im searching for a good microphone

[yeetyeetyeeter]

im searching for a good microphone (not one thats included with a headset) 150-300 euros is my budget
does anyone have some good recommendations?

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, yeetyeetyeeter said:

im searching for a good microphone (not one thats included with a headset) 150-300 euros is my budget
does anyone have some good recommendations?

I've heard great things about the Blue Yeti series

[19_blackie_73]

What are you doing with it?

[yeetyeetyeeter]

5 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

What are you doing with it?

talking with people through discord, i want my voice to sound clear
 

[19_blackie_73]

And what is your budget? The best in terms of quality for sure is something like the shure sm7b but you need a lot of other stuff to make it work. But as @Radium_Angel
lready suggested, the blue yetis are a good budget(ish) option

[yeetyeetyeeter]

4 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

And what is your budget? The best in terms of quality for sure is something like the shure sm7b but you need a lot of other stuff to make it work. But as @Radium_Angel
lready suggested, the blue yetis are a good budget(ish) option

my budget is 150 - 300 euros

[Ahoy Hoy]

1 hour ago, yeetyeetyeeter said:

im searching for a good microphone (not one thats included with a headset) 150-300 euros is my budget
does anyone have some good recommendations?

Thats a pretty heft budget just for talking to friends on discord. 
At that budget you can go to ways. Buy professional grade XLR recording equipment or got high end consumer USB stuff.
USB
Pros - Simple plug and play most of the settings to control the mic are ever on the microphone or computer software.
Cons - No upgradability. No extra features its just a microphone.

XLR
Pros - Upgradability. everything is interchangeable so if you dislike one part you can change it easily.
        - Higher quality components
        - Extra features, normally has headphone ports and speaker ports with independent volume controls
Cons- Bit more knowledge required to set up (plenty of guides on YouTube many of us on the forum can easily explain)
        - More stuff. Instead of a single mic with a usb cable for a XLR system you need a interface to convert the analogue audio to digital for the computer


USB
High End - Shure MV7 - €285* Theres not much more high end in the USB world then this
Mid - Rode Podcaster €204*
Mid - AT2020 USBi - €187
Mid - Rode NT USB - €164
Low mid - Rode NT USB Mini - €97 
Low Mid - Shure MV5 - €109 This and the rode above both solid little microphones but not a huge improvement on quality over the off brand versions below
Low Mid - T Bone 500 USB - €78*Improvement over the 420 but you dont get the stand and case etc but theres a built in stand into the mic design
Low - Tbone SC420 USB - €58*If you got sixty euros this is killer. Really good quality for the price. comes with a little stand pop shield a case and even more stuff. How is this finically profitable

XLR System
Audio Interface
High end - Yamaha AG03 - €120 *- Aimed at streamers and podcaster. Single microphone input plus a instrument and a 3.5mm jack input for phones laptops etc
High end - Rode AI 1 - €116 *- One mic input and a headphone output. Great noise floor can really turn the gain up on this and have no hiss. 
Mid to high - Focusrite Scarlett Solo - €97 *- One mic inpput and a instrument input. Headphone output. Solid working horse, popular brand. Got to love that red colour.
Mid to low - Behringer UMC202HD - €65 - Does the job not best quality but good enough for 99% of situations. 2 Mic inputs headphone out lots of knobs to control them both.
Low - Berhinger UMC22 - €42 - Baby brother to the 202. One mic input this time less knobs. Be careful though Behringer have terrible customer support and poor QA testing.

XLR Microphone
High - Rode Procaster - €171 *
High to mid - Audio Technica At2035 - €153
Mid - Presonus PD70 - €131 - Bit meh similar quality to the pod mic but thirty euros more expensive 
MId - Rode PodMic - €109 *
Mid - Tbone MB7 beta - €97 *
Mid - Audio technica AT2020 - €87

Also need a XLR cable Thomann own brand cables are really good quality for money just work out the length you thing you need.

Some of these products have bundles where you can save some money.
Ive put * on products which I think are the best to go for
With the XLR system if you get a high end microphone recommend not pairing it with a lowend interface. It would still work but be nicer to not cheap out on one bit.

Some of these microphones need stands if you search mic stands you will find what your after work out if you want a small sit on desk or a clamp boom arm kind of thing.
Thomann the company I've linked through out sell lots of good stands Some stands have integrated XLR cables so that may save some money if you get a XLR system.

*Just because I say high end does not mean they are the pinacol of audio quality. The high mid low is based around the budget this stuff goes stupidly expensive quickly.

[The Flying Sloth]

Take a look at the link in my signature, will help a lot here.

 

 

In this price range the best bet is probably a decent interface and a real studio (XLR) microphone. Being that you're in Europe I'd suggest purchasing from Thomann because their prices are great and as for the interface, UMC202HD is a good option.

 

 

When it comes to mics, it all depends on your individual situation and how you want to sound. How much background noise do you have and will you only be using this for calls?