Behringer B2 Pro

While I tend to say screw Behringer, there is no doubt this is a great tool.

I have a load of microphones at my arm's reach. The B1 & B2 Pro are both similar to the TLM Neumann sound. This tends to be bright. Depending on placement and the subject you are recording, you will have fantastic results. We recorded some big names on horns with this series and it won when compared with microphones which cost many times more.

You can often scoop up a deal on these used.

My B1 was under $100 brand new and my B2 Pro was $120 "used" though no signs of use and in the original plastic bags within the case.

To be honest, I am kinda disappointed with this microphone. I bought it somewhere in 2005., when I started doing some amateur demo recordings for my soul. It doesn`t handle higher tones well in my opinion, and recording always sounded somewhat uneditable with this one. When I bought Shure Beta 57 I almost forgot this one.