the t.bone EM 9600

I purchased this microphone several years ago and still pull it out now and again for quick jobs where I'm not too bothered about the self noise the microphone produces.

It's a rather light mic as it's housing is made from aluminium which is great if you're attaching it to a cheap stand or mounting it on a camera (and don't want too much weight). For such a light microphone I always thought it would be easy to break but it's been dropped or has fallen with a stand a few times and still works without any noticeable difference. I personally usually a lot of my microphones for foley work. I usually grab this at times where there's potential for the mic to get damaged.

You can provide phantom power through batteries. This is great if you wanted to capture audio on something like a DSLR using a XLR to 3.5mm jack cable. I have two of these microphones. One of them I lent to a friend who used it for this exact purpose. He left the batteries he used within the microphone. By the time I had it back (probably about a week), everything inside the casing was covered in rust and the batteries themselves were leaking. I'm not sure if it was the batteries or the microphone at fault. Either way, the mic itself still works when providing phantom power through an XLR cable but I haven't tested either of them with batteries since.

If you're just getting into using mics and want this to record voice, certain types of instruments (I specifically thinking of a guitar from experience) or something like foley then this mic might not be bad to have.

Tästä pieneen budjettiin hyvä mikki. Mikrofoni on itselläni käytössä vain puhekäytössä kun en ambient/foley ääniä nauhoittele.

Mikrofonin äänenlaatu on hyvä varsinkin putkivahvistimella. Puhe on pehmeää ja lämmintä. Mikistä kyllä kuuluu pientä säröilyä mutta vain korkeilla äänenvoimaakkuuksilla. Mikki on hyvin herkkä kun se saa tarvitsevansa virran, tällä kuulee vaikka naapurinkin puheet.

Mikki on alumiininen, täten se on hyvin tukeva, 1.5V paristo-ominaisuus on hiukan heikko koska sillä en itse meinaa saada ääntä ulos.

Mikki on ideaalinen aloittelevalle videokuvaajalle jolla on tiukka budjetti, mikki vaatii vahvistimen jotta saa kaiken tehon irti.

I'm using it in video production as of camera mic in various situations like interviews, live musical instruments, ect.
Pros:
1)Price- well, cheap;
2)Build quality- excellent for price, the body is very rugged;
3)Quality of included- very good.
Cons:
1)Battery holder/xlr port- wobbles a bit(fixed with piece of tape);
2)No "ON" indicator(except for switch)- sometimes i forgot to turn it of;
3)Output is not that hot- minor but still a con.

Other thoughts: the case it comes in is really nice and by rearranging contents i can fit extra batteries and small shock mount.