i use the audio technica 4051a's which are SD condensors, you can find a pair on ebay for around 700 i would think, interchangable caps(card, hyper, and omni), i have had good results with these since turning in the c1000's, cant go wrong with audio technica, quality mics and solid, i have some particle, KW on the etree archive for download ifyou wanted to get a song or two, .02