First of all: thanks to all of you: I didn't expected so much response!. Most of the alternatives I read here are far bove my budget. in fact I only do 1 or 2 recordings a year (like 20min per recording...), I'm an amateur composer, not a performer (composing works much slower than performing I realised
pschneider, I'm interested in these Naiant MSH-1M since I think for this one you don't need phantom power.
pschneider
I recently got two pairs of Naiant MSH-10 omnis. You can do worse for $44 a pair -
http://www.naiant.com . I've so far used them as outriggers and spot mics (oboe, timpani) in an orchestral recording. They have an incredible price/usefulness ratio! I think naiant now also make mics which can be directly hooked up to minidisc recorders. However, if you want to record classical acoustic music, I strongly recommend using a preamp and phantom powered mics to get less noise.
In fact I prefer to stay with my MD recorder without putting a preamp etc. between. Is this possbible with the MSH-1M just by connecting them to my MD with the PNP Plug-in Power Adaptor Cable for Mobile Series, $15' ?
Does anyone knows the Greenmachine mics and can someone compare them with the Naiant and the Sony ECM-MS 907?
Once I hired materials and made 2 recordings with 2 different MD recorders which made it very easy to compare. I had 2 Sennheiser mics. I forgot the specs and type but the price was around 600EUR/ pair... I used a soundboard with (I think )phantom power. The sony mic had better resolts as a whole, which much less noise. The Sennheiser wer more sensitive (especially in higher notes). Maybe it was beacause of my lag of knwoldge about the equipment, though I was not the only one at the recording
Anyway: I prefer the 'easy and chaepo' way if I have to do the recording myself.