Electro-VoiceRE27N/D Broadcast Announcer Microphone with Auray Microphone Suspension Shockmount and Auray Two-Section Broadcast Arm (Bundle)

I do radio spots from home now and have had the RE20 in most studios I've worked. The RE27 is the golden nugget. The mic suspension shock mount is every bit as good as the more expensive Electrovoice model, but the broadcast arm is pretty cheap. I'll upgrade that later. Overall, this is a good bundle.

Auray Microphone Suspension Shockmount was better then expected.

Way back in my radio days, I worked with SM7s and RE20s. Neither were bad by any means – there was a reason that a vast majority of radio stations had one or both of the models as their studio mics. They approached the clarity of much more expensive condensers while keeping the dynamic design and its ruggedness – 24/7 duty with rough handling and occasional abuse (EV made the original “hammer” mic before Shure’s SM57 became the emergency bludgeon of choice) were expected of them and they delivered.Then my station decided to replace their SM7s (after only ~15 years) and, among others, demo’ed the 27N/D. To my ears, the difference was clear. The 27 captured more clear low end, where the SM7 sounded mushy in comparison. Mids have more of a presence where the 20 & SM7 sound flat and the high end is open and clean with a shine that isn’t quite a condenser but gets a lot closer than either the RE20 or SM7. So when I went freelance, my one and only mic was an RE 27N/D.It was my workhorse for over a decade before a Neumann TLM103 (& then a Sennheiser 416mkh) took over as main mic. It still gets used, mostly for audio books and other long reads where small variabilities in positioning don’t result in big sound differences from day to day. And I think it’s more listenable for long form audio, but that’s a much more subjective opinion.In short you can’t go wrong with the RE27N/D *IF* you have a mic preamp with plenty of clean gain. Or have an inline gain stage (like a Cloudlifter) to feed your favorite pre that’s otherwise too noisy at the higher gain needed by dynamic mics.Or, put it this way: I’ve bought and sold over a dozen studio mics, looking for the right one(s). The RE27N/D was my first buy and I still use it.(No verified purchase because Amazon still only sold books when I bought my 27N/D. Yeah - it’s been in my kit that long)