If you know what you are doing, it won’t leave you disappointed at all, especially considering its abnormally low price. But once again for a typical home recording, most consumers barely understand what they are buying: AKG Perception 220 will work of course, when you plug it, but you won’t be able to get the best of it, so it’s better to get something else. On the other hand, those who know a thing or two about recording… don’t even need to read reviews, they already know what they are going to buy and why. So it is indeed pointless to recommend this mic to the masses, nevertheless its actual quality and the price do justify a high review score according to our standards.

PS: I decided to reduce the score slightly, so it matches the expectations.