Having used my new equipments for a few times here are my thoughts,

1. Nady CM-2S
Brilliant sound quality. Really the result was better than what I expected, worthing every penny of the $99.95 price tag. Here is a test clip; the original sounds even better.

2. SignVideo XLR-PRO
Again more useful than I expected. The ability to adjust volume on the fly is so useful that the unit is now a necessity.

3. Rode Videomic
Despite being the most expensive audio equipment ($149) I have I actually did not used it a lot for the past two weeks–I have been recording music mainly, while in other situations the speakers use microphones connected to speakers anyway. But for the few moments I did use the Videomic it seems to work well.

4. Yunteng VCT-880RM
This Chinese copy of Velbon DV-7000 works fine, but nowhere great; then again it only cost me HK$235 (~US$30). On my part I need to practice my panning skills and remember to turn off optical image stabilization (ouch!).