I-5 : Another great Audix mic.

Lovely microphone from Audix.

The build is solid and very resistant to stray drum stick hits, nice weight to it.

Comes with a mic clip which is comparable if not better than the Shure clips and fits the microphone well. The Audix cases are very nicely padded and keep the mics safe.

The size of the microphone is not much different to a sm57, so positioning is easy on snares, etc.

It has a much more fuller sound on snares than sm57's but have found that it needs an extra microphone on the underside to capture the 'snap and crack' properly.

Has a nice rejection on the sides and rear of the capsule, allowing for a lot less sound spillage from other instruments surrounding it.

I have tried this microphone on other instruments such as toms, guitars, brass, even vocals and depending on what sound you desire you can achieve some very high quality results. But i primarily use this for snare drums.

Overall i recommend trying this and other Audix microphones like the D6 if you are trying to get that full, phat and modern drum sound.

An added bonus is Audix send you a great sticker for your drum cases.

Thumbs ups!