tl;dr
For a budget under 50 euros, but still high quality, there is nothing else like it (March 2022). Very good sound even for podcasting/voiceovers, but generally needs a shock mount.
More details:
-> I found the microphone for 39.90 euros, which is quite below the ~65 euros it has been priced at in recent months. I bought it without a second thought, after many positive reviews from YouTubers and Redditors. I mainly use it for professional calls where white noise is very annoying. Ultimately, since I got it, we have been recording amateur podcasts and conversations with friends, and with a carpet it sounds almost professional.
-> Obviously, the quality of calls depends on the maximum that each service can offer, e.g. Facebook compresses the sound so much that no matter how good the microphone is, it sounds completely destroyed and like an old mobile phone with GSM. For example, the sound quality on Discord is satisfactory, the best it can be.
-> The quality of recording with a program (such as Audacity or OBS) is crystal clear. The microphone can actually pick up even the smallest sound in the room (e.g. someone whispering on the other side, or the chair squeaking when we move it on the floor). If we use the stock base, it can even pick up the sound of the sleeve rubbing against the mousepad when we move the mouse.
-> In terms of the base, it has its drawbacks, as without a shock mount, it will pick up all the vibrations on the surface it is placed on: keyboards, mouse clicks, light hits with the hand. And it picks up all of these very loudly. All of these can be solved with a shock mount and a boom arm, or simply a wall mount to prevent desk vibrations. In my current setup, it is on a boom arm (~20 euros) that doesn't touch the surface I work on, so the issue is completely resolved. (The microphone screws onto most market bases, i.e. 3/8" and 5/8".)
-> It has a capacitive touch button for mute. Simply a wonderful feature. It works smoothly, even with very light touches, and it is in an easy-to-reach spot, while not making noise on the microphone if pressed gently, so as not to disturb any participants in calls.
-> Obviously, there is a floor of white noise in recordings, but if the microphone is relatively close to us, it is almost completely eliminated. It is very difficult to even detect it in the first place. Obviously, with noise profiling and reduction, the sound "cleans up" to professional levels! Even in streaming, without processing (or with simple compression), it cannot be detected by the recipient.
-> It has an LED indicator that is very useful to know if it is connected (connectivity issues) and if it is muted (the LED flashes continuously).
-> It is beautifully designed. Subjective, I know, but very beautiful.
-> Compared to all other microphones of this type in a similar price range, it has, in my opinion, the most natural voice performance, unprocessed.
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All in all, if you want a high-quality microphone for under 60 euros, get this one. If you plan to spend an additional 20-30 euros on bases, you will have an almost professional setup, suitable for any amateur and many professionals. There are YouTubers with hundreds of thousands of views and tens of thousands of subscribers who use it regularly.
[Update April 2023]: It should be obvious, but I tried it: for music recordings, it may not be suitable because there are tiny intervals that cause buffering (which may be a computer issue, I don't know). In speech recordings/streams, I never noticed it, even in long conversations. However, when recording an instrument or voice, which has continuous sound, buffering is rarely noticeable. If you want to record an instrument/music piece/voice, get a microphone that is designed for this purpose, along with the appropriate sound card, etc.
PS it continues to work perfectly as it should.
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