And that is fine, Big Jim!
I can note and appreciate advice without settling on that advice.
The little I have learned about soundcards and .wav software has been not only through trial and error, but also looking at the threads.

I did'nt intend on taking up the thread with my lack of knowledge.
It is just that even recordings on the net from professional singers sounds like a bad experiment I had with an old karaoke machine.
Cheap or not cheap is'nt the object to me.
The closest I could find to a sound I like have come from mics designed for a PA.
I have a list of some good ones you mentioned, as well as some others.
I have an interface with not much of a soundboard, though I have made adjustments with it.
Even a singers mic of the lowest impedence can overtake my sound or get drowned out in it if I am not careful.
I had to check and check twice to see what works best.
It is not that I don't accept advice, but I have had to study things on my own.
We all hear things differently, and maybe I am being too picky for what my recordings are worth. But if I want to get past just plugging in and playing, I need personally to move in that snails pace.

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