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Yes, that post was immediate (as this one will be). My pathetic excuse for a studio is the upstairs room of my house, complete with wooden walls, thin carpet floor, the sitting in and facing basically an alcove. This will be my first real mic purchase, besides the Blue Nessie, so I'll get the necess...

Alright, more research has been done. Here's what I've found out. Blue Spark Sound: Fairly flat frequency response, but a little wavy to subtly enhance vocals Features: (Probably useless) Focus Mode, comes with shockmount and potentially sub-par pop filter Build: Pretty well built, good materials Pr...

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to remove a forum moderation/gain access to immediate postings. Blue's website lists the Icicle as being a mic preamp, USB converter, and 48V phantom power supplier. all rolled into one device. It also has a diagram that looks like this: mic, XLR cable, Icicle, USB ...

Okay, for one, I have no idea why those pictures didn't work for you. They're links to parts of the respective websites that show them having XLR outputs. Two, my second-to-last post states that I changed my choice to the AT2035 and the Blue Spark (XLR mics), not the AT2035+ USB and the Blue Spark D...

Right. Totally not XLR at all.
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Thanks for the help! I've actually done a bit more research since I posted this, and have narrowed down my options to the Audio-Technica AT2035 and the Blue Spark (both with the Blue Icicle and respective shock mounts and pop filters).

Currently can't decide between these four mics, for commentary and VOIP uses. In no particular order: Shure PG42-USB (shure.com/americas/products/microphones/pg/pg42-usb-vocal-microphone) Blue Spark Digital (bluemic.com/spark_digital) MXL USB.009 (mxlmics.com/microphones/usb/009) Audio-Technica AT20...