DRDK7 7-Piece Drum Mic Kit

I have been a sound guy for 30 years, and used just about everything there is to use. I've never been too picky over microphones, as long as they do their job. I generally stick with the standards, Shure, Sennheiser, Audix, EV and some AKG. However, I own a small sound company.... and I wanted stuff that could be left a bar gigs and that sort of thing, unattended, and not be a huge worry if something happened to them. When I do small gigs, I had always taken a basic PA system. But I was always taking really nice, expensive microphones...for gigs that didn't even really pay much. And in those settings...drum mics don't really have to be top notch, anyway. So I thought I'd buy a set of these cheap drum mic packs you see floating around. I initially wanted the NADY set, but Guitar Center didn't have them in stock, so I went with the Digital Reference mics (the 7pc set). I first used them with an 80s hair metal tribute band. I was really surprised how good they sounded. You do have to spend some time tweaking them on the mixing console. But I do that $1000 microphones too. They are durable enough, I'm not sending them on a world tour... and me and one or two other guys are the only ones ever handling them... so, they should last. I have no idea about the internals of the condenser mics, not sure the quality and long term reliability... but so far they are holding up. I wouldn't take these on the road with Steely Dan or anything... but for basic straight ahead band gigs, on smaller PA's... I get perfectly acceptable mixes from them. I've even experimented and used the tom mics on guitar cabinets and they sounded pretty good. I used the kick mic in a bass cabinet and it was awesome. The condensers are a little overly splashy... but judicious use of eq, usually solves it. I've used them for rock, country, jazz, Tejano, reggae, and maybe one or two others.... Never a problem. In situations short of national touring bands... these do just fine. And I've ever leave the gig in someone else hands, I'm not stressing/obsessing over my really expensive mics being left their. In fact, I've bought a range of cheap mics that are working just fine for me. NADY vocal mics, EV Cobalt instrument mics, a few cheap condensers... I can cover the whole stages needs in inexpensive mics.... and go home relatively worry free. And the shows generally sound good, if the band is halfway decent.