Bagaag: My mic is an AKG C2000B small diaphragm condenser microphone. However I don't think it's too special, any other good small diaphragm condenser mic will do. I'm using an M-Audio DMP3 as preamp, and a Zoom H1 as recorder (via Line-In). However I think none of those components is so special it couldn't be replaced with something else. (In fact I sometimes record at some friends place with different setup...)