Best Microphones for under $1000

So you just started looking for a new Mic. Saved up about a grand for this purchase and now you have to make a huge choice. Heres some help on that with a short list of 5 of the best mics for under $1000.

5- Sure SM57 ($100)

This is a microphone that you cant beat for the price and the versatility.

From live to th

e studio to pretty much anything you cant go wrong with having a few of them lying around.

4-Sennheiser SM7b ($350)

This is an excellent vocal microphone. Its used in radio,

studio, film ADR, and lets not forget that this microphone recorded the album Thriller.

3-Blue

Bottle($300)

This is the perfect entry level vocal

and guitar mic. Its super clean and has great class A circuitry. This is a condenser mic and it has a small frequency boost at 200 Hz and also at 5 khz.

2-Neumann TLM 103 ($700)

At $600 used or $1300 new it's a great value, just get one (or more) and use them. Don't be influenced by poor judges of microphones who live in the p

ast... this is THE greatest achievement and best built mic to come out at this

price point until the competitors started trying to match it.

1-AkG c 414 ($1000)

It has five switchable polar patterns -- omnidirectional, wide cardioid, cardioid, hypercardioid, and figure 8. The mic has three switchable bass cut filters and three pre-attenuation pads. The control you get over the sound is unmatched today.

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