Neumann - TLM 102

I don’t have good knowledge of mics internals but I own a Tlm 102 I upgraded from the rode nt1a and I’m not gonna lie I really don’t like the 102 sound it sounds thin / too bright for my voice (preferred my rode) so I’m thinking of selling it, I noticed your saying things like fet47 and km86s etc if you don’t mind could you please educate me? And also if possible could you recommend a good mic for 500? I don’t care if it’s a clone (I don’t know about capsules but I hear people saying there are different ones) and I’ve seen on a topic before people recommending a clone mic because it had a “good capsule” i forgot what it was called tho unfortunately.

Neumann TLM 102. But that's only because I also do voice overs and session vocals for others. If it was just for YouTube I would've gone with something cheaper probably. Your room is more important than your mic. A $1,000 mic wil should like crap in an untreated room

**A bit offtopic, but…** Only tried it (not sure which specific year/model exactly, since it wasn’t mine) and I was impressed. It fit my voice so well, that almost no post was needed. So recently, I upgraded from my AKG C214 to a Neumann TLM 102 *(it was my dream mic for the last 10 years, the most I could spend)*, and it has, for some reason, the same magic that the U87 had on my voice, and it just fits perfectly (for ex., I don’t even need to use EQ much on it). It’s not the same obviously, but pretty close for a mic that cost me $400 second-hand. *(however, I agree that there are comparable and/or better mics for much lower prices—C414’s sound amazing e.g., even tho I wouldn’t personally choose ‘em)* **Any TLM 102 (or the whole TLM series) lovers here?**

I used a Rode NT1 5th gen USB. Awesome and amazing. Later moved to a TLM 102. Got tired of having a mic on cam so moved to a 416 shotgun mic. 

I have an mxl condenser mic that works well, but just bought a Neumann condenser mic off Amazon. In the studio, they always said they used the $4k Neumann on me. Not sure that it is a knock off, but supposedly the same one Billie eillish uses and it sounds great. Under $400.