I know the Neuman 147 works great to but these are mics from $1,600 & up.

On all the reviews of the MXL 69 nobody mentioned it being noisy so either they didn't hear it or there mic was fine.

I know the gain is greater in this mic so it can be to levels lower on my mic pre to match the same level as my other condenser microphone. So that's good as you really aren't bothered by the noise. When you push the fader up loud to listen you can hear the noise clearly.

Like a tube amp only amps get guitars blasting through them so who cares? lol but the vocal mic is a bit different.

The mic is nice here is a link to it below.. Perhaps I should have held on and went to the $600 range
I got a good deal on it so i thought I'd check it out..

http://www.mxlmics.com/products/Studio_mics/v69/highres/hr6.jpg

Thanks guys

Thanks!
Peace Mike
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