Excellent pre-EQd kick drum mic. I tour constantly and need something that is quick to get a great sound out of. I've been a professional musician for over 3 decades and have used everything out there from every type of mic to contact mics. This one in its full classic mode is perfect. For heavier rock bands, the switchable voicing is exactly what is needed.
Well done!

This beats its obvious competitor (sm57) in my opinion. Smooth sound and well built. Very good product.

I am incredibly impressed how easy to find a beefy, tight, kick sound simply by changing settings before even touching the eq on my mixer! this mic made a 20x12 kick sound just as good as any standard size kick. I will be replacing my shure beta 52 inside my 22 with this asap!

I am now going to the vx7 first instead of 57.. that says it all.

Bought this because based on the frequency response graph, it seemed like this would be the perfect fit for my baritone voice. Just spent a few hours testing it today and it turns out I was right.

Unlike a lot of vocal microphones, this microphone doesn't try to compensate for the proximity effect, meaning you're free to play with that as a variable, and I always like when microphones give you options. If your voice is too boomy, just move a bit further away. If you want some of that emphasized low-end for the "radio voice" effect (or just to help the low end of your voice), just put your mouth within a few inches of the mic.

Noise-wise, I'm finding this mic to be identical to a Shure Beta 58A. Meaning it doesn't pick up more background noise than it should, but you also don't have to be extremely close to it to get good levels. Off-axis rejection is also great, so it should be able to do high gain before feedback. The more I test it, it might actually be even less sensitive to background noise than the 58A.

On the high-end and mids, this mic is both clear and crisp, without being overly sibilant or in any way muffled. I did notice that when I speak into this mic at a 90-degree angle in front of it (as in, perpendicular to the end but far enough in front of it that the air from my plosives don't hit the mic - I do this sometimes for streaming) it's actually even *more* crisp and clear than the 58A is in this position.

I specified "male voices" in the headline but really, this mic is so warm and crisp I think anyone would sound good on it, regardless of gender. It's just overall a really solid dynamic microphone.

Overall, very impressed.