Audio-Technica AE 5100

Comme tout le reste de la série AE de chez Audio-technica, ce micro ne déçoit pas !
J'en ai acheté deux afin de sonoriser un charley et une ride ou le timbre d'une caisse-claire.
Quel bonheur ! Vous placez votre micro, vous réglez le gain et ça sonne tout seul ! Pas besoin d'effectuer beaucoup de corrections sur l'eq à part enclencher le coupe-bas !
Tout comme le reste de la gamme AE, le son est très équilibré et riche. Le bas-médiums caractéristique des produits de la marque est très agréable et le haut du spectre est doux et pas du tout agressif.
Je le recommande vivement, pour cet usage en tous cas !

First some general info: The mic has a pad and a high-pass filter. Always nice to have. It's not the biggest pencil-style mic, so finding space for it in a cramped environment (like a drumset) is usually not a huge problem. It can also handle _a lot_ of spl. 158dB to be exact. So If you ever need to mic a jet engine, this will do the job!

It has a somewhat different sound compared to a lot of other pencil condensers. Where a lot of cheaper mics will have a pretty flat response up to a point and then an overhyped high-end response, these have a lot smoother high end and a somewhat tight mid-range feel. I'm not completely sure what it is exactly, because the included frequency chart shows nothing out of the ordinary, but they do have a sound of their own. Before eq and compression it already sounds very smooth and "processed".

It's a very good percussion mic. Easily my favourite snare mic so far! I also use them on grand pianos with excellent results. I have yet to try it on other acoustic instruments, but I have no reason to think it won't sound good.

After reading good reviews on Audio Technica AE5100 bought at Thomanns. It never worked for me: Today the findal test: Expensive guitar, RME babyface pro interface, vovox cable....everything sounds like plastic, like a cheap guitar. Same conditions with Neumann TLM102: Sounds like the original guitar. I will not exclude that there is something wrong with my mic, but I cannot recommend this mic for serious recording of acoustic guitar.