Shure KSM 9 HS

ksm9 hs surprising on no feedback

i recently bought neumann kms105 shure ksm8 and shure ksm 9 hs..

i am very satisfied from all as a better sound choice i choose neumann kms105 but for very very hard and dificult situations i mean bad places bad speaker place very easy to get feedback from mics i choose the ksm 9 hs on hypercardioid

Pros

Very good high end quality sound

The best anti feedback microphone.. i got no feedback at all even in the worst set up places..

I very often have live events in small bars which has many many people in there.. and the speakers are in very very bad place with any other microphone i would have feedback.. i got many beta 58s sm 58s neumann kms 105 and 104... all these would have a lot feedback in these places.. the ksm9 hs in hypercardioid pattern its very very hard get feedback... i fully recommend

for us here in greece that we play music on 2 high db over 130 db @1m the ksm 9 hs i think is the best choice it is very very dificult to get feedback from this microphone.

Unbelievable clarity and tone

This is an incredible microphone ... If in doubt don't be ... I own 2 of these and love them .. You can put this in front of anything and they sound incredible ... Vocals / guitar , banjo , flute , violin etc ... Etc ..

Vocals is where I think this mic excels ... Somehow it takes very little effort to sing into these mics .. The sound is incredible.. Clear .. Accurate without vocal straining .. Somehow you sing into this microphone at your ease ...

This microphone also has 2 different polar patterns cardioid / super cardioid ... This I find handy depending on the type of vocals or instrument you are using on it ... And it's very easy to switch between these to which suits your needs best

The microphone has no noise when holding it .. and it's a great mic and wonderful at suppressing feedback... gains need to be put up extremely high on a desk without feedback issues becoming a problem ..

If in doubt don't be take the plunge ... Especially if singing is your primary use for this microphone .. I cannot recommend this microphone highly enough .. :)

End of the road

Microphone itself comes in a really nice metal box which protects it from outer world (including falling on the ground; haven't tested that yet:)) You get an original grey Shure holder which is nothing special, but it fits perfectly to this microphone, sometimes even too tight. It requires a phantom power to operate. I was a bit skeptic at the first sight, ok, I have a new mic, it looks nice, have a really nice box,…but would it do the job it was bought for…at first I had set a volume as others on mixing table as I had microphone in Hyper-cardioid mode (we are trying to get to the point where we have volume/gain set just under feedback); btw, others are using SM58 and Beta 58A which are really good microphones in my opinion…and I could feel the difference at the first tone..more defined, easier to pronounce spoken words, you could almost speak, not sing a song…singing became easier…and then the magic happened? I wanted to know how much this feature »almost no feedback« is true. I asked my band buddy if he could raise volume of my microphone till it will feedback and the volume was very high before this happened (we have a small rehearsal place). It is easier to sing at that volumes (believe me, other won’t let you be at that higher volumes comparing to them?) I can not more than recommend this microphone as it is almost incomparable to others microphones, which are largely used in bands. We are playing loud and I mean playing really loud at our rehearsal place and I can sing through all the instruments w/o a problem. I’m not using wide cardioid mode a lot, if I’m alone or if I record just singing, other than that, it just picks up all the sounds in the same room and that doesn’t suits my needs. Just try this microphone and you will never look back.