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Originally Posted by carlheinz  I don't know if I'm the only one here but to me the SM-81 flavor on OH has a certain grainyness?...no matter what kit in any room.I've been trying to love em on OH and saving my better mikes(km150's 414tlII's etc..) for other sources thinking I could get by or I wouldn't notice.The top end is anything but smooth.Iv'e heard less expensive Audio Technica small diaphrams sound much nicer to my ears.I'm gonna pull the sm-81's off the kit and try em on scooped metal guitar sounds. |
This rather surprises me, one of the terms I would use to describe SM81's is smooth in the top, certainly not harsh, indeed, many of the AT's (particularly the cheaper ones) tend to be quite bright sounding. One of the best things about the SM81's is the fact they are smooth throughout the frequency range, a fact backed up by their very flat frequency response, perhaps at times that can lead to them sounding a little cool on certain applications, however, IMHO this isn't a problem with drum OH's.
As to the other poster who suggested that there was much better out there at the price, I would challenge him to name other good condenser/pre-polarized mics at this price, 30 years in the business and I can't think of any!
Regards
Roland