Posted 31 January 2007 - 11:23 PM
It complete depends on purpose. If you are using these types of large diaphram condenser mics, I would assume that you are using it for studio recordings or for radio broadcast. If that is the case, you probably are a professional, and I don't see why you would need to seek our advice on this type of forum.
I've done theatrical and live sound professionally for a short time, and what I can tell you is that every mic has its own characteristic, they tend to 'color' the sounds one way or the others, and most mics are more suited to specific applications even down to specific types vocalists. Unfortuantly the only real way to find the mic that would please you most is to actually test them out and listen to them, to see what you prefer. Some have a warmer or colder sound that you may or maynot prefer. Most of the microphones i've used (for live sound) were mostly Shures and AKGs. I can really recommend the AKGs in some situations, it really depends...