Rode M5 MP

Rode small condenser M5P

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Excellent mics

This is probably the cheapest stereo pair not made in China. There are enough written publications and comparison videos at least with it's bigger brother NT5, so I will not go into that. I will only mention that if we start comparing and choosing microphones we make life way difficult. Far more important are factors such as room, musician and instrument. And if there are compromises with them, even if the most expensive microphones are used, miracles will not be achieved. Exactly the opposite. In that case, it makes sense that the M5's would be used by people on a tighter budget who don't have a great room anyway, can't hire very good and famous musicians, etc. And if the room is not good, the smaller part of it we capture, the cleaner our recording would be, and the atmosphere will be created in post-production. In such case, I would not use the overheads to capture the entire set, but would look for specific cymbal sounds - hi hat, ride or close above a group of cymbals. Then the only requirement for these microphones would be to reproduce the cymbals as naturally and pleasantly as possible. And these microphones can do it - nicely tucked under the ride or hi hat cymbals, so that they capture the details.

Great for overheads/underheads

I bought the matched pair last November to capture underheads such as hihats and ride cymbal and it's been with me since. It sounds good for it's price and apparently very sturdy for such a delicate microphone.

I do have a matched pair of NT5's to use with it and capture other cymbals and together it sounds great and nothing gets phased.

We'll see if it stands the test of time.

For this price, no question

The MP5 are robust and do not need to be treated with kid gloves.

I have used these a lot for various applications. For speech, stringed instruments, as overhead mics and more.

They have rather good side rejection for mics of this size.

The only con I can think of is that they are kind of mid rangy (if that is a word), lack the sparkle that a small diaphragm Neumann (or similar) of this type has.

But the bottomline is that if you are on a budget or need mics for situations where stuff happens and you do not want to risk you fancy crazy expensive mics, this is a solid offering.

Great Matched Pair Microphones.

These are great microphones. I will be using them to mic sounds for sampling experiments, nature and acoustic instruments. All in all, for the price I am very satisfied with the build quality and sound of these relatively inexpensive microphones and would recommend them to others for similar purposes. I wish they came with a decent case, but for the money spent you really can't complain.

Not as good as the NT5, but still great

Sound, build quality, noise floor, all great. The mesh protector protrudes out of the microphone, though, so I think the design of the NT5 is better.

That being said, they sound great for drum overheads.

Impec

Impeccable. Pour enregistrer la guitare acoustique. Ouf, enfin un son convenable.

Good workhorse mics

Bought these to replace a random bundle of old sE and other cheap Chinese mics that I use when I'm a bit stretched. 4 of these has given me a lot of scope for any mono or stereo sources. I first used them live for a choir (spaced pair) and close micing a piano in XY and they sounded great to me! Annoying to not have a carry case of any sort, but for the price it's hard to argue. Clips are nice and sturdy which I think is really important.

Great microphones for high frequencies

These 2 microphones serve perfectly as overheads on drum kits, as they do a perfect job at catching the higher frequencies while blocking some of the lower frequencies. They have a great "air" quality to them and there was no need of over post-processing these when playing drums. I would purchase these again if necessary.

Rode M5 MP

nice sturdy mics, not the best sound but really decent!