Haha, I've owned the snowball, but I returned it on Amazon for a MXL V67g microphone. The snowball didn't seem to cut it (quality incredibly felt off) so I exchanged it! The yeti microphone lines aren't bad, but my ears are used to "higher quality" sound now due to the fact that I spend a lot of time trying to analyze songs to cover! My recording setup for acoustic guitar (would be same for vocals) is: Microphone --> Audio Interface (Focusrite Scarlett Solo) --> Laptop (into my audio workshop). If you ever get the chance you should try an XLR microphone (ex. Shure SM57) and you'll need something like a preamp and connection to computer (ex. blue icicle) and see how you like the quality compared to the yeti! Keep in mind the yeti has a built in preamp so the cost could of the mic could be $55(Microphone)+$55(Preamp). It could be divisible by 3 instead, since the microphone also needs a "converter". While the Shure SM57($100) + Blue Icicle($50) = $150. The preamp I use is $100 (focus rite solo). So the yeti is just simply built from cheaper parts since it has to include a preamp, while the Shure SM57 is simply built as a microphone and the blue icicle is simply just built to be a preamp. If this sounds confusing, basically I'm trying to say, try out an XLR microphone if you can (I suggest Shure SM57 since it is outstandingly popular! Oh and watch out for counterfeits if you buy it from anywhere other than an official place) ^_^. I thought your audition was very excellent and would love to see how you would sound like with higher gear in the future (minus the "room acoustics"). Your Japanese also felt very fluid, did you learn Japanese by any chance? I saw your covers and they were very enjoyable! Lots of great songs covered such as Deep Sea Girls, Clean Freak (I plan to do a cover), and the Kagerou Project song (In love with the composer, his songs are incredible, and the storyline too! Also plan to cover this).