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Audix I-5 Instrument Microphone

Audix I-5 Instrument Microphone

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Brand: Audix
Category: Musical Instruments

List Price: $179.00
Buy New: $84.99
You Save: $94.01 (53%)



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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 8170

Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 2.6 x 4.4
Designed, assembled and tested by Audix in the USA, the i5 is a dynamic instrument microphone used for stage, studio and broadcast applications. The i5 is able to handle sound pressure levels in excess of 140 dB without distortion and can be used to mic a wide variety of musical instruments, guitar and bass cabinets, vocals and speech. The i5 is characterized with a cardioid pickup pattern for isolation and feedback control and is equipped with a VLM? (Very Low Mass) diaphragm for natural, accur

MPN: i-5
Model: i-5
UPC: 687471121108
EAN: 0687471121108
ASIN: B0002IHNA0

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Type: Dynamic
  • Polar Pattern: Cardioid
  • Frequency Response: 50Hz - 16Hz
  • Impedence: 150 ohms
  • Sensitivity: @1k 1.5 mV/Pa

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The i-5 is a professional dynamic instrument microphone designed for a wide variety of applications for live sound and studio performance. Characterized with a cardioid pick-up pattern and a frequency response of 50 Hz - 15 kHz, the i-5 is an ideal ...


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great on guitar amps and snares   May 3, 2008
Alex S. Fishburn (Upland, CA USA)
I purchased this over the SM57 and I am incredibly happy with it. Has a nice sound on snare drums and gets a great tone on guitar amps. It can easily handle high SPLs and can even handle a bass drum with some creative EQing.

The i-5 is a great workhorse microphone that will find its way nicely in any home studio or professional studio.



5 out of 5 stars A Modern Dynamic Instrument Mic   March 26, 2008
L. Reuter (Baltimore, MD United States)
I've been recording audio for over 10 years now and am very familiar with many types of microphones. For the asking price this microphone cannot be beat.

I've tried it on a snare drum and Marshall cabinent. A/Bing the classic Shure SM57 this baby sounds like a condenser mic. It just sounds closer to a snare drum or guitar amp than the 57 does. After all this mic was released in 2004/2005 so it SHOULD be better...right?

It also feels as durable if not more so than the 57 (important for clumsy drummers). I can't say for sure if it would hold up to the abuse the 57 has been objected to (thrown out a moving car at highway speeds, dropped in a glass of beer, see YouTube for a good clip of some SM58 tests) but under "normal abusive use" it should fair fine.

The Audix i5 is THE microphone to use for guitar amps and snare drums. Bar none. I would not use it on vocals though like some have. Condensers are much better suited for that purpose.



4 out of 5 stars The new go-to snare mic?   October 21, 2005
Matt (NJ)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

This mic is your standard dynamic instrument mic. There is nothing revolutionary about it, but I can say that it sounded better than the old reliable SM57 on snare drum. It sounded pretty good on a guitar cabinet, also - a bit better than the SM57 in that application also. It's $10 more expensive than the SM and I would say it's worth the extra change.

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