First go watch some of the YouTube videos. There are two main approaches. The best one is to skip the mic and record direct from line. That might sound like a cheat but there's a whole series of these that are nothing but a video of a turntable and you listen to the actual line feed. Pretty easy to hear how much better it sounds than a CD, listening to a few of these even helped me pick my Koetsu cartridge and Herron phono stage.
The other technique, recording with a mic, seems better but is awful. No room acoustics with any mic sounds anything but like you're in a barrel or something. Check out the Synergistic Research videos where they do this. They are GREAT for the comparisons Ted does. You can easily hear the difference between the system with and without their components. But while you hear the difference, what you hear doesn't sound anywhere near as good as the line feed videos.
So listen and see what I'm talking about. While you are at it maybe notice the mic setup Ted uses. He may even describe it in one of them. But realize recording like that if you want it to sound good is an art in itself. Which mic you use is the least of your worries.
The other technique, recording with a mic, seems better but is awful. No room acoustics with any mic sounds anything but like you're in a barrel or something. Check out the Synergistic Research videos where they do this. They are GREAT for the comparisons Ted does. You can easily hear the difference between the system with and without their components. But while you hear the difference, what you hear doesn't sound anywhere near as good as the line feed videos.
So listen and see what I'm talking about. While you are at it maybe notice the mic setup Ted uses. He may even describe it in one of them. But realize recording like that if you want it to sound good is an art in itself. Which mic you use is the least of your worries.