I appreciate that very much. While I am more than well endowed in the stupidity department, this time it's the mic that's not working. As I said, when I switched it out for the others, they all worked fine. The BLUE is emanating nothing... not even hiss. (FYI, I even bought a Blueberry cable to go with it...)
BUT, when it arrived via UPS, the wooden box was not surrounded by any more than a 1/4" of wrap. Your shipping department let this out without nearly enough insulation. The box should have been set inside a much larger box... The mic itself was loose, not secured via the plastic clip. In my opinion, the capsule looks like it has 2 very small dings...
So I filed a repair thing with Blue and I assume they'll email an authorization after the holiday.
I'm not saying it's your fault. But I also know it's not mine. For whatever reason the mic is just dead, and I wish I'd just bought a new one. At least BLUE will make sure it's up to factory spec... And my guess is they won't charge much.
The good thing from all this I realise how much I like the NT1a on my voice! It's a tad sensitive on the 's's, but it really brings out the lower registers. On me, I prefer it over the CAD e300... (at least for now). The CAD is more airey, but I sound thinner on it too...