WHAT!?! No one has mentioned MXL.
MXL - get two
My vocal (and - hell, everything else) microphone is an Audio-Technica AT2020.
I don't foresee myself EVER using a different mic, even if I had the means to splurge.
What are its most important features? It sounds great! (to me.)
I don't care what the flippin' package says.
(I'm sorry I didn't write that in the 1.,2. format.)
What does the flippin' package say?
Neumann... German engineering.