My PGDMK4-XLR

My Toms and Snare Sound Great. I got the bass mik on my Floor tom.

live drum mic solution

small club owner? drummer going on a medium scale tour? alright, you might be on the right track

trying to get a decent drum sound for your project studio? nah. dont bother. come up with another hundred fifty bucks and get a beta52, a d112, some 57s or something. OR just save the money and use whatever array of sm58s and computer store mics you can find. seriously, if you know what the kick drum EQ needs to look like to fit into your mix and you know how to work your EQ plugins, you are going to be able to throw an sm58 down into the kick and not be much worse off than if you spent $250 to get the pg52 in this pack. snares about the same. give me a mic that can handle the SPLs and a linear phase EQ with a bunch of bands and im not going to be $250 less happy than if i had one of these 56s. not to say money doesnt buy a nicer sound, but if your main goal is recording, the money should be going into more specific detailed microphones.

they do really have the boom you need to get the live thing done for sure. plus, they are shure-sturdy. but live, you arent going to notice the weak lack of detail that its plenty more obvious during an attentive sit-down listening session.