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 - £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.

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...