>>103680396
Most of the popular mics still in use today were designed in the 60s and 70s. Neumann has the brand name plus being made in Germany, there was never a chance those mics were going to be cheap.
>>103680484
Kinda true, but it has a lot to do with how niche that market is. Audio shit has huge diminishing returns once it reaches certain price point.
>>103680401
Yeah, a lot of the popular mics today were designed 50+ years ago. The whole industry is heavily influenced by the Music industry for obvious reasons. Most people want that mic their favorite vocalist used, so it becomes a cycle of the same group of mics. Btw THE Streamer/podcaster mic (SM7B) came out in 1973. Michael Jackson used an SM7 to record Thriller.