I'm a live audio sound tech.
I have used a few other lage-diaphram area mics and they all sounded really thin and brittle. Some even had an unpleasant washy, metallic / tin-like, timber after ringing the system out. But the Rode NT2000 has such a rich, warm, and full tone! After ringing it out and making some minor cuts in the low-mids, everything sounded natural and beautiful. In its cardioid pattern, it has a great pickup distance, and a smooth proximity effect gradient, and crystal clear audio quality. The rear-rejection works so well, that I am able to give my performer more than adequate monitor wedge levels, and had a LOT of head room in my house mix before reaching the feedback point.

I LOVE this microphone, and highly recommend it to anyone!

I am a self-taught home studio VO engineer and have never recorded with super-high end gear. Our basement acoustics are challenging, but we have a "booth area" with sE Electronics Reflexion Filter PRO Portable Vocal Booth contained within clearsound partitions as booth walls and some hanging acoustic foam. This mike is really quiet and highly responsive running through an Audient 22, which means your room imperfections WILL show up. The response curve is excellent for VO work, maybe a touch warm in the alto range. The real key is the tuneability. With a little work, you can get a polar pattern and bass roll off that knocks out alot of unhappy resonance from a non-pro sound booth. The beautiful high-end gear probably is better, but I think you are talking about small margins of additional quality (essential for a pro studio) for alot more money, relevant mostly in perfect acoustic environments.

This Mic can do it all. The pads are fantastic and very helpful. Rode warranty is honorable!!! I had an issue 9 years after I but the mic...and they replaced the part no questions ask...Great company, Great Mic

It broke. So why did I give it 5 stars? Because Rode Mics went out of their way to make it right.

Before I get into that saga, I will say out right it is a beautiful sounding mic. It has a slight emphasis of the lows and highs and a slight de-emphasis of the mid-range, but I tend to prefer that. I like knowing that I am getting the full spectrum of sound, and then If I choose to run it through the EQ to roll of the lows and highs a little, I can get the exact balance I'm looking for. It's particularly nice knowing that the highs are there should i want them.

Now, what truly made my happy with my purchase. I had been using this mic for 3 or 4 years when I realized that I wasn't getting the high frequency clarity that I should be. I did a couple test recordings, compared them to a couple recordings from when I first bought the mic and found that there was a very significant drop in high band frequency response. I went to my paperwork to track down warranty information and was disappointed to find that it only mentioned a one year limited warranty. I decided to contact Rode anyway even though I felt like it was a long shot that they would be willing to help me. I explained my situation, and made it clear that I hadn't mistreated the mic, and in fact that I hardly every even moved it once I got it on my mic stand. A Rode representative got back to me and told me that if I registered the mic on their website I could get access to a ten year warranty that I believe they instituted after I had bought my mic. They wanted the original date of purchase (which I of course could not remember anymore) and the proof of purchase (which I had sense thrown away or lost) to register the mic, but accepted that I could not provide them. There are plenty of electronics companies that would have happily used these as excuses to void the warranty, it you could argue that it wouldn't have been unreasonable, but Rode didn't. They sent me an RA# and address for a service department and had me send it out. Two weeks later I got word that they could not fix my mic and were instead sending me a replacement, brand new and sealed in its box. To me, that is a big deal. Maybe this is the norm in microphones or studio equipment in general, but have dealt with other electronics companies enough to know that this level of customer service is not the norm for everybody. I have since tried to find out if this is a common problem with Rodes, and have found absolutely zero reference to this problem online, so it seems very unlikely that this is a design flaw. The reality is that all electronics will have some non-zero failure rate. It doesn't matter if it's Neumann, MXL, Shure, or Rode, a certain percentage of their units will fail, and I just happened to draw the short straw. What matters is what the manufacturer does about the failures, and Rode's approach was exemplary. I would highly recommend this mic, just make sure you keep your receipt or packing slip, as it will make things easier if something should happen to go wrong.

i've been using nt 2000 since 2004! and most of my vocal sessions i have done on this mic! actually this mic helps you to control and adjust any kind of vocal situation when its come to transparency you'll be amazed! thanx rode!!!

Ok, ok when I frist got this mic i was not too crazy about it. This mic sounds ok on any accoustic instrument I put it on in the studio. But when it's time for vocals this NT2000 is a beast! It's out of the ordinary straight forword plain dry sound you get out of most mics like the TLM 103 before you master the track. The NT2000 has this agresive full body sound to it like it's a tube mic but no tube! LOL Just pure clean solid state warmth! I've been recording with mic for about over 2 years now, and I can safely say that this mic does have a very versitile sound and many many charictoristic textures you can't out of this mic depending on what pre-amp you plug this into. You can get smooth silky, warm and fuzzy, warm & clean, fully balanced body and sizzling highs... This mic is basicaly ear candy big time! I don't understand why this mic did not receive a Grammy award yet it has the exact same frequency reponce as the Rode NT-2A, this was a more improved version of the NT-2A that happen to win a Grammy award! Oh and when you record up to 24-bit 192kz audio from this mic you won't believe the amount of high quality and detailed sound you get like as if it was some $6,000 AKG or NEUMANN mic! This mic is truly a blessing, in other words the NT2000 was a great buy!

Ok, ok when I fist got this mic i was not too crazy about it. This mic sounds ok on any accoustic instrument I put it on in the studio. But when it's time for vocals this NT2000 is a beast! It's out of the ordinary straight forword plain dry sound you get out of most mics like the TLM 103 before you master the track. The NT2000 has this agresive full body sound to it like it's a tube mic but no tube! LOL Just pure clean solid state warmth! I've been recording with mic for about over 2 years now, and I can safely say that this mic does have a very versitile sound and many many charictoristic textures you can't out of this mic depending on what pre-amp you plug this into. You can get smooth silky, warm and fuzzy, warm & clean, fully balanced body and sizzling highs... This mic is basicaly ear candy big time! I don't understand why this mic did not receive a Grammy award yet it has the exact same frequency reponce as the Rode NT-2A, this was a more improved version of the NT-2A that happen to win a Grammy award! Oh and when you record up to 24-bit 192kz audio from this mic you won't believe the amount of high quality and detailed sound you get like as if it was some $6,000 AKG or NEUMANN mic! This mic is truly a blessing, in other words the NT2000 was a great buy!

Given that I've only had the opportunity to record two female vocalists (along with my lousy baritone voice in all it's glory)it might be a little premature to give a verdict on this mic. I will agree that this is a very revealing sounding mic which means that without a good tube pre amp, some compression and reverb, you're not going to get "warm & fuzzy". However I've managed to coax some very nice and natural sounds from it going through my old Tascam board, MOTU 828 MKII into my computer. I was looking for a mic that would allow a vocal to "sit" in a mix with the least amount of EQ possible. So far, so good. Two caveats; this mic has a ground problem. Every time I set the adjustable pattern settings (although it's typically "set & forget" so it's not chronic) I get a hum. Also, because of its weight, you'll need a substantial mic stand. My overall impression is that this is a very god mic for the money.