rode nt2a or ntk?

[overechoes]

I need to buy a mic for studio vocals... I heard the nt1a and it sounded pretty cool to me (for that price!!) and from that moment on I became interested in Rode. I can spend 500$ for a microphone and I don't know what to choose: NT2A or the NTK ?
I do not have experience in recording and I do not understand a simple fact: ... I already own an analog mixer Soundcraft (16 channels) with 8 microphone imput channels... why do I need a mic preamplifier if I already have 8 of them integrated in the mixer? Sounds better with a special microphone preamplificator? And if a I need to buy one, which sounds best for Rode at a reasonable price? thanks
paul, romania

 

[ido1957]

If you check out any of the tunes in my link they were all done using an NTK on vocals (not guitars though). I'm pretty happy with it and it's medium priced....I use a mixer with built in pre-amps (Alesis Studio 24) - not the greatest but I think it sounds ok with the NTK.