Sennheiser E 865 user reviews ( 9/10) - 5 user reviews

• 10/30/11

  yoTrakkz's review "solid mic for cheap price"

  Characteristics

  My bands budget wasn’t very high, and we wanted to have a high quality set up. After a mixing board and pro tools LE setup and Mics we didn't have much left for construction. But we managed to pull it off. We used to use a Sennhieser E865(great stage mic) but this has a glassier feel to it. Buy a pop filter! It mixes well with Sure sm57's and 58's but then again what doesn't? Use it with a Presonus TubePre for best results and don't be timid to use the pad feature, this mic pics up my neighbors lawnmower from underground. You get what you pay for, but its surprising more mic for the money than most think. Most reviews I read that were bad I think they just didn't take the time to learn how to use the mic right. Marshall put some time engineering it for budget people like me. I use the sennhieser for backup vocals and this for lead. I yell a lot into it and its withstood what I've tossed at it, but not at first when the levels were off. As far as voice over its got a nice range, lows are a little lacking it seemed to me but I'm a tenor. Its clear as a bell for money. If you don't have a lot of money, this mic will do an album or at least an EP no problem IF you dial it in for your vocalist. Thats half the battle

  Overall Opinion

  You should be using a preamp anyway, to get a good heated signal... a preamp will rid you of that cold digital feel you get when recording without one and you've got your phantom power. The mic is cheap, so just drop a little more for the preamp and wha-la. Buy this mic. It's a steal for the price
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• 07/21/11

  Kierkes's review

  Characteristics

  The Sennheiser E 865 is one of two stage condenser microphones available from Sennheiser. Knowing Sennheiser, they do not fool around, and even this microphone, the dramatically cheaper one of the two, the other being the Sennheiser E 965 for almost three times the price, is an almost prohibitive $270. The interesting thing about the high end live vocal microphone market is that every company generally has its own pacing and gradient on which they place their microphones, so it turns out that the E 865 is actually an incredibly cheap microphone considering what it turns out to be up against.
  
  
  
  First off, the microphone is beautiful and inspiring to sing in. It is microphones like these and the Audio Technica Artist Elite microphones, among some of the very high end ones, that inspire the singer to give the performance of his or her life. The E 865 itself is a supercardioid, and unbelievably impressive at off axis rejection. Its frequency response is from 40-20,000 Hz and it has an impressive ability to handle SPL's up to 150 dB.
  
  
  
  In use, the E 865 is very interesting. This is because something in the way its engineered preserves the strange squish of a dynamic, but not in a way that would be viewed as a disadvantage. It works well to tame all of the other renegade frequencies, and makes the microphone silk and/or butter to sing through.
  
  
  
  I cannot truly compare it with any other microphone because there is no real stage vocal condenser as good as this around the same price. There is a Blue Encore for a little bit less, but compared to the 865, the Encore loses that "special" that I first felt for it.

  Overall Opinion

  The Sennheiser E 865 is a fantastic microphone at a relatively incredibly low price. The closest microphones in price and class would be the Audio Technica Artist Elite dynamics, but while they are wonderful microphones, they simply function in a different class as the E 865. The best thing to do would be to figure out what you need on your voice, because even though these all sound good, some will make sure certain singers soar.
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• 10/02/11

  maxibrut4's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Excellent micro"

  Characteristics

  Electret microphone singing on stage, but also good in sound recording studio.
  
  Very versatile, but especially useful for singing on stage. Much more regular frequency that the shure SM58. With the e865 you discover that your voice was serious and that it is possible to hear them! Also you forget 80% of the feedback problems of impact sound on stage (mic ...).
  
  Micro perfect for alto voice, baritone or bass. Very good definition, rendering your joints also increases.
  
  When I use a Shure, I feel like singing in a toy ...

  Overall Opinion

  I use it for 6 years with no trouble. Very robust and reliable.
  
  
  
  I used almost all the other microphones singing.
  
  
  
  Full of quality, everything is good, I did not see a default (in this class of product). Its design is perfectly suited to its intended use.
  
  
  
  I would do the same purchase with no problem. Quality / price ratio excellent.
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• 09/19/10

  coolwaiss's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " E 865 for the serious"

  Characteristics

  Electret microphone singing. A lot of bass compared to SM58, Beta 58, Audix OM3, E835; I possède.Bien for voice or slender aigus.je been using it for 4 years, coupled with a Envoice Mindprint. (For spoken voice to BARRY WHITE). For the song I prefer the Shure faces to stand out better instruments.Rapport quality / fair price (making Germanic)

  Overall Opinion

  + Very serious-directional. I own dozens of dynamic microphones. Mic to have in its fleet (abundance does not harm)
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• 08/30/06

  why.prod's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Characteristics

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  Overall Opinion

  I've had a few days and I had great fun with dj ... I bought APRS have tried several (via lease), such as c535 and AKG SHURE beta 87, and live recording. I am not a professional sound but I think he plays in the same range: a part of the "expensive Swiss" in Contents of micro ...
  
  
  
  In fact, I opt for it just for the price and I think that was well in hand (for "big paws," the other 2 are slightly Drout). In addition, it seemed to me that this mark, as the other 2 I tried, with good reputable. A ct of a, it's true he does ausi weight ...
  
  
  
  This is my first electrostatic spcial singing j'apprcie the Manir which modulate the sound of little micro depending how it is positioned. On the live, I have not tried in overhead but it seems that he plutt so well (in the words of a friend of mine, also owner of the box).
  
  I also tried to registration: trs performance for voice recording (normal, you might say ...) but also as micro trs INTERESTED room (j 't have much bleuf.
  
  
  
  In short, I did not Russia even take it into default since in addition, it does not catch: even pushing trs far, there is no feedback (unless Obviously to use it as a pig ...)
  
  
  
  Until now, outside a first prize in lectret Shure, I only use dynamic and I m'aperois that this technology really dates ... If c'tait again, I believe that microphones Contents voice, I would not take more than the kind of electrostatic microphones Sennheiser what, who, in addition, a much wider bandwidth and therefore also richer in harmonics, and that really a "potato" not credible.
  
  
  
  For résumé is a good mic, good everything, and reasonable price for quality. I no longer have that esprer they age well ... lol
  
  
  
  PS: I put 9 because that perfection is not of this world ...

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