Registered: 06/25/99
Posts: 16735
Loc: Benton, LA, USA
No experience with it, but I have several other Samson mics and they all do a good job for what they cost. They seem to be well built and sound good. That's about all you can ask! DonM
I'd always recommend a super-cardioid pattern for keyboard players. The best rejection node on a cardioid mic is directly in line with the mike. But most keyboard players have their monitoring off to the side. A super-cardioid pattern has it's rejection node more close to 45º off from directly in line with the mic, much closer to where your speakers are. So, better feedback rejection...
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I agree.I just got CL5N for under $100.It sounds really good with my soundcraft mixer and Prx635 speakers.Very clean in both lows and highs.I also use dbx 226 compressor on my voice.I am really impressed with this little mic. One thing I don't understand is, on the box it says cardion pattern but on Samson page it says super cardion.it would be nice if you could chose but for this price who cares. Like I said above Sennheizer e965 and Shure KSM9 are both in $600 range.Great mics too.
I've been an EV N/DYM user for 20 years or so. Incredibly rugged, incredibly hot (my gain is always less than 70% of any mic plugged in), incredible feedback rejection, no phantom needed, easily replaceable if stolen...
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