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Thanks A Lot, saved me from spending loads of money!

Hey Thanks for you're reply, I rap/sing similar to chance the rapper or russ and I agree with everything you're saying but I'm a perfectionist and quality is huge for me when recording. In my recordings I feel as though the sound isnt as natural is other recordings I hear. If you want to hear examples of what im talking about here are 2 tracks that mixed and master hwoever one was done on the Apogee with a AKG (not sure of the model) and the other with the blue yeti.

https://soundcloud.com/nuwayvemusic/project-74/s-nFIGr

https://soundcloud.com/nuwayvemusic/she/s-k96Ha

I'm a singer who uses DIY studio and I currently record with either an Electro-Voice 660 Mic (through a Focusrite 2i4) or a Blue yeti. I want to up the quality of my recording and was wondering what would improve the recording quality more, a new audio interface or a better mic? Im looking to get the Apogee Duet 2 which runs for about $600 and am not sure if this would improve the quality more than a $600 mic would. If I were to spend $600 on a mic instead I would look into either the Rode NTK or Neumann TLM 102 and would those work with Focusrite 2i4?

Basically my options are:

1. Keep Current Mics and spend $600 on Apogee Duet 2
2. Keep Focusrite 2i4 and spend $600 on new mic
3. Keep Focusrite 2i4 and buy Rode NT1A (budget friendly option)