NT1 Signature Black : Meh

I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about. I think the "Rode" name and their marketing team are probably much better than the mic itself. There's honestly nothing wrong with this mic in principal: It's a clear sounding microphone sure enough, but, after testing it against another vocal mic I bought at the same time I decided to return this one. The main problem was that it picks up too much ambient noise. The backing track was pretty very picked up very loud through the singers headphones. And, when tested against the other microphone it recorded at a 7db quieter level... meaning that, if I turned up the gain to compensate, the ambient noise would be even more of a problem. So, well it sounds very nice , in practical use it seemed pretty useless for me.