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Published on 07/19/11 at 00:14
The Sennheiser E 906 is a marked improvement over the E 609, already a fantastic microphone. In this review, I will go into why it is.
The Sennheiser E 906 is a dynamic microphone designed for picking up the sound of a guitar amplifier. It is supercardioid, which means that it has an extremely tight pickup pattern, so when using the E 906, you will never once have to worry about bleed or the sound picking up anything else. The Sennheiser E 906 has a frequency response from 40-18,000 Hz, so it naturally has a bit of an advantage over the mainstay Shure SM57 when it comes to clarity and detail.
What makes the Sennheiser E 906 special, however, is that like the E 906's little cousin, the Sennheiser E 609, it is shaped and engineered specifically to have low profile. It is side address, and very flat, meaning that especially on a crowded stage or in a crowded studio, no one will ever have to worry about kicking the guitar amp microphone and ruining the sound of the gig. People often thread the XLR cable through the handle of the amp and hang the E 906 from it, which is especially easy if you tip your amp back like a normal person.
What makes the E 906 special over the E 609, however, is its switch that invokes either flat, smooth, or bright sounds. This makes the E 906 more versatile, and it captures percussion and horns just as well as it captures a guitar sound!
OVERALL OPINION
The Sennheiser E 906 is an improvement over the E 609 microphone, which was already an improvement over the SM57 when it came to guitar amps, What I did not see coming, however, was the E 906's ability to mic up other sources as well, making it markedly more versatile than the E 609. For a little more money, you have have a little more microphone, and I think it's worth it.
The Sennheiser E 906 is a dynamic microphone designed for picking up the sound of a guitar amplifier. It is supercardioid, which means that it has an extremely tight pickup pattern, so when using the E 906, you will never once have to worry about bleed or the sound picking up anything else. The Sennheiser E 906 has a frequency response from 40-18,000 Hz, so it naturally has a bit of an advantage over the mainstay Shure SM57 when it comes to clarity and detail.
What makes the Sennheiser E 906 special, however, is that like the E 906's little cousin, the Sennheiser E 609, it is shaped and engineered specifically to have low profile. It is side address, and very flat, meaning that especially on a crowded stage or in a crowded studio, no one will ever have to worry about kicking the guitar amp microphone and ruining the sound of the gig. People often thread the XLR cable through the handle of the amp and hang the E 906 from it, which is especially easy if you tip your amp back like a normal person.
What makes the E 906 special over the E 609, however, is its switch that invokes either flat, smooth, or bright sounds. This makes the E 906 more versatile, and it captures percussion and horns just as well as it captures a guitar sound!
OVERALL OPINION
The Sennheiser E 906 is an improvement over the E 609 microphone, which was already an improvement over the SM57 when it came to guitar amps, What I did not see coming, however, was the E 906's ability to mic up other sources as well, making it markedly more versatile than the E 609. For a little more money, you have have a little more microphone, and I think it's worth it.