Hopefully Alan can give me some insight on this as well...

I am wanting to get my first "nice" vocal condensor. And, it is really between these two mics at this point.

I have heard some great things done with the NTK, and I would have no hesitation on buying it.

Anyone use both these mics or have an opinion regarding a great $500 vocal/acoustic guitar mic?:

I have the money for a (primarily vocal) mic in the price range of a RODE NTK, the Blue Baby Bottle & Soundelux U97. Of course it would be great if it did other things well in my bottom feeder analog desk to DAW studio. I have a RODE NT-2 & a pair of A-T 4033s now. The U97 is the only one that is multi-pattern. I've seen some Soundelux R-1 broadcast mics around.

Anyone tried these? I currently use a Neumann TLM 103 which I like a lot but wish to add a new option. I was considering the BLUE Mouse, but these (RODE NTV or NTK and the SP T3) sound interesting. Or are they a step down from what I'm using. Mostly Male Vocal use.