Audix OM7

The OM7 comes with a carrying pouch and a clip, it is well built and has a good finish to it that will make it hard to scratch or scuff. The Audix OM7 is a great live microphone, it is very natural and warm sounding while keeping the external noise at bay. The OM7 was made to be more for a singer, but it can be used for a DJ as well. You can turn this baby up to the max and don’t have to worry about any feedback, which is crucial in a live setting where there are so many other things going on. I have owned this microphone for about two years now and it has been a gem to me. I have used it on tons of different occasions and in different settings and it sounds amazing with no feedback! This microphone has become the main microphone that I recommend to vocal list now and with groups that I DJ for now use the OM7. The Audix OM7 is by far the best vocal microphone for this price range that you will find.


OVERALL OPINION

You can not go wrong with the Audix OM7 vocal microphone. If you are in a live setting and want a microphone that you can crank up and keep feedback out of the picture then this one is for you. Or even if you are a strong voiced person and have a softer voice or make a different type of music. It will still bring your vocals through crystal clear and warm. I am very happy that I have purchased this microphone a while back and I will continue to use it as one of my main microphones. I will be purchasing another one of these in the near future.

The Audix OM7 is a dynamic microphone built by Audix designed for live vocal use. Audix has an endless list of features for this microphone. It is a hand held dynamic microphone with a hypercardioid patter, which means it has absolutely fantastic off axis rejection. The OM7 in particular, even for a hypercardioid has especially fantastic rejection. It can handle sound pressure levels of up to 144 dB's, and has a proprietary anti-feedback design. The microphone itself is cased inside a very durable and weighty body that tapers beautifully and is a joy to hold. The OM7 also has, like many of Audix's dynamic microphone, a very low mass diaphragm, in the interest of improving its transient response. It is also a quite low output microphone, so it is very good at dealing with live situations and instrument isolation. Granted, that is not something that is directly correlated, but the engineering in the diaphragm makes it so. The OM7 has a rather peculiar frequency response from 48 Hz to 19,000 Hz.

OVERALL OPINION

What is especially impressive about the Audix OM7 is how clean the vocal signal is. Many microphones try to taper their responses to certain areas of the frequency spectrum to accentuate certain parts of the voice. It is not that the Audix OM7 is a completely flat microphone, but it is certainly less muddied than other microphones in certain ranges. It also is not a dead microphone; it actually sounds very sweet, and the subtle enhancements in this microphone seem to come in areas that people cannot quantify, or do not quantify. This is something that always happens in microphones, but the OM7 is something that one just has to hear to understand. It is also something that must be used live to understand. A audio clip is not sufficient for this microphone's appeal.

(Originally written by lechauve/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
I have only used it for vocals so I don't know how it performs with other sources.

Made in the 90's, this dynamic mic with hypercardioid pattern and pad requires a mixing desk with good quality preamps.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using it weekly since last summer. I have four mics for the vocals (8 singers). It's a delight to my ears.

FYI we are a parody rock band with a big chorus, two to four guitars, bass, brass, and percussions that generate plenty of SPL throughout the whole frequency spectrum.

And sometimes we even have to be able to make a pennywhistle audible...

Pros: read the excellent and comprehensive previous reviews.

Cons : Not found yet...

Dynamic mics which I've used over the last 20 years: really bad things (SHURE UNISPHERE, PHONIC, FOSTEX, ...) and SHURE SM58 (HS), BETA 58 (HS), SHURE 55SH, BEYER M88N (HS), AKG 330BT, SENN BF5xx/E840/E845, AKG D880, etc.

Dynamic mics which I currently use: AUDIX OM7, EV N/S767 and AKG 330BT.

Dynamic mics that stay in their cases: SENN 845/840, AKG D880, SHURE SM58.

Dynamic mics which I tested and gave away to karaoke fans: AKG D750, AUDIX F50.

Value for money? Two OM7 cost approximately the same as three SM58...

Four OM7 are enough for me and this purchase is one of the best technical choices I've made in my whole amateur musician life.

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OVERALL OPINION

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I do not regret having blown my budget "micro chant". It is even one of the best musical investment I made hardware: any other acquisition of instrument as I made progress and above all ... to find fun.