Sennheiser e845

I'm an amateur guitar player and singer for over 5 years. I've also played in a variety of jam sessions with various musicians.

The first time I heard this mic, I was immediately impressed. Although it was an e835, the sound was incredible! This mic is definitely made for singing! From low to high, this mic performed flawlessly, with no additional screaming into the mic needed. I would recommend this mic highly to any amateur or professional singers!

Live sound man for 8 years and recording engineer for 2 years.

This is a very clear dynamic mic. I will or will not recommend it depending on the situation you are using it in. I have used it before on a smaller stage with a full band and it picks up all the other instruments far too much. It feedbacks really easily as well. So I would suggest using something different (i use an SM58) if you're working with a full band. It tends to pick up the cymbals on the drums far too much. But if using this mic in an accapella setting it would work great.

I've been making music for about 20 years. I have my own studio and I study music production at our local university

It's a very good mic for vocals, but I use it to record snare!!! The best sound for snare. Beats sm57 and sm58 any day. Great presence, because it's made for vocals and snare drum works in about the same are of frequences. It's supercardioid so bleeding is minimal even if it's placed far from the source. I place it 10" from the beating point. This mic does not work with guitar cabinets because it's not magnetically sealed, but I've used it on acoustic guitars and it's pretty good in that too. 10 as a snare mic, but 9 as a whole.

I have been gigging live and in the studio since 1978 (OUCH) that hurts to tell, I have worked in front of 40,000 people and as little as 20 or so in little acoustic parties,
Rock, and Jazz are my loves but there are some some decent modern Country Music mixes going on.
I have done analog, ADAT, and multimix recording.
I love music of all kinds, as I have gotten older I have REALLY begun to admire the soul and effort of most any kind of music.

I bought this gem online and am a little shocked for the value and
clean condenser like performance of this microphone.
I have heard and read problems about feedback from this type of mic. but the only kind of reply I have to that is crappy soundmen will let the stage volume bury the vocal monitors.
I have microphones from Shure, AKG, Electro-voice, Byer, Nady Audio Technica, etc..House mics and rental company mics.. Most problem I have had was a bad soundman. This mic is GREAT, Just a little handheld noise keeps it from being a 10 (we are talking about stage mics here) This mic has a very solid high quality feel to it.
I spent over $400.00 US dollars for a Handheld Sennheiser mic in 1985 "MD 431 profipower",(Stevie Nicks used that mic) and I have to say this mic that I spent about $89.00 for is comperable in some small ways.
The proximity effect that I like (the closer you get the louder/warmer, the mic gets. Was lacking. Over all a good investment.

I've owned this mic a while now and have used it in recording and in practice/live situations. Been doing recording and basement jamming for a long time. I've done a lot of "homework" on the technical side, but I learned a lot of things the hard way. ie. louder is not better.

A very good mic...mostly. There's a lot I could say (and I will) but bottom-line is this mic sounds excellent yet has a problem, as do most of the Sennheisers of this ilk. Great on vocals, great overall mic EXCEPT for it's feedback rejection. If you try to sing through this in a loud band situation, you're going to have problems with feedback, or "runaway" (see below). If you are just recording it's a great choice for just about anything voice, guitar, drums, even bass, you name it. If you just sing with an accoustic guitar duo, or some other lower-key live situation, you'll also probably be pleased. However it can be problematic in high SPL rock situations. This can be offset with eq and/or compression, but only somewhat. I still use it for some things but switched to an Audix OM6 as my main vocal mic louder SPL situations and got much better results.

The problem using this, or any higher sensetivity mics like condenser-types, is that tends to push you tward what I'll call "PA run away". The louder things are around you, the more you want to turn up the PA to be heard. The problem is that your voice not the only thing getting turned up when you edge-up the volume control. The ambient noise, that you are trying to be heard over, is also getting amplifed because it bleeds through the mic. Just watch the VU meter when you aren't singing anything if you don't beleive me. So, ambient noise becomes even louder. So you got to sing harder to be heard above "the din", and/or turn up the PA some more, until you either run into feed back, or blow out your voice, or you go deaf. The real answer of course is to hurl heavy or sharp objects at the drummer, who lacks control, and started the whole problem in the first place. Failing this the real key...are you listening? THE REAL KEY is to keep stage volume LOW AS POSSIBLE. If you are a "sound guy" and don't really know anything else, you should know this. Ok, it's a rant, but I'm making a point. This mic's high sensetivity causes it to pick up more of the ambient sound around it, like a condenser, which will cause you to "hit the wall" sooner. So, it's a sounding good mic, again like a condenser, but in a high SPL situation you'll find yourself singing harder and/or having feedback issues. This isn't neccessarily a bad thing. You won't see many loud rock bands using condensers either, yet they are the weapon of choice in the studio. Indeed, the sounds you'll get will be very consdener-like. So treat it like one and you'll be happy. Ok, I'm done. Good luck!

I have been playing live for 25 years. I use this mic live mostly.

This is a dynamic mic that has the smoothness of a big condenser. Helps give my voice more depth. It takes away some of the thinness of my voice. Sounds much better on my voice than SM-57, SM-58 or the beta 58. Very warm sounding mic.