"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
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The best sounding cheap types are electrets.

There are inexpensive mics that are externally biased and accepted in the
US as being "good sounding".

Several models from MXL come to mind.

By traditional standards, even mics from Rode are "inexpensive".

Often not
too good at handling high SPL, but can sound quite nice
at normal levels.

Isn't it pretty well known that the idea that electret mics can't handle
high levels is actually a myth?

One mic that violates that rule is the DPA 4007.