I’ll make this quick and easy.

– Purchase a CAD GXL3000  condenser mic. You can get it at Musician’s Friend or Amazon.com for $120.
– Go to the Oktavamod website and purchase the GXL3000 modification for $349 + shipping.
– Send your CAD GXL3000 to the nice folks at Oktavamod in West Barnstable, MA (USA).
– Wait about a month (yes, they’re THAT busy).
– Get your modified mic back from them and try it out.
– Your cheap Chinese condenser mic now sounds like a $3,000 + boutique mic. Very similar to the classic Neumann U87.

Yeah, right. A $3,000 microphone for about $500? It’s true. The company does amazing work and struggles to keep up with the demand (hence the waiting list). They mod a wide range of mics include the popular RODE NTA and NTA1 and MXL models.  You may already have one on his list.

The nice thing about the CAD is that for a budget mic, it has a some nice extras: three polar patterns, -10db pad and a bass roll off switch. These all still function normally after the modification. Sweet!

Check out the site at http://www.oktavamodshop.com/