The Association of Independents in Radio helped organize a mic shootout. 17 Microphones, ranged in price from less than a hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars, compared in a neutral setting, hoping to find some bargains that might be practical for the independent producer, or to confirm that some of the pricier industry standards might be worth the expense … 

The Transom Mic Shootout: Blindfold Test

At the end of our studio announce mic shootout we plugged-up a few popular handheld mics used for interviews, to get a sense of the different sonic character of each mic. For this particular test, to eliminate other variables, we stayed in the large, soundproofed room at indre Studios in Phladelphia …

The Transom Mic Shootout Part 2: Handheld Mics