M-Audio Sputnik Multi-Pattern Large Diaphragm Vacuum Tube Condenser Microphone Vintage late-50s/early-60s styling: Solaris-like lollipop form factor, but with radiused edges and a straight-bottle body style (with no taper) Low-current 6205M dual triode Peanut tube (similar to GT67 and 1b design) Switchable high-pass filter with -3 dB point around 80 Hz 3-micron evaporated gold Mylar diaphragm Brilliant upper-mid response that improves upon that of the Solaris (6-10 kHz range), similar to AKG C12