Rode M2

Took a very long time to get to the U.S. DHL isn't the best choice here and tracking was basically silent for weeks until a day or two before it arrived. Build quality is very good. Sound quality on voice is also nice, warm and full. But there are a couple of issues. This microphone is gain hungry and makes a lot of noise. I did a side-by-side with a Share SM58 and the SM58 was almost without discernible noise with the gain cranked up all the way. The fix is to get a special Fethead for condenser microphones that will boost the M2 gain and eliminate much of the noise. I would recommend the M2 but only with the Fethead.

A little heavy on the lower mid, not much 's' or 't',but plenty good when eq'd a little. I prefer the t'bone beta condenser mic, with 's' and 't' and not so much lower mid and 1/2 the cost.
I recorded the same song in my studio using one mic,then the other both on flat eq.
Just a little eq and both mics sound the same both the same gain too.
My wife sings some, but tends to leave her mic "anywhere" so the rode on/off switch saves a lot of problems. A pretty good mic really.
It'll get plenty of use this summer.

I wanted to get something a bit more robust than my Behringer condensers and not as expensive as a Sennheiser. So I was naturally attracted to this model. It really is very impressive, an almost perfectly flat response curve, it's solid and weighty, feels like it will last a long time. It sounds very good indeed. I may buy another one. The on/off switch is not something I am used to having, so that is a bonus.
The big annoyance with this is that Rode allegedly offer a 10 year extended warranty, with online registration, but their website does not work. It continues to insist that place of purchase has not been ticked when it has. I have tried a dozen times with different browsers.