@CSB This has been a thing now...something of a point of contention at this point. @bandrew@noagendasocial.com actually made a good video about it last night that I watched
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJJrWRBodvo
I actually recently got the #FiFine #AM8 instead of the #Shure #SM7b, in part because it had a very similar sound from what I could tell, and it's both #XLR and #USBC compatible (it can even work with phones!), but also it is far, far cheaper.
But generally I think the difference of, say, a condenser microphone and a dynamic microphone will always be bigger than the difference between two dynamic microphones. As I understand it, the #SM7b makes sense for a lot of beginners/those with untreated rooms, not because it's an #SM7b, but because of how dynamic microphones pick up sound.
In some rare cases online, I've seen condenser microphones sound slightly better than dynamic microphones, but that's probably because the room is well treated (the instance that comes to mind is #H3TV, I'm pretty sure #EthanKlein uses a condenser mic)
This seems pretty close. I think most affordable condensers have a harsh high end frequency bump that most affordable dynamics don’t. Room can make a difference anywhere but less noticeable with less high end frequency bump. I’d like to see some ribbon mics out there personally.