I've had some very good advice here on mics and (usual for me) ignored it a
wee bit....!!!

:-)

I have been assured by someone who sells them (??) that Oktava are the 'best
by far' cheap mics and have thus ordered an MK319 (the 219s being out of
stock in the UK atm and deliveries from Russia are a bit iffy, apparently) -
anybody able to back that up from experience??

(Or shoot it down in flames...?? :-)