All user reviews of 4/5 for the AKG SolidTube

It is a micro light cardio, power remote, pad-20 db

OVERALL OPINION

It has been trying for three days, with a preamp AMEK
The sound is rather soft, the miccro is not screaming at all. Without EQ, the stand taken already.
on the other hand, there was a hum, which made us pretty slaved. A strength test was removed completely in the buzz surrounding the grave of micro foil. In fact, AKG has found nothing better than to make a small "window" type PVC at the lamp, just to look pretty, I think ... Result, ca night away. With the combination of aluminum, more worries, but for a microphone that price, it's still making fun of the world ... That's why I stay on a 7 and I do not put more. Otherwise, the price / quality ratio seems honest. The sound for the voices I like more than the TLM 103.

This is a tube condenser microphone. As such, it really should only be used on professional grade recording projects in studios. Elsewhere, it'll either be too noisy, pick up too much ambient noise, or be in too loud an environment to work well. Not to mention that it actually is super fragile. It's a large diaphragm tube mic, with it's own power supply and custom shockmount.

OVERALL OPINION

I really like the sound of this mic very much. I tend to prefer tube mics on a lot of instruments, and this one is another great example of how well they work across a variety of different uses. The last engineer I worked with used this on everything, it seemed, as a mono room mic for drums (very spacious sounding, warm ambiance). I also tried it on acoustic guitars and got a crystal clear sonic picture with a nice amount of warm feeling to it. Similarly, I liked it a lot on vocals, particularly female vocals that are softer. I found that I could run it through the tube pre-amp for an especially solid sound. It still sounds great on male vocals too, though it probably wouldn't beat some of the other mics we had at the studio.
While this isn't the best tube mic I've used, it's certainly a lot cheaper than some of those ones that I would consider the best. I often wonder whether or not the price difference is worth it. I often doubt that it is, considering that after most projects are mixed down and mastered, most of the subtleties of each track are gone. Therefore, a good sound is a good sound, and doesn't necessarily need to be an amazing sound. The sounds with this mic are never anywhere less than great, and they should work fine for you too if you decide to pick one up.