I have the C1 which has gotten very favorable comparisons to the u87 but haven't had a chance to experiment enough with it yet. Just picked up this Nt2A and been playing around a lot with that one because has so many different settings, padding and three paterns to choose from as well. The c1 appears to be built well though and if first tries mean anything, it sounds very warm and am very impressed. The price was extremely reasonable but if not mistaken is another Chinese mic. still think will work well. ----- Original Message ----- From: D!J!X! To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 1:03 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about microphones I heard of a $300 mic, the project studio c1 or c3, that is supposedly just like a numan! I think Phil uses or has one, so he might know the exact model... I remember reading about it from a link that he or somebody else provided a while ago. D!J!X! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Len Viljoen Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:58 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] question about microphones Hi all. I'm thinking of purchasing a good quality vocal microphone for myself for studio recording purposes. I hear and read that capasitor or microphones are used these days instead of dynamic microphones and that they use phantom power. I understand those things but now I must purchase a good one. The shops hear don't keep stock of those kind of microphones so it is very difficult to get one to test with. I just wondered what some of you guys are using? I know you get mikes that are very expensive like the numan u87 and so on but I don't have that kind of money haha. I think this can be a gnice discussion. Kind regards Len Viljoen