Price I paid - £8.40

Grabbed this shortly after getting the DM11B because I've always been interested in getting the best performance out of budget for audio equipment. There does always seem to be a rather high barrier of entry when it comes to both video and audio equipment so I've always wanted to see the results you can get from budget equipment!

Price I paid - £12.00

Grabbed this when a local company to me was having a closing down sale. The company was selling AV equipment along side props and scenery that were available for hire. When I was needing some XLR cables it was suggested they might having something suitable and oh boy did they! This lav mic was something cheap and gave me a lav mic with a 3.5mm jack rather than the USB-C mic that I've used previously.

Price I paid - £14.50

So as I've got a SM57 and found that the SL 84C was a really good microphone for the low cost, I was wondering how the Behringer version of the SM57 would hold up! Sadly, it's got quite a bit of noise to it and doesn't sound fantastic but still works well enough if you were after a lower cost mic for instruments over vocals. With some editing in post it would sounds fine but I was a little disapointed when compaired to the performance of the SL 84C...

Price I paid - £30.00

Just no...

This thing has zero volume to it and so much background noise that it's almost unusable as a shotgun mic, plus the cable can't be removed and it uses a 3.5mm jack.

Price I paid - £33.00

I got these because I wanted to get some condenser microphones as they're generally more sensitive compared to dynamic microphones. 

Work really well for stereo recordings due to getting 2 of them and can pick up room ambiance quite nicely too!

Price I paid - £48.00

I don't remember why I got this, but it did get some use out of it when needing a mic to use with my iPhone, but the volume from the mic was kinda lacklustre...

Price I paid - £54.99

Previously I did have a Blue Yeti, but I gave it to a friend once he got his own PC as I was using it less and less. It's a mic that's been around for years and at this point I'd say it's one that no one should be looking at due to low cost of better equipped mics.

Dispite being named after one of the worst years most people will have experianced, this is one of the best mics that I've got in my collection. A mic that gives clear vocals from a distance due to being a condencer microphone, and works well with sitting back, relaxing, and playing some older Xbox 360 games.

Price I paid - £60.00

Another mic I grabbed from the local company selling off their gear due to them closing down. Any time I look at people talking about this mic online it's always "it's trash don't get it", but it sounds decently clear for vocals, and the one I have has a switch on it for a quick mute.

Price I paid - £70.00

An industry standard. Grabbed mine for a lower cost from the previously mentioned company that closed down and to be honest I should have grabbed a couple more when I had the chance.

Price I paid - £80.00

Mine is the XLR only version, but the fact that people are getting a SM7B over this is insane. 2nd hand I grabbed one for less than half the cost of a 2nd hand SM7B and it sounds flawless...