NEAT Microphones Neat Worker Bee II - Cardioid Medium Diaphragm Condenser Microphone with Internal Capsule Shock Mount, for Recording, Podcasting, Streaming, and Gaming, XLR Output - Black

No nonsense mic at a decent price. Top end is pretty OK and overall tilts a little to the dark side. I high pass or shelf -1dB @ 125hz depending on the singer for best vocal results. Better on various instruments than you might think.

One of the best Cardioid XLR microphones I could think of, the only complaint of course being the lack of a pop filter that could come with it, and also the shape of the microphone base itself being a little awkward for certain microphone stands, but those are really just nitpicks.

This is an outstanding condenser microphone. I want to say "for the money" but that suggests it's far from perfect, but for a cheap price it does pretty well. This is not the case with the lowly worker bee. This mic produces great sound no matter what the cost. I recently bought a Rode Signature NT1 mic, and this worker bee is so close to the Rode in audio quality, any differences are not worth talking about. Both mics provide great sound, fairly flat but with a pleasing low end. But the Rode Signature costs $159, and this mic is currently selling for $59. How Neat can make a mic this good and sell it this cheap is beyond me. I do spoken word Bible devos, so I can't speak about how it would be for instruments, but for podcasts, this should be great. BTW, many feel a condenser mic is worthless unless you are in a perfectly treated room. Not true, this mic performs beautifully in a less than ideal room, as long as you keep it about 4-5 inches away from your mouth. And not having a windscreen is no issue at all as long as you keep the mic at a 45 degree angle to your face. I use quite a few mics. Most of them require an EQ to create a sound that pleases me. Some require a severe EQ, and there are some mics I have tried that could never please me no matter how much I EQ'd them. But with this mic (and the Rode NT1 and Signature) I do not need to EQ at all - just some compression and noise removal.

Tengo muchos micros, y este no le pide nada a los más caros, excelente opción para comenzar sin romper el cochinito. No te va a decepcionar!

100ドル以下のマイクにしては中低音の力強さがあり高音も出ていた。しかし、もう少し高いマイクと比べると押し出しが弱い。この価格帯のマイクとしてはかなり良い。振動を吸収するマイクホルダーを別に買う必要があるが、胴が特殊な形状で会うものが少ない。わたしはこれを買いました。（Dewuoyeu ユニバーサル マイク ショック マウント 調節可能なマイク スタンド、18mm～57mm のすべてのマイクに対応）