Well I just bought the K2 today. I tried it with my voice through the Langevin DVC and Portico pre. I then compared it with the 4033 and Blueberry.
First off, I noticed a big difference between singing at 3 inches from the mic and 5. At 3 the voice was darker and richer and would be a killer on ballads. The Portico helped in getting a bigger sound as well. The Langevin pre would be good on a vocalist that did not need more bottom to their voice. The mic also sounded very nice on an acoustic steel string. It had a full sound with a touch of smoothnes to it.
I did not find this mic any more silibant than my Blueberry. I know some said the Rode NTK was a little more silibant. It may have to do with the much improved capsule of the K2.
When I went to omni, I found there was a little less high end. This is due to the config on omni has a bump at 10K while cardiod bump starts at 5K.
No the mic is not a Neumann 147 or Blue Bottle, but for under $850 bucks, this mic to me is a real winner. The only minus issues I found was the plastic case it comes in and plastic shock mount. But the sound is really pretty good. It does not scream tube mic at you but has the gently tube thing going.
I agree with EQ's review of this mic 100%.
http://www.eqmag.com/story.asp?secti...storycode=4709
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