List of upto £150 mics for the mic cupboard : some choices from SoS.

[tea for two]

I am considering a handful of mics ideally upto £100 each, stretchable to £150 each, to add to my SM58.

I just did a quick search last night of SoS : forumees, mods, staffs mic recommendations upto £200. Several of these mic recommendations can be had new under £100 and around £100-£150 used.

In alphabetical order here are some SoS forumees, mods, staffs mic recommendations for different use purposes for the purpose of this thread.

AKG D5, Lyra USB.
Aston Element, Aston Stealth.
Audio Technica AT2035.
Austrian Audio OD303.
Beyerdynamic Fox USB.
Blue Yeticaster USB.
Citronics CCU3 USB.
Cortado MKIII contact mic.
Golden Age R1 Active Mk2 Ribbon.
Lewitt LCT040, LCT140.
Line Audio CM3, CM4, OM1.
Mackie EM-USB.
MXL R144 Ribbon, V67, Tempo USB.
Oktava MK012.
Peavey PVM45, PVM45ir.
Rode NT1 5th gen black body, NT-USB mini, NT-USB+ just reviewed May 2023 by SoS magazine.
Samson Satellite USB.
SE Electronics SE-V3.
Sennheiser E865.
Shiny Box 46MX Ribbon.
Shure SM7B, MV51 USB.
Sontronics STC-1, STC-20, STC-3X.
Sony ECM99.
SubZero R1 and R2 Ribbon.
Zoom H2n hand held recorder reviewed by SoS in 2012 with pretty useable MS as well as XY facility.

Preehaps this list maybe of some use to someone.

Also doesn't hurt to use Van Damme cables, Neutrik connectors.

I have missed some mics as I didn't do an exhaustive SoS search.
Spending let's say £50-£100 more would get more choices, however upto £150 used is the limit for this thread list also for me, although ideally under £100 for me.

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It goes without saying
having decent recording environment, decent performance to record, decent performer/s, decent sounding instrument/s, decent mic technique both performing alongside us recording with our choice of mic array mic placements, matching as much as possible mic to instruments/s singer/s, keeping a level head,
these makes recordings a whole lot better easier regardless of how relatively inexpensive expensive the mics and recording interface.
There's lots of SoS magazine articles, book from Mike Senior, SoS forum posts to help us in this.

[Kwackman]

Second hand AKG451 for under £150?
Didn't think you could get them for that- another pension asset let down!

[Drew Stephenson]

You might find a Beyerdynamic M201 second hand for £150 occasionally but they tend not to come up for sale very often because they're such useable mics.

[tea for two]

Second hand AKG451 for under £150?
Didn't think you could get them for that- another pension asset let down!

Oooops
Mods if you would remove the AKG451.
Ta very much.

[zenguitar]

Mods if you would remove the AKG451.
Ta very much.

Done

Andy

[Wonks]

NT1 4th gen. Same as the 5th minus the 32-bit interface and USB port. Saves a lot of faffing about with changing Windows ASIO drivers if you already have an AI.

If it were me, I’d sub-divide the list into dynamics, condensers and ribbons and within those divisions I’d divide further with vocal or instrument mics and stage or studio as their primary purpose. I’d have no idea what sort of mic an ‘ABC 234a’ was unless I had one myself, or it was an industry standard.

[James Perrett]

No Audix? The OM5 just about squeezes into your price range.

[sonics]

If it were me, I’d sub-divide the list into dynamics, condensers and ribbons...

That, otherwise it's not useful IMO. The list needs to organised.

[tea for two]

Done

Andy

Aaah sweet Zen

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If it were me, I’d sub-divide the list into dynamics, condensers and ribbons and within those divisions I’d divide further with vocal or instrument mics and stage or studio as their primary purpose. I’d have no idea what sort of mic an ‘ABC 234a’ was unless I had one myself, or it was an industry standard.

Fo sho would been more helpful.
Started out that way then got distracted in traffic lol
also late night blearyness

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If it were me, I’d sub-divide the list into dynamics, condensers and ribbons...

That, otherwise it's not useful IMO. The list needs to organised.

Main thing was shifting through years of SoS forum posts to locate them reading up opinions of them.
Which then provides this handy list for anybody : so they don't have to shift through years of posts and opinions.

Shirley don't call me Shirley lol thereafter it's easy enuff for someone to giggle search them to find out what types of mics they are as well as their usual uses.
Thing is people also use mics for all sorts whichever works for whatever purposes for them.

[tea for two]

Just a few more from SoS forums to add to
the above Beyerdynamic M201 recommended by Drew, Rode NT1 4th gen recommended by Wonks, Audix OM5 recommended by JP.

AKG D202.
Audix D1, D2, D6.
MXL 603.
Thomann t-Bone RB500.

[shufflebeat]

SE Electronics - v7
Audio Technica - at2021

[Mike Stranks]

Ah! Up to £150...

As you were...