You can pay much more for less...For all of us with a limited budget, this mic is the one to purchase...Have fun!

A ppearances are deceiving sometimes. Tweak presses a button on Tweakland's Magic Console and a glass display case of microphones rises out of the floor.  Tweak says, "think of the microphone as a marriage".  Yes.  As something you want to spend the rest of your life with.  "Choose carefully".  Newb...

The Sennheiser 421 is a large diaphragm dynamic microphone that came out originally in the early 60s and quickly became known as a really good sounding robust mic that could handle high spls.

An all-around superb sounding, versatile, and sturdy mic for recording voice, percussion, and guitar. Substantial bottom end, silky vocal reproduction, great SPL and the adjustable response make this the workhorse in my studio and for the stage.