With a microphone for less than 20 euros you may of course do not expect miracles. It is neither a Shure, Samson or Sennheiser. But it reflected not bad and if the designer would have a little more thought, then an asterisk more would have been possible. Sequentially:
It is a dynamic cardioid microphone. Probably even supercardioid - so exactly there is not the manufacturer, unfortunately. The sound is quite balanced and the microphone can be used both as a vocal microphone than for instrumental recording. The microphone has like most dynamic microphones a proximity effect, but falls within the ambit so that you can use good language for this microphone also. Less good is in this price range simply not expected protection against wind and pop noise. Here provides a foam windscreen for little money great help. The foam also entschäft equal to the first design sin the microphone, the shiny wire basket. The makes at photos and especially video recordings for unsightly reflections and that should have actually been around speaking at microphone designers.
The second design sin is then but extremely annoying: The dark cast aluminum case has been turned off with fine grooves. That feels very nice indeed in hand, but when the skin slides over the groove that ensures audible noise. A pity, with a smooth surface would be the microphone a shapely and universal microphone. But as you should whenever possible access to tripod to avoid handling noise. Here is no stand clamp.
One can argue long about the sense or nonsense of switches on Mikrfon. For any DJ who wants to use the micro itself, love the switch. Every engineer who has many microphones in use, they will hate, because fumbles on switch times like someone who does not want to make. This has a micro Turns, but it is small and unobtrusive slightly recessed so that it will (hopefully) not pressed accidentally.
The König KN-MIC50 is incidentally almost identical to the Pronomic VM-87, which is sold at twice the price. The two microphones are distinguished by a not visible in the photos Detail: The WM-87 has a rubberized surface instead of wacky when KM-MIC50. The rubberised exterior is also very good in the hand and it dampens the hand noise noticeable. Pronomic puts his micro a case and a microphone Incarcerated at King donated a cable XLR to jack and shows therefore that you have conceived this microphone for PC games. Namely professional mixers have consistently XLR inputs and then you need a new, balanced cable.
Conclusion: it's a nice microphone that comes not otpisch as SM58 clones. It would be used universally for speech, vocals and instruments, if you should touch it since. The law clearly audible "hand noise" make the use of a tripod is required. In language / vocals or outdoors also a windbreak is required, which in my eyes is but not a big drawback.
Update May 2015:
I bought a second microphone. The case has now no more wacky grooves, which you can touch the microphone now, without generating loud equal "Grabbelgeräusche". But it's still a metal housing, which transmits the sound well all other criticisms unchanged. I have long wondered whether I change my rating and now it improved my rating from three to four stars because you get for the money a little quite useful microphone. Unfortunately you have to pay the necessary accessories (XLR cable and possibly stand clamp and windshield) often again spend as much money as for this microphone.
