IMO, the RODE NTK is a genius piece of marketing.
It looks nice and 'vintage', it's got that upper midrange spike that a prosumer engineer might interpret as 'quality'.
Imagine the same sound coming from a nondescrepit small dynamic mic, we wouldn't even bother discussing it.
I DID buy one few years ago, I'm afraid to say. Talk about wasted money.
Andi
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