The PX-1 has a 25-mm (1-inch) capsule and is an impressive side-address, cardioid-only FET-based microphone. It's an obvious choice for recording lead and background vocals, stringed instruments, and as a trusty podcasting companion. I put the PreSonus PX-1 to work as soon as I received it to record a narration/voiceover in my studio. It has a warm sound and open high frequencies. I liked its wide pickup pattern for singers who tend to wander around the front of it while singing. It is easy to set up and comes with a leatherette pouch.

The PreSonus PM-2 has a 19-mm capsule with a gold-sputtered diaphragm and also uses an FET amplifier and doesn't overload until 135dBSPL yet has a great sensitivity of 8 mV/PA. The PM-2 kit comes with two mic clips and a stereo mounting bar for spacing them up to 17-cm apart (center-to-center) for either 90-degree X/Y mounting or for spaced cardioids that I would use over drum set recording aimed left and right down at the kit.

The PM-2s are lightweight and very easy to set up in any required positioning in front of acoustic guitars or percussion instruments where they will shine!

Both new microphones are available now. The PX-1 $129.95 MAP and PM-2 $129.95 MAP for the pair.