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mrsteaks · 11th March 2008

I have a KSM9 and have found it to work well on male vocals, very well, in fact. It does not work so well on female vocal, for the reason you mentioned - a rising top end. As far as handling noise, it is very quiet. It has a fairly low output, too - you might notice that - on a par with a dynamic. I haven't tried it on any instruments, yet, but I'm thinking it might be happy on say, oboe, cello, bari sax - tenor "sounding" instruments.

I tried the KMS105, and found I liked the KSM9 just a little better. To my ear it had a smoothness the KMS105 didn't quite have, and it was immune to proximity effect. That said, the KMS105 is very good microphone. If you can try one, do.

As far as the KSM9 goes, hang on to it - it's a very good microphone.

11th March 2008	#6
mrsteaks Gear addict Joined: Dec 2006 Location: seaside, california Posts: 382	I have a KSM9 and have found it to work well on male vocals, very well, in fact. It does not work so well on female vocal, for the reason you mentioned - a rising top end. As far as handling noise, it is very quiet. It has a fairly low output, too - you might notice that - on a par with a dynamic. I haven't tried it on any instruments, yet, but I'm thinking it might be happy on say, oboe, cello, bari sax - tenor "sounding" instruments. I tried the KMS105, and found I liked the KSM9 just a little better. To my ear it had a smoothness the KMS105 didn't quite have, and it was immune to proximity effect. That said, the KMS105 is very good microphone. If you can try one, do. As far as the KSM9 goes, hang on to it - it's a very good microphone. __________________ RMS