I just bought a Sennheiser e-845, and is being shipped. For the past few practices and one gig, I had been using an e-835 that our bass player got. Before last month, I had been using a Shure SM58, as too the rest of the band. BUT WOW! At the same settings on the PA, the Sennheiser e-835 was like the Shure on steroids. Wider range, allowing more movement away from the mic in all directions. Was clearer, warmer and even more crisp, without losing the lows at all. It had much more presence, as if I had plugged into a beefed up sound system with a better sound processor, (at the same levels). I then got Roon's SM58, and holding both, went back and forth from the SM58 to the Sennheiser e-835. Same as I initially heard and thought when first talking and singing into the Sennheiser.

Roon, our guitar player, sung lead using the Sennheiser on his usual song, and he couldn't believe the difference. Same thing as happened with my voice. Maybe our voices fit the Sennheiser design better than with the Shure,,,,as all voices can have mics that are either not so good, or good for them.

He's getting one too. The 845 though, like I just got, (two models up from the 835. It's listed as having a better resistance to feedback, and more output, (Supercardioid), than the 835 used for the above test. Will give the 845 a test ride when it comes in.

John

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