Testing the mic position and 3 different mics with guitaramp

[timowens]

For anyone who is into this stuff, I did some guitar amp mic testing with my Mesa Nomad driving a Legacy 4x12 with Vintage 30's and posted the clips on SoundClick. First I tested the position of a Sennheiser e906 from the center of the speaker to surround. Then I compared the Sennheiser e906, Shure SM57 and AudioTechnica AT4040 mics.

I seemed to prefer the mic position to be either 2" or 2.75". I can't decide if I like the e906 or the AT4040 better, I don't think I like the SM57 when compared to the more expensive Sennheiser and AudioTechnica mics. What do you think?

The clips can be found here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1007794&content=music

 

[burnstudios]

to my ears the 57 has the most body and fullness.

 

[V3]

For my setup it is the e906, but yours sounds best with the AT4040 to me. My favorite is my Audix i5 then the e906 for me.

 

[timowens]

Thanks for the replies burnstudios and V3. It sounds like you guys have way more experience then me so I really appreciate your thoughts.