Teenage Engineering CM–15 Portable Studio Condenser Microphone with USB-c Audio and Charging, 3.5 mm mini Jack line Out, 48 V Phantom Powered mini XLR, 10 Hour Rechargeable Battery and gain Switch

Obviously expensive, but truly beautifully compact, good for travel packing. Nice crisp sound, works nicely both with xlr and as a USB mic. Best of all, I lost the mic stand adapter and emailed them and they immediately sent me a replacement.

Overall sound quality is amazing! But a microphone this expensive should come with a desktop companion app. If you are not using a DAW or cell phone connectivity or have your own VSTs to improve overall quality by removing background noise then it’s pretty underwhelming. If your getting this for podcast, streaming, or doing voice overs then I’d say skip. At least till there is a desktop companion app for this. You can’t adjust it without one