It is an excellent choice for vocals, electric … The C3000 high-performance, large-diaphragm condenser microphone has been a standard for live applications and studio recording for almost two decades. ), so there should … It doesn't have that hyped high-frequency sound like you know from many cheap chinese condensers (MXL, Studio Projects,etc. The earlier C3000 was a popular microphone but the C3000B shares very little technology with that model – AKG seems to have borrowed the name just to juice a few more sales out of it. The AKG C3000B is a good microphone in its price range. This is an exceptionally well-rounded microphone. I run a little project studio in Southern CA and have recorded sound for many projects: commercial release CDs, voice-overs, iOS/Android sound … 5.0 out of 5 stars akg c-3000b. Again, AKG seems to be a little lacking in being proactive where competitions is a factor. As the price of the C3000 series drops the mics represent a good value for the cost. Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2011. If AKG can work up a formula to … It doesn’t really sound like that C3000…