I have the nickel... Beautiful looking mic! So far so good but I only used it twice... One church rehearsal for 45 minutes and one wedding gig for 3 hours. More open and natural than my Beta58a. My wife uses the Neumann and I use the Shure.

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Yamaha Genos - RCF M20x - RCF HD10A (Stereo) - Jupiter Pocket Trumpet - Sennheiser e935 - Neumann KMS-104 plus-N