How Many Things You Can Buy for $50? One Thing for sure, which is the

The features of what you're getting from nowadays' mics are ridiculous. For those who are experienced in audio field especially the gear part should remember starting podcasting back then is day and night different from these days.

There always some super budget microphones were like 20 or 30 bucks. But they were either USB mics or XLR-only ones, the flexibility is quite limited. Like you will have to ditch the old mic if you’re thinking about the upgrade of your current audio setup or you’re scared off by the complexity of a whole XLR setup when you’re just getting started with pretty limited knowledge about audio. Now USB combo XLR mics is no longer a rare thing to the market, from the fancy ones to the most wallet-friendly ones, you can always find the best fit for your budget.
 
And some of them could be really ones. But even the best out of them may not necessarily come with a shock mount, or adjustable knobs for controlling the volume of your mic and the headphone connected to it. Yes, that also mean more and more of them has a live-monitoring headphone jack as standard.

 
So I mean you guys are winning compared to Old Gil back in the day podcasting with a pile microphone. And what if we told you that there is such a mic with all these convenient features in USB mode while is equipped with XLR port as a “hybrid” mic and it’s no more than 70% of what it’s used to cost? It’s the FIFINE K688 USB/XLR dynamic microphone that is only available on AliExpress 11.11-sales, the biggest deal of the whole platform of this whole year! For 50 bucks there are not many things to buy nowadays, but you can get a lot of a mic spent on the FIFINE K688.