NT55 MP

...I can't afford the best of the best microphones, but it seems, from reading various threads, that either the Rode NT55 MP or the Shure KSM141 MP would do a reasonably good job. Assume that the mike placement is 1/3 from the instrument, and roughly 30 feet off the floor. I have very little...

Hi elegentdrum, Thanks for your advice. You mention Rhode nt5s as mid-range possibilities. I’ve been looking at a matched pair of nt55’s (with omni capsules) on Thomann. Perhaps those would be a good addition? Rode NT55 MP – Thomann UK

I bought the NT55 MP. Sensivity card.caps. -29,6 dB V/P1kHz and the other -30dB V/P1kHz. The omni -28,5 and -28,4. One omni wasn't good, to much high and too little low.(see photo) At my request, the importer sent 2 other capsules that I compared to my good one. After a few hours of...