The Mouse is cleaner & more focused than than the Rode, I always go to it first for vocalists although have found the Rode to be better on some males. They're not even remotely similar-sounding mics, it'll be worth trying them out yourself but you can't go wrong with either choice (they're my two faves for vocalists out of our whole cabinet). Also, the new Blue Baby Bottle is an interesting mic, it's got more meatiness with none of the brilliance of the Mouse, tons of character on that one.
I've been planning on A/B'ing the Studio Projects against the Mouse, I'll let you know how it goes.
). Their mics sound very open and clear, and I find them extremely musical sounding (the freq range is very balanced from bottom to top, very much how my ears hear things...and within the confines of each polar pattern's natural characteristics). The Lollypop, like I said in the above post is the same price as a BLUE Mouse, and I find it to be clearly (pun intended) superior sonically (not as unnaturally crispy as the Mouse, with more natural sounding low mids) for most applications. For instance, I would never use a Mouse on a guitar amp or drum room (far too bright for that application), an MBHO 608 excells at both in addition to most anything else. I hope this helps.
