{"id":24439,"date":"2017-08-12T15:51:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T20:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewaudio.com\/?p=24439"},"modified":"2017-08-12T15:51:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T20:51:51","slug":"best-large-diaphragm-condenser-microphone-500-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.homebrewaudio.co\/wp\/2017\/08\/12\/best-large-diaphragm-condenser-microphone-500-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone Under 500 Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/LDCs-Under-500.jpg\" alt=\"LDCs-Under-500-dollars\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/>Since they are probably the most versatile microphones around, Sweetwater&#8217;s list of the <em>best large diaphragm condenser microphone under 500<\/em> dollars is a must-read for anyone doing home recording. LDC mics are especially useful for vocal recording. But they can be used for almost any other type of recording!<br \/>\nSee my post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewaudio.com\/condenser-vs-dynamic-microphone-what-is-difference\/\">Condenser vs Dynamic Microphone: What Is The Difference?<\/a> for more on the different types of microphones.<br \/>\nBack to my reference to Sweetwater&#8217;s list. they compiled a list of 9 LDC mics that they consider to be the best ones in the price range of &#8220;under $500.&#8221; Here are the mics they picked:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2vFLp2e\"><strong>AKG C214<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2vYCGdv\"><strong>Blue Microphones Bluebird SL<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2wMg2Dg\"><strong>Lauten Audio LA-320<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2vFPgMS\"><strong>Miktek MK300<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2x0yXta\"><strong>Mojave Audio MA-50<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2fI23uj\"><strong>RODE NT1-A Anniversary Pack<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2wMiGZF\"><strong>sE Electronics X1 S<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2uFwYOv\"><strong>Avantone Pro CV-12<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2wLVkDF\"><strong>Audio-Technica AT4033\/CL<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can&#8217;t really comment on many of these because I haven&#8217;t used any of them :-P. That&#8217;s how many different kinds of JUST LDC mics there are out there to choose from.<br \/>\nI do have a lot of experience with the <a class=\"rotator\" href=\"http:\/\/select.homerecording.click\/X2bN4dEJ\">Rode NT2-A<\/a>, which has is usually lauded as better than its little brother on the list, the NT1-A. And the NT2-A is also under $500. So I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on there.<br \/>\nYou can find out more details about each of these mics from the Sweetwater article below:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/insync\/best-large-diaphragm-condensers-under-500\/?utm_source=insync&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=20170812<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since they are probably the most versatile microphones around, Sweetwater&#8217;s list of the best large diaphragm condenser microphone under 500 dollars is a must-read for anyone doing home recording. LDC mics are especially useful for vocal recording. But they can be used for almost any other type of recording! See my post\u00a0Condenser vs Dynamic Microphone: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[54],"class_list":{"0":"post-24439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-home-recording-equipment","8":"tag-microphones","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6.1 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone Under 500 Dollars - Home Brew Audio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homebrewaudio.co\/wp\/2017\/08\/12\/best-large-diaphragm-condenser-microphone-500-dollars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone Under 500 Dollars - Home Brew Audio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since they are probably the most versatile microphones around, Sweetwater&#8217;s list of the best large diaphragm condenser microphone under 500 dollars is a must-read for anyone doing home recording. 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