Although I am no expert on this and don’t have that much experience with it: I have a Røde NT1-A, and I do love and recommend it! -- Peter Crighton | Musician & Music Engraver based in Mainz, Germany http://www.petercrighton.de 2013/7/12 Arnold Krille <arnold(a)arnoldarts.de>

On 07/12/2013 06:07 PM, Leonardo Palomares wrote: But, if you buy an SM58, you have a hammer AND a mic (and a wheel chock, and a doorstop, and much much more!). -- --- My bands, CD projects, music, news, and pictures: http://www.lateralforce.com My blog, with commentary on a variety of things, including audio, mixing, equipment, etc, is at: http://audioandmore.wordpress.com Staat heißt das kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer. Kalt lügt es auch; und diese Lüge kriecht aus seinem Munde: 'Ich, der Staat, bin das Volk.' - [Friedrich Nietzsche]

On Friday 12 July 2013 22:29:50 Kevin Cosgrove did opine: Indestructible is a pretty strong word. Quite a few years ago when I was the CE at a tv station, I'd convinced TPTB that the mic situation in news was untenable, and with a lot of yelling and screaming, got perms to by 6 of them, so we'd have one for each camera crew and one spare. Two things. Every time one of them was laid down while setting up the camera, it would leave, but a radio shack $20 lookalike would come home with the reporter & the reporters didn't know the diff & couldn't be bothered to learn. In 2 months we had one left and it was smashed as if a fire truck had run over it, about 1/2" thick. Maybe it did for all I know. One failed with no visible damage in a week, sent it back, they fixed it, we had the tape on the air about 10 days later when it went away again, sitting on a stand in full view of the rolling camera while interviewing a football coach. You have no clue how destructive a reporter, who is gung ho to get the story, alligators in the pool be damned, can be to even the relatively heavy SM58. Better than 80% of whats out there, at <50% of the price, but not indestructible. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> BOFH excuse #388: Bad user karma. A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens.