What are your feelings on Sennheiser e 609 ?

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:49 pm

They seem intriguing. Has anyone gotten their hands onthem? And what do you think of it. Maybe some samples?

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:53 pm

http://recording.org/ftopic-45488-0-days0-orderasc-609.html

Number nine is a 609, number ten is the original (409).

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:57 pm

I dont like them On guitars but they sound great on Toms , I have 3

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:53 pm

The old 409's are great on brass.

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:38 pm

When I was working a studio with 409's, we used them on everything.

A 409 and a D12 on kik was great....a 409 and an SM57 on a guitar amp was great.....a 409 on spoken word is unbelievable...two 409's on an SVT cab was........well, you've heard THAT sound a million times. You just dont realize it.

I find myself unable to go with the 609 as I'm sure it is only a faint reproduction of the 409.

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:42 am

FWIW, I've only heard samples of the 609 and didn't really like it much. However, I did purchase and do use a 906, and on a guitar cab I like it a lot.

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:36 am

very decent microphone with a wide range. try using with vocals and effect.

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:43 pm

The 609 is more of a specialty mic if you ask me: great for hardcore, and a lot of people like it on the toms. I own a e906 (which is the same thing as the e609 with two selectable filters, which I don't use... should have gone with a e609 Razz

), and I think it is excellent for hardcore guitars. This mic is the secret weapon to many underground metal and punk guitar rigs. For vox... I tried it, sounded mushy and muddy. I think the main virtue of this mic is that it handles extreme distortion wonderfully.

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:54 pm

DD wrote:

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I find myself unable to go with the 609 as I'm sure it is only a faint reproduction of the 409.

I'm in the same boat - I've heard some good stuff through the Evolution line, but nothing IMHO beats the original.

Were I in the market for mics I'd jump at a few 409's; the 609 or 906's - not so much...

...maybe it's that retro feel I like, I dunno...

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