+1 for the M80. I use dynamic mics a lot and purchased a couple of these a while back, just to have something different.
An UN-fifty seven? Something to complement my old 57's, EV-RE10's-15's, & 20's, Shure SM7, Sennheizer MD211's, etc. I now carry them everywhere right along with the rest of my mics. When I need to interconnect with PA systems for a video feed, I replace the house mics with the M80's. I swear I'm telling the truth when I say that every FOH engineer who has heard them thought they sounded better than whatever they had been using. I have also had several home recording folks give up on their cheap Chinese condensers and buy these when they heard the M80. A sub 300 dollar LDC can't touch these mics for straight up sound quality.
Before you buy some Sampson, Nady, Sennheizer, or whatever P.O.S. condenser, you should try one of these yourself. I can only describe it as a Hi-Fi sounding 57. I plan on checking out Tfunc's M81(?) for times when I don't need/want the mid-high boost. Great mic! The only downside for me is the shiny chrome grill. For photographic purposes I would rather have the black head grill. A while back Fletcher gave me a name to contact to purchase the black grills but I couldn't get Tfunc to respond to multiple emails. Oh well, I still love the mics.
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