Audix D6 vs Sennheiser e602 II Comparison

[@danmeme7740]

I think they have similar low ends to be honest. Its just the "click" you get from the e602 kind of distracts us from the low end. Ignore the click and you will see the low end is there. Both great mics, if you want pure low end boom D6, if you want low end boom and more click e602. I did a little test and one thing I noticed is with the 602 if anything is rattling on your petals or near the kick it will pick it up yet the D6 does not hear it. Something to consider.

[@ryanshook8284]

I disagree. The low end bump on the sennheiser is lower and more focused in its frequency. This simultaneously helps exaggerate the click. The freq plot is one thing and affects everything you are hearing. Maybe I’m saying the same thing as you but just thinking of it quite differently. But the freq is one cohesive thing.

[@ZilnichProductions]

Just started recording drums on a new song and thought the 602 would be the one but after tests the D6 sat better in the mix and didn't fight with the bass guitar as much down low. So no matter what sounds better solo its in the mix that matters.

[@sanctumdefile8621]

The D6 sounds good but the 602 picks up lower frequencies and has a brighter top end. You have to have a playback system that will get down to 20 hz to hear this. On systems that are not that good, the D6 seems like it has more bass, but it doesn't. It has more bass in the upper bass frequencies. Also, if you can't identify what frequencies you are hearing in the low end, you will pick the D6. I like the super low end of the 602. The D6 sounds fine but I would cut 80-160hz out of it. But, of course, it depends on the genre of music you are recording. In the end, I think the 602 has more versatility with less eq.

[@caseykittel]

yes. just compare the response curve supplied from the manufacturer. very easy to see. if you have good headphones or well tuned studio monitors, very easy to hear as well.

[@nickcrane8329]

You don't need anything below 30hz anyway

[@chinmeysway]

i dont know anyone who has a system with sub/s so i assume its rare, in that case why not choose the d6 i mean even hifi speakers only go down to about 40db on rare occasions!

[@TylerSocholotuik]

I love the e602, it doesn't even need any post processing. Having said that, it wouldn't be good for anything other than rock and metal because you are kind of stuck with the beater click.

[@MariusSchulte]

Yes, thats true

[@kikedrum77]

Use the "S- e602" inside! & D6- kick-out!

[@tylerbopp134]

That’s exactly what I’m about to do!! Seems like the perfect mic combo for a metal sound

[@Assimilator702]

I just got the Sennheiser e902. It’s a nice step up from the e602 II.

[@PurgeYourChrist]

The audix d6 is my favorite 1/3 inside the hole. gonna order this baby , thanks for demonstrating the more intense aspects of this microophones ability. To me The Audix D6 has more body volume , thuddy impact lows and rich and satisfying highs. I'm getting it for sure.

[@MariusSchulte]

No problem mate :) I'm glad that I can help others!

[@deajae1974]

I also have both these mics and find the Audix very week when used in a live situation. The Sennheiser wins every time, but the Audix makes a great back up just in case.great video.

[@d-rock737]

I own both, but prefer the e602ii. I love both, but my next step might be the e902. A dw moon mic would nice with the e602ii for outdoor events. Depends on the style of music you’re trying to achieve i guess 😉

[@ok4377]

This is interesting. The better the listening device, the more depth, low end and punch the e602 II exhibits. When I listen on PC speakers or run off the mill in-ears the D6 sounds massive, when I listen on good studio headphones the e602 II starts having more low end than the D6. On my audiophile stereo the e602 II has significantly more low end and thump. So, as others mentioned before, it really depends on what you are listening on. Making an argument that most people listen on in-ears is not a great argument, though. I agree that you want to cater to the listener's taste, but you can always boost the mid-lows on the e602 II. However, you cannot "add" non-existing low-end on the D6. What I did find curious is that the D6 seemed to have more decay than the e602 II making it sound a bit more natural in that regard. And, while I am all for a dry kick sound, the argument for me would be similar: If the drum has more sustain, then I would like to have that accurately reflected in the raw recording. I can manipulate that later if I want it to be shorter. Not having captured the sustain in the original does not allow me to "add" it later. All that said, the e602 II certainly has a more balanced tone and reaches deeper into the low end. I would prefer it over the D6. Super Comparison Maruis! Vielen Dank- hat mir sehr geholfen mit meiner Entscheidung das Sennheiser mic kit zu waehlen.

[@bassplayedslow3000]

I wanted to like the e602 more but it's missing that oomph that D6 has, the low-frequency resonance.

[@caseykittel]

it's interesting. just compare the response curve supplied from the manufacturer. very easy to see that the e602 has a way more pronounced low frequency boost . if you have good headphones or well tuned studio monitors, very easy to hear as well. it is interesting though, because most people do not have well tuned speakers that can reproduce frequencies evenly. it makes sense that a lot of people would hear more lows in the audix. I have both mics - the e602 def has deeper lows.

[@bassplayedslow3000]

Casey Kittel you’re right. The e602 does have a deeper lows, but most people aren’t listening on sound systems that are going to accurately produce those. If most people are hearing deeper lows on the Audix you want to please most people with your recordings. A lot of people like the Beta 52a for this reason too. I will say the e602 is amazing for live music applications.

[@danmeme7740]

I think they have similar low ends to be honest. Its just the "click" you get from the e602 kind of distracts us from the low end. Ignore the click and you will see the low end is there.

[@EtTubeBruTube]

Thanks for posting! Deeper boom to D6, Sennheiser is tighter, both sound like very usable kick mics.

[@MariusSchulte]

Yes, they are indeed!

[@jthunderbass1]

The 602 wins, hands down. Best dynamic kick mic in the world.

[@DuroSamples]

Well done buddy! I have both but I use more the D6

[@ArgonSailing]

They are very similar. Both have the top end hyped up and the mids cut out which seems to be the thing to do with kick drum mics these days. You can get what you want out of either of these mics I think. I had a D6 which got lost somewhere in the process of moving and re-setting up my room. I had to replace it so I got the e602 just to try something different. I'm equally as happy with it as I was with the D6 I think. I don't love either of them, but I like them both. Someday, maybe the D6 will re-appear and I'll be able to compare side/side

[@dittman2564]

e602 inside, near the batter head. The D6 was nice too, but the e602 had more punch and overall tonal coverage from what I heard on OK but not very high end headphones. I have a D112 on a May mic isolation mount inside my 22" DW maple bass drum currently. I have used both e602's and e602 II's inside and outside of a 20" DW maple bass drum and a 20" Yamaha Stage Custom Birch bass drum. Sounded amazing inside the DW, great punch and low end. Sounded great but not as good inside the Yamaha. I have an e602 II on a May mount inside my 16" DW maple floor tom, but I do not often use that drum with my set. I have Audix D4's inside all of the other toms, 8,10,12,14. I have an Audix D6 now and was going to also install it in the 22" maple DW bass drum, with the mount attached on the opposite side as the D112. So I could either run both, or select the best between the two for the specific gig or recording. Now I am wondering if I should instead use the e602 II. Installing all 3 would just be insane...Hmmmm...lol

[@some1namedfriedchickenlemo593]

Mannn I have the d6, but tbh both have their places in recording. I really want the sennheiser after this video

[@dlcarburetor]

I like both but lean towards the D6. I like the depth of the sound at the hole. Inside sounds too thin for my liking.

[@ThirdEyePried]

I bet you could get a killer sound by mixing the e602 (in the reso hole) and the D6 (close to batter head) tracks.

[@Muziq4tune]

Sennheiser 602eII 1/3 thru. Brilliant!

[@Mateofah26]

Good comparision! Thanks bro!

[@TempoDrift1480]

Bravo, bravo!!! No man buns in this video.

[@jannevaatainen]

To me, they are equally good, but the E602 is cheaper, so there's my choice. I have couple of MK1's, and they are excellent. It seems the E602 MK1 isn't so dramatically pre-eq'd.

[@gastonjabaly]

Awesome demo thanks

[@CaseyJust]

Thank you very much for putting up this video! For my tastes I prefer the Audix D6. Your video helped me greatly in my final choice of purchasing the Audix D6. Great playing btw and thanks again!!!

[@larrytate1657]

D6 will always sound better with no eq because it's pre eq'd by audix. Rly need to see them both with eq. However I'm a fan of the d6 anyway. I don't mind it being pre eq'd. Unless you play jazz kick drum the d6 wins.

[@EricT43]

Thanks, good comparison.

[@claudio.oderich]

man, this d6 mic sounds really nice

[@ELECTRICSCARS]

Nothing beats the Audix D6 🔥👊🏼🔥

[@hachewie]

Both sound great to my ear.

[@jasonhoudyschell666]

Excellent video -Sennheiser E602 II $149.99 - Audix d6 $199.99 - they’re both great microphones. Either one is a good choice.

[@zyxwfish]

E602II the D6 sounds great in other videos on toms.

[@pearldrumsets]

I think both are good. to have both mics on u to see wat kind of sound fits for ur show

[@ismaeldelatorre9104]

In my phone the d6 sounds thicker... but in my car audio (acura rdx) the 602 sounds waayyyy better

[@Assimilator702]

I preferred the Sennheiser in the hole position but on my audio system I hear a bit more low end. A good compromise would be to place it inside the drum and boost he low-end giving the best of both positions.

[@bogfish9664]

Great video man! Very helpful. I preferred the D6 unfortunately, I can only afford the 602s since I need 2 of them. Still, I get 2 mics for less than 1 D6. Hopefully wooden beaters will make up the difference in attack the 602s lack over the D6.

[@Assimilator702]

Bog Fish e602 is $160. A D6 is $200.

[@bogfish9664]

@@Assimilator702 ah, that may be so where you are my friend, but over here in Australia, a loaf of bread can cost up to 6 virgins. Shit is so expensive here..

[@robgracia509]

e602 sounds deeper and better to me thanks for the comparison

[@17th_Street_Preacher]

double kick on the 602..unleashes the beast!

[@starman5754]

Hard to beat that D6. Have used it for years live micing kick drum where it is perfectly suited. Lower mids are naturally scooped out so it processes quickly and easily at the board. Sorry, the e602 was too clicky in upper mids and not enough bottom end. Actually sounded surprisingly tinny in this review. I am listening through studio speakers.

[@Assimilator702]

Starman57 Use a good pair of in ears with a dynamic driver. The e602 has more bottom end than the D6 which has more upper bass boost.

[@starman5754]

@@Assimilator702 Don't need to, my studio monitors see it all. Read my post again. The e602 low bottom is usually just unusable flab that will be cut out anyway. Kick drum fundamentals live in the 65-85 hz range. Anything below that is garbage.

[@nickcrane8329]

@@starman5754 That also depends on what kind of music you're trying to record, for metal that high end really helps the kick cut through the fast low tuned guitars and bass which are already using a lot of low end energy. I'd probably end up putting a high shelf on the d6 where with the 602 I wouldn't need to

Hearing closely this comparison, i realized that Audix D6 has more sustain, warm tone and body than Sennheiser 602, even with the hole on the resonant bass drum head. Cool video.

[@larrytate1657]

Hard to beat the simple D6. I got a lewitt two in 1 kick mic. I like it a lot. The dynamic part is similar to D6. Im just getting into using the condensor part of it. Do you think when I mix it using both parts of the mic I should keep each mic separate as it's own track or combine the two into 1 track?

[@MariusSchulte]

Keep them separate, than you can apply individual effects on each, otherwise you may struggle while using the EQ.

[@whatskraken3886]

damn that sennheiser really has a lot of click

[@NominalTopic]

Thank you for this video. It is very helpful. I agree that the e602 has more attack; but I think that the D6 has more presence. Also, I'm guessing that's a 22" bass/kick drum? I'm wondering how they would handle a 24" (the one I have). Anyway-- excellent video. I appreciate it.

[@eyesofobsidian]

Great video, Marius. I have one question though: which bass drum head were you using here? Head choice makes a big difference when comparing how one mic sounds against another. If you were to change the drum head, it would have a huge influence on the sound we are hearing from the mics. Thanks!

[@MariusSchulte]

The batter head is an Aquarian Superkick II and the reso is the Tama standard one (Evans EQ3).

[@chunkadelic1]

d6 imo but what snare mic were you using? sounded great

[@dongwarrenmusic]

Maybe if senns have one kit sets of it, and lower price than audix, i will go for it. More low freq on 602.

[@chackluna3040]

Los mejores micrófonos pará bombo 👌🏼

[@alchapo5372]

Question. Can you use these mics with a xlr to 1/4 cable instead of the xlr female to xlr male cable? If yes, how does that effect the sound quality?

[@MariusSchulte]

Yey you can, but think about that you need an amplifier with gain to get a proper signal.

[@freethinksman4393]

I preferred the D6 in solo, but the whole kit (snare especially) was brighter during the E602 segments and sounded like a better drum mix overall, leading me to think I preferred the Sennheiser until I scrolled back and listened to the whole context. It's too bad the full mixes sounded so different. Thanks for the review though.

[@henrycooper7100]

I think the 602 is for a rock player and the Audx is for a jazz player or RB

[@TheProgGuy]

Just bought a D6 and I'm really thinking about sending it back lol

[@thedubi7]

Why dude? It's a great mic. D6 is also one of my fav floor tom mics.

[@tobyvattilano7846]

@@thedubi7 I know alot of guys who love the D6 on floor toms. I just can't get on with it. I like my D6 in a kick fine (with the right placement) but find that smaller diaphragm mics like the D6, with their scoop shaping, cannot hold a candle to a larger head. For instance, I have a Mondo which the D6 destroys in a kick drum but the exact opposite happens on a floor tom. D6 is scooped, unnatural+unable to grab frequencies in a 16 inch drum where the Mondo gravitates towards exploiting those frequencies and make the drum sound absolutely gigantic. Really unimpressive on 20 or 22 kicks imo though

[@rcscaletruck8290]

Sennheiser 👍

[@LucasDrums]

Erst einmal cooles Video! Ich persönlich finde das Audix D6 besser, da ich denke, dass es die tieferen Frequenz deutlich besser abnimmt als das e602. Für mich ist da einfach zu wenig Bass drin;) Vielleicht könntest du auch mal nen Vergleich vom Audix i5 und dem Shure SM 57 machen?!

[@MariusSchulte]

Es gibt bereits ein video wo ich noch mehr als nur die beiden snare mikrofone verglichen werden. such mal in meinem kanal. war im dezember 2015

[@LucasDrums]

Marius Schulte Oh cool Danke! Werde ich mir direkt mal anschauen^^

[@samuelsantares8894]

Obrigado pela ajuda. Ganhou mais um inscrito .abraços do Samuel Santates

[@alexdeleon7135]

Well done.

[@gregwilliams2764]

I'll take the Audix

[@brianjones3584]

Senn all day!

[@TheGarageRecordingSC]

602

[@MrSonordrumr]

D6 all the way

[@guymangelschots1100]

e602 the best, unproceced? waw.

[@jamesnortonofficial1566]

D6

[@wildvideos5662]

D6 wins on this video.

[@billyg.7032]

Audix.

[@theroll666]

beides gute Mikrofone, das e602 II etwas natürlicher, das D6 sehr "badewanne".

[@vishalroychowdhury7641]

Nothing can beat my phone microphone. #prouddrummer

[@petershute3580]

The 602 is really toppy not a sound I like thank god I bought a D6

[@drumhead96]

The 602 sounds canny

[@vice5087]

hey check out our songs with the Audix d4 drum mics

[@janvirtanen6199]

Dein Akzent ist grauenhaft... xD Als Englischlehrer bringe ich meinen Schülern das besser bei. Na ja. Super Review :)

[@MariusSchulte]

Genau, der Inhalt zählt :D

[@holgerhahn8615]

Du klingst sooooooo unglaublich deutsch! LOL

[@MariusSchulte]

:D dann ist das wohl so.

[@anonymusum]

Holger Du übrigens auch ...

[@dragobotica]

Cool dude, but why do you sound's like Arnold Schwarzenegger?...joke..l like so much shure beta 52a...☺

[@MariusSchulte]

Drago Botica ok :D i never owned one

[@kodyepidemic]

This audio is processed. You just cranked the high frequencies way up on everything. There is no microphone that sounds that clicky without any eq tweaking being done.

[@MariusSchulte]

Dakota Duran Sound is only processed as shown and described in the video. The tuning, drumheads and beater have a lot of impact on the sound.

[@sanctumdefile8621]

Yes, it has a lot to do with the tuning, the head, the beater, the impact patch if any that you use and a host of other factors.

[@dustinjennings7017]

I refuse to believe that this is unprocessed and has no eq. Without eq it sounds very flappy and Dead

[@MariusSchulte]

Depends on the position, heads, beater, playing, ...

[@davidperezfuster6728]

mí quedo sin dudarlo un segundo con el sennheiser e 602

[@MONSTER3N3RGY474]

pues yo me quedo con el audix.

[@chupalaconchatumadre2148]

mil veces el audix