What I love about the U87ai is the classic Neumann character in the low mid's. With the transformer it has, it adds weight to your vocals. I need that weight with my voice and others who I record. The top end has a nice sparkle as well that is better than the $1,000 mic's out there. It also puts your vocals on top of the mix, giving you a large bigger than life sound. I heard that George Harrison recorded his last record with it. The older ones have less top end, but with today's music, the more top end is what's in. Throw a LA2A or Manely ELOP on top of the vocal track and it's magic.
