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I’m not in the market for a microphone right now (my current mic is more-than-adequate for my home-recording needs), but if you are, maybe you’re interested in one of these:

• BlueMic BlueBall. This is notable because it is a dynamic that requires phantom power; it supposedly provides extremely flat frequency response.
• ShinyBox 46. An inexpensive ribbon mic; deliberately nontransparent but “warm.”
• Scott Helmke’s Alice microphone design; plans for a small-diaphragm condenser. (Helmke also offers kits and completed microphones.)

I’m sure Andrea will be dismayed (but unsurprised) to know that I absolutely plan to build an “Alice mic” in my copious free time.

I’m currently listening to Songs Of A Wayfarer: 4. Die Zwei Blauen Augen from the album “Mahler: Symphonie No. 1” by Mahler: Kubelik, Fischer-Dieskau & SOdB