Audix OM7

Bought it beacuse of feedback problems in our small rehearsal room. We play LOUD metal and it was impossible for me to push vocals' volume through amps&drums because feedback occured directly (especially with reverb/delay). Also, I was hearing way too much of the instruments through my in-ears monitors.

Now all those problems are solved. I was a bit afraid about that extra gain required, but I don't really have more on the mixer that with my old SM58.
Also, it is very solidly made... and extremely aesthetic. Really love the design: all black, minimalist yet elegant curved lines. Wow!

Hovewer, it really requires some discipline from the singer. The angle has to be stable and I must almost eat the mic ;) but that is not a big price for the comfort of growling as I want.

Totally recommend for metal vocalists.

This is a great addition to my microphones, it has a slick look to it but most of all it sounds unbelievable, I also like how it wont scratch easily so after having this for a year it still looks brand new.

I had a condenser mic (Beta 87C) and when I played in the band I would get massive amounts of feedback, so I knew I was using the wrong microphone.

I heard about the Audix OM7 and its pick up so I said I'd try it out and now I'm able to push the volume and get so much out of it, I couldn't get feedback if i tried.

Also being close to a drummer and using IEM was awful with the condenser but now I'm getting nothing from the kit.

You really have to sing into this mic or it won't pick you up so there is a certain amount of discipline required when using this. But over all the sound quality is beautiful, It's very warm sounding.

I bought three of this mic's for all singing band members and the results are great. I decided to buy this microphones because we have a really small practice space, so the drums bleed thru other microphones quite drastically. Being hypercardiod, this mic's have great rejection, which is helpful with cutting down on that annoying cymbal bleed in our in-ear's. There are a little on the quiet side as far as the output goes, but as long as you have an adequate mic pre (those on audio interfaces work just fine), so you can gain stage them as best as possible, they are really great sounding microphones. The price tag is a bit hefty, but well worth it.