Cool. You should grab a SM57 too and do a side by side to see if you can tell any meaningful difference. I am genuinely curious.
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Well put man, well put.
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Thatās a better one for my Christmas list from the family (Vs the $500 one. Lol)
I have wanted one for a long while.
Iām more curious where the Rode NT-1A fits in there with them both.
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I paid no more than a couple of hundreds for each and everyone of my basses and mics.
Thatās my story I told my wife and Iām sticking to it, lol.
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Repeat these āif it works, it worksā and ādonāt go down that rabbit holeā.
If those fail: visit the GAS section cause youāll probably find members in that mic rabbit hole 
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My Toa K1:
Seen better days, a small condenser from the 90s thatās slept on and can be found cheap. I have a lead on another one about 2 hours drive awayā¦
My SM-57 has also seem better days:
My Digital Reference DRDK7 drum mics set:
Apparently I donāt have pics of my Digital Reference DRV200 dynamic vocal mic. Iāll fix that when I get homeā¦
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I have quite a few mics in my locker, and what I use depends on what Iām trying to do. The mic I use the most for recording is a Slate Digital VMS ML1. Right behind it would be a matched pair of sE8 sdcās. For live vocals, I use a Shure WBH54B headworn condenser mic.
While I love the sound of that mic, itās poorly designed and the boom can easily flop out of position.
