiser using the Wolf's 'blind test'?
I really believe Heikki's blind test method was the most unbiased possible way for us to evaluate fairly. Though compressed audio (MP3) demos, they were nonetheless all recorded at the SAME MP3 compression level, so everything was EQUAL across the board.

Even if I had all 6 microphones in the room together to demo live myself, my evaluation would have been swayed by my own brand/model perceptions/misperceptions, because the it's usually clearly marked on the mic itself. In addition, the design (look & feel) of the mic can color our perception as well. Based only on what I personally perceived to be the best sounding, I've now decided it time to finally upgrade from my current dynamic mic (EV767) to the Sennheiser E945 too. Many thanks to Heikki 'theWolf' for taking the time to prepare the demos, and having us take part in this most revealing mic comparison demo test. - Scott

Has anybody here tried the Shure beta 58A?
It's supposed to be much better than SM58.