Rode M5 MP Reviews

Great Value

The sound these mics can produce for the price is amazing - I use these with a Rode M3 on the Hi Hat and they get seriously good results. Fantastic product. Rode as usual are a real winner here.

Rode don't disappoint

Great mics. Currently using my pair as overhead mics for the drums. They sound really good. Great clarity and the cymbals really do come alive.

Choral Mics

Lovely as instrument mics but also great use as choral mics suspended above. Have used as both instrument and vocal for acoustic sessions and have found the clarity brilliant.

I Just ordered my second pair...

Brilliant microphones, the concept of these little tiny pencils is genius and they are seriously top quality. So far I have tested them at home / studio only.

I just ordered my second pair, with the stereo bars, in preparation for a Big test in June with Harmonica players. What I particularly like about these microphones is that the stand holders are Very tight, not easy to take them on and off the stand, and the mics are difficult, if not impossible to cup in your hands.

For my venue with harmonica players, known as "notorious cuppers", that is a very welcome Big Bonus,

I Love these mics.

Quickly becoming my favourite microphones

I have yet to find something that these microphones sound bad on!

Aside from being fairly barebones in terms of features, which is understandable for the price, I would recommend these microphones to anybody looking for a nice pair of small diaphragm microphones.

My only gripe would be that the grills have a tendency to come loose and fall off whilst handling the microphones, but this is nothing that can't be solved with a bit of tape!

Brilliant mics for the money.

I'm not a big fan of Rode mics normally. I've found their large diaphragm mics to be too spotty and distorted in the top end.

However, these are great mics for the money. I needed some backup mics for sessions with lots of musicians.

These don't have a bunch of character but that's exactly what I wanted from them.

They are quite hot and don't have pads which is a shame because it precludes them from being used on anything too loud. They can handle the SPL as far as I can tell but overload most preamps.

Great buy

Considering the price these microphones are amazing. I was on the search for something small, light and affordable that still sounds great for ambience or overheads and these mics are perfect for that. Highly recommended.

Wow

I am totally satisfied with the results I achieved using this pair of small diaphragm condensers. I am using them mostly to record strings instruments ( violin, viola, cello and an Egyptian Kanoon until now ). The sound is accurate, warm and natural. They look like they are built to last and for this price is a real bargain.

As a fun fact, I asked the cellist who I recorded for an estimative price and he said...around 500 ? for each at least :)

I was surprised to see they come with their own mounting clams and windscreen, which is not much but adds to the value. You just have a hard time fitting it to those clips but once they're in place, they are very stable.

Rode M5

When used with a good Pre Amp they are very good (live),for studio the Rode NT5 is a warmer sounding mic but a little more expensive,so the Rode M5 is a great mic for it price.

Nice pair of mics

I've used the M5s for drum overheads to capture my cymbal sounds, and for "budget" mics they work great; I think the high end sounds much better than with the Rode M3s I used previously. The size of the M5s is quite compact so they're easy to set up in coincident configuration. The build quality also seems excellent.

Natural crisp sound

The Rode M5 is a superb mic for recording or live applications, at least in my opinion. Acoustic guitar sounds natural, vocals sound full and balanced. Of course the sound is dependent on the mic placement, so you can get feedback and the sound might not be excellent, if you have to compromise with the placement. And handling noise is remarkable, so I wouldn't use this in a place where someone might move it during a speach or other.

But all in all, I do think that this is a very good mic in its niche, and a great assett in recording or live. Everything that I have done with these, I have been happy with.

No doubts, this is a winner

I bought this pair of microphones as an upgrade over single EV RE200 mic for miking a concert piano in our local church.

It's like my ears suddenly opened and I can finally hear all the tones this piano produces. I set them pointing straight from above at 90 degrees angle positioned at 1/3 and 2/3 of strings scale, at about 30cm height. I mix them in mono to get even frequencies in both sides of the church.

Although I own 6 of M5's big brothers NT5's, I find no substantial difference in sound between the two, at least not in my application.

There are no cut/pass switches, no user changeable capsules, only pure plug-and-play microphone.

My best recommendations.

Alround talent

The Rode M5 Pair is really amazing.

Sound:

I own these microphones for over half a year now and i am quite impressed about the quality. I haven't noticed any noise or other annoying sounds combined with my Focusrite Saffire 6 USB.

I recorded vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, flute and pinao with a high resolution and natural sound.

Even in a church they cut quite a dash.

Reliability and durability:

These twins are built to last! They are finished quite tough.

Another great thing about them is, that they are so small.

There is just one little thing what is annoying. The microphone clamp is a little to tight.

It is a pain in the arse everytime you take them out of the box to fumble them in the clamp.

Finally these mics are definitely worth the price.

very competitive

I have found these microphones to be absolutely fantastic for their price, excellent (mostly) flat frequency response gives a beautifully clear representation of whatever you're recording and in my opinion adds a slight bit of it's own warmth to the texture of the sound. so far I have used these microphones to record uilleann pipes, violin, mandolin and banjo using them as a close and far set, I am also using them to record piano, guitar and drum overheads in AB position. In my experience these microphones are boxing above their class in terms of price, competing with much more expensive microphones including the Rode Nt-5s. Could not recommend them more for a beginner producer on a budget.