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I have two AT 3035 and I think in that price range thy are really good mics, I really don't find them as harsh or as edgy as others above described; I'm using them on lots of things, from acoustic guitars (in conjunction with a pair of Rode NT5 at the 12th fret), flute, banjo, bozouki, ukulele, various percussions and vocals: so far I had great results (it may be depending on the preamp too, I'm using a Focusrite Octopre), really linear and quite neutral to my ears, but detailed and present, they put out a natural sounding picture of what's in front of them. On male vocals I had to EQ just a lttle to boost some high end air (10 to 12 KHz) but otherwise the track would have been just good. The self noise is really low and optimum for digital recordings.

I'm a big fan of Audio Technica, I think it's a big bang for the buck company and even their "project studio" line works really good, I think you should try them out.

Hope this helps

L.G.