RØDE M2 condenser microphone

Bought this from Bax. I wanted a reasonably priced small handheld condenser mic for my 20 year old daughter. This sits in her mic bag alongside a Sennheiser e945, a lewitt 550, SM58, and a line 6 V55 mic. this is therefore the only mic that requires phantom power and it also means more work setting up the mixer, whereas she can plug the other mic's straight into the PA directly. Although this takes a bit more setting up, it has very quickly become the go to mic of choice. My Daughter is being classically trained in opera as a soprano. but she still sings non operatic songs professionally and occasionally sings in a band. This mic will have limitations, in terms of off axis rejection when comparing to her other mics meaning that it is very unlikely she will ever use this when singing on a loud stage for example. However, for singing solo on a quite stage this Mic will definitely come into its own and seems to suit a females voice who is a soprano. although the sensitivity isn't as high as some other mic's in its category, I can confirm that when this is connected to a Yamaha MG10xu it sounds detailed, and precise. this is the only mic, which we have that comes with a switch and is not standard on many other mics. although it is not generally recommended to have a mic with a switch when singing professionally, I would say this is a feature that we have utilised and found very useful. The build quality is good, but is noticeably lighter when compared to the SM58, Lewitt and Sennheiser. Another factor we considered is that RODE mics are designed and built in Australia and the factory has prided itself on setting high build quality standards. By registering this the mic now has a 10 year guarantee which is far greater than any of our other mic manufactures. be assured that this is a quality product, buy with confidence. Next purchase, likely will be the RODE Nt1a.