Good review on Superlux S241. I also have one on my shelf as all around back-up mic. It comes with good acsessory set; specialy I like the wind shield: it is not just a foam, but sort of foam skin sretced over small plastic frame... say micro blimp. Combination of: this wind shield, low handling noise, built-in low cut filter and sharp S-es, makes it also useful as handheld speak microphone. About the noise floor: In my very case it is NOT lover than noise floor of Oktava´s MK-012. I have three of MK-012 in constant use. (BTW, there is Oktava UP-012,- a preamp with built-in 75 and 100 Hz high-pass filter and -10 -20dB pad.)
All in all: Superlux S241 sounds OK, it nice looking and cheap mic.

My apologies, I did say shotgun. The patterns are the same except that with shotguns they are much narrower.

I was addressing the difference between cardioid and hypercardioid as it pertains to interiors.

You might want to re-read my post or take a look at this chart and see if that helps:

http://howtorecordmusic.com/microphone-polar-directional-response/

@Pedro_ES The polar pattern will make a difference. The advantage of using a cardiod mic in an indoor location where you have complete control is that you get a very high rejection of sound coming from directly behind the mic which will usually result in less of the room reverb being picked up. A shotgun pattern has a high rejection of sounds coming from the side but has a substantial lobe extending 180° from the front of the mic. This make's it trickier to use in smaller spaces (washroom, lobby, home office, garage, etc) as the rear lobe will pick up reflections bouncing off the walls or ceiling directly facing it leading to not only potentially unwanted reverb but phase issues (comb filter effect) that can compromise the integrity of your original sound source. This is very tedious, and often impossible, to correct in post.

For this reason, unless you are working with a highly skilled and experienced sound guy, I think it's safer to use a cardiod pattern mic indoors. But keep in mind that with a cardiod pattern you have a much wider pickup pattern so you have to be able to control unwanted sounds that might creep into the take, i.e. fridge, vent, clock, electric hum, ambient sounds, etc.

Yes, the S241 is cardioid only.

@Flaaandeeers

You can always contact them and talk, try ebay and their shop.

@Fran_Guidry

It is topic mostly about specific mike. You can search, not long ago we talked about cheap hypers (something like - best mike under $1000). I provided link to cheap good hyper. @Rambo got one and like it also very much.

What difference are you hearing? Be as detailed as possible.

@spacewig I don't judge sound by eyes. I just didn't have comparison files to be judged by ears. You uploaded files with names "Mic A" and "Mic B" but I wasn't really sure what those were.

But now when I listen Mic 1.mp3 and Mic 2.mp3 them both sounds pretty good.

Another well regarded FET pencil cardiod: Avantone Audio CK-1 ($150) It is a little more than the Superlux but has been getting some very good reviews on the audio recording sites I respect.

Hmmmm.... sounds interesting. I was about to pick up another shotgun but having this might be interesting. In US Performance Audio sells them for $107.14 shipped (cont. US).

Only drawback is that it'll suck the juice out of phantom power batteries (+48v). Really more a studio mic than a field mic.

@tonalt It's strange if you judge sound quality with your eyes instead of your ears. Listen to the two files below and tell me which one was recorded with the superlative Oktava and which one with the flagrantly inferior Superlux that's inspired no one to rave about it.

@MirrorMan I own the S502 and it's a fantastic mic for recording stereo ambiance. It cost 22.5 times less then the mic it imitates but I've yet to hear of anyone who's used both say it sounds 22.5% worse.