fifine Heard You - and RESPONDED! Secret Upgrades Under that New Paint Job!
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- fifine is starting to pull away as one of the better companies for budget gear. They took in all your feedback, and fixed the mics biggest issues.
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A major revision without releasing as a whole new model and price increase. Fifine is really digging their feet even deeper into being a company to bring quality audio at more value and I love that they're making sure that they can give folks on a budget or not very experienced a better path for success
Absolutely!!! Spot on!
I just checked my Granddaughters White K688 that I bought her 2 months ago and it has the capsule moved back and the thicker pop filter as well. Wow talk about quiet and subtle improvement to the mic and not saying anything about just to capitalize on that improvement. Just another reason to support a great company that listens to its customers.
Blows my mind!!! Absolutely no push, no requests, or even a slight mention to the channels…just did it and went about their business…😎👍🏻
Now that's what I call a plug and play mic! No need to buy a new pop filter or anything, incredible value out of the box. Thanks fifine! And thanks to you for letting us know the change!
absolutely! they made the mic better, cheaper, and even more cool looking on top of that with the new colors. well done fifine!
Holy smokes!! My favorite budget mic just got better! Thanks for the update, Mike. I'll make sure to give a shoutout if I ever get my hands on one for review.
Fifine is really making choices that show they care about the consumers wants and complaints in their own microphones. I mean - honestly- why even bother with the upgrades if you are not even going to announce that you took on even more expenses in production costs by redesigning the internals for a mic that people are already buying??? Who does that when they decide to sell a mic in different colors?
FiFine is going to take over the market. I love my K669D !
No longer taking prisoners lol….😎
Great review! I bought a couple of these for the Bible studies my wife and I do. Amazingly I had used a Rode procaster at one point and wasn't satisfied with the tone. I greatly prefer the tone of this mic. Plus, I was able to get mine on sale for $51. Love it!
That's awesome. Love to see they are listening. I believe in their products and how with some tweaks they can have some excellent products. Love working with them.
They make great gear for people working on a budget to get started, and the fact they listen to customer feedback tells you they aren’t in it for a cash grab, the truly want to make sure their customers are happy with their products!!!
Now we need to find out if/when they upgrade(d) the black one?
Has the tone changed, it was hard to tell over my device?
Yes, it changed. Less plosives, and smoother tone to it. Doesn’t feel as muddy as it used to be. Definitely hit me better than the older version.
I think they upgraded some time last year. I like that you changed the shock mount.
wow! and they didn't even bother to tell anybody! They just did it, and kept it movin'! I love it!
Thanks for pointing this out 👌
They are really doing a great job!!!
This is awesome. This is why fifine is my fav budget mic company.
Rode needs to step it up. If they had done this with the white podmic and used it as an opportunity to fix the missing bottom end to solve the listener fatigue issue... instead of just painting it a different color and leaving it alone...I'd be excited about that mic too. fifine is the first to their mic, then add the colors, and AND NOT RAISE THE PRICE to boot!
@levelupwithmikenewman this makes me excited to see what fifine is going to do in the future too.
This camera thing is kinda cool! 🤔
FiFine is awesome got the same one it makes your voice so good add that and the Sonar GG you got a professional microphone, I use mine with the Scarlet Solo 3rd gen I have the the one with the thin pop filter but the capsule is moved back not all the way forward strange.
So so good ain’t it!!! 😎👍🏻
@@levelupwithmikenewman Really good, sounds so good i love my K688. I bought it based on UA-cam reviews and I'm glad i did. 😊👍
@@GhostAreReal6glad you got the upgraded version. It is definitely an awesome budget combo mic !!! 😎
@@levelupwithmikenewman It is but the pop filter is the thin top not the thick part, the capsule part is the newer one which is recessed back.
Now you guys have me wondering if they just make them different at random, as if not on purpose. Idk. I’m seriously thinking of getting one tho!
Yeah, we heard you, bro!
I love this!!!! Not just giving us colors, but upgrading the performance of the mic at the same time...! Well played sir! well played! Thank you!
@@levelupwithmikenewman You're welcome, bro! With your feedback, we could do better and better! We are flattered! We will Level Up together with you!
@FifineZier wishing fifine as a company all the best soon my 10 year old boom mic finally breaks ill be sure to get a fifine hopefully my discord friends will appreciate it keep up the excellent work
@@killerflame2Of course! Hope our boom arm would meet your expectations
USB mics are not ideal for podcasts where you have more than one person in the room. They will always give you that echo/reverb sound. Best bet if you have two people in the same room and want to cut out as much noise as possible while on a budget is grab a FiFine AM8 and hook both up to a XLR interface.
Here is the best budget/great quality interface now that the Vocaster 2 is no longer on sale for $99.
amzn.to/3XnQ87x
Nice! I might actually have to buy this improved version. What do you think of the am8? I know you did a video on it, but do you think there can be improvements on that one? Or do you think it's good the way it is? I enjoy the content you create 👍
I love everything about the AM8, just wish it had a metal body that didn't move around on me once on a boom arm. But straight up audio performance, tone, noise rejection is straight-up amazing - the best of their lineup. The only knocks I have on it are the housing (material/handling noise, tension knob performance) that keeps it from the top spot in my opinion. If they ever decide to make that mic with a metal body and keep THAT design - LOOK OUT EVERYBODY!
The AM8 has better sound rejection, but the K688 is better to me for spoken word. If I had a noisy room, AM8…if I had a normal room, I would use the k688. It’s built better, mounts better on a boom arm, and is a gem for spoken word and not as sensitive to handling
I bought the white k688 and I have a noisy house. It works great. I did pair it with the wave xlr and it's so crisp and clear
@@kingcooleyiv such a great mic. I use two of them for co-hosts on a different podcast I do on another channel. Amazing for the price
@@levelupwithmikenewman I agree. I had to put in some work with it but once I got it dialed in, it does the job well. I got it based off your review. You're the only person I saw with the updated k688 reviewed.
Hey Mike, I’ve got a question for you! Seems like you’ve got a good ear for nice tone/voicing and a lot of experience in the more budget end of the microphone market. I’ve got a pair of ETHOS but want something I can recommend to others in religious podcasting who’re starting out.
To your ears and going for neutral-sounding spoken word, between the
- K688 (white),
- K669D, or
- Tank 3,
which would you be reaching for if you want the best sound quality? Or another sub-$100 mic entirely?-you tell me I don’t know!
Whether or not this gets a response, I do appreciate what you’re doing here and these recommendations will pass on to others through me-and I gotta say it’s important that we give people the best for their hard-earned money. Cheers and props to ya
Thank you 🙏🏻 VERY MUCH for the Super Thanks !!! you made my day!!!
I whole heartedly 100% would recommend the k669D with the big Shure pop filter ( amzn.to/3wUvhxR ). The sound quality with that pop filter, especially for a podcast that you would love the audience to hear and feel the emotion in the words of what you’re saying…that is what I would start with.
But that look isn’t for everybody.
The white K688 is right up there for me for spoken word now since they made the changes to the capsule and pop filter. The tank 3 would be 3rd. Because it has a slightly less neutral (almost “boxy sound” to it. )
Another affordable mic with a sound I really like for my voice is the Maono PD100.
So the order I would personally rank them for audio + price with an emphasis on audio quality:
1. K669d + Shure fat pop filter
2. K688 (white + no added accessories)
3. Maono PD100 + WS14 Rode pop filter
4. Tank 3
My list (if you really want a neutral sound - using as it comes out of the box ),without adding a pop filter to it.
1. K688 (more neutral tone)
2. K669d ( a touch brighter than the k688 Without the Shure pop filter on it)
3. Maono PD100u
4. Tank 3 (good sound but price is twice as much - but sound isn’t twice as good as the others)
Hope that helps! Again, this is just what I would go with if I was starting a podcast from scratch for faith based podcast.
And let me know when you start that podcast! I would love to watch it!!!
I forgot to mention that I am relaunching a faith based podcast on my other channel and I plan to use my k669D on it! AND I have ordered two more for my co-hosts. Thought it might matter that mentioned that I put my money where my mouth is!!! 😂
I CANNOT get this mic to work with my Sony NV E10 camera. I’m using the basic TRS to TRS cable from the mic to the camera and no sound. About ready to give up ( and yes I’ve adjusted all the audio levels of the camera down like every yt tutorial tells you, and still nothing. I’ve literally watched like 30 tutorials
I think shotguns only work directly because they have their own built in battery to power the mic. Never tried that setup before with k688, the headphone output on the k688 is wildly unreliable as it is not designed to push audio out to a recording device, but just headphones. Even if it worked, the audio would fluctuate and even cut out at times too. xLR and even usb mics don’t have a built in power supply, so you’ll need to still go through an interface/adaptor then run the output (3.5mm ) TRS to TRS into the camera. When I use the RodePodmic USB, to avoid this myself, I run it through a Vocaster one ($69) using xlr to connect the mic, and TRS to TRS to connect it to the camera.
@@levelupwithmikenewman All fab advice, thank you !!
At the end of the video once the black pop filter is on the new mic did you do something different to the sound, originally when you had the grey pop filter on it was kinda eh sounding, I almost preferred the orginal, but then it sounded better. Went to shorts and compared it to the K699D and the MV7 sounds better then both although shorts audio could be bad I’m not sure.
I did not alter/process or eq the sound at all in this video. I actually used the same input on the Rodecaster Duo, just swapped the mics out on my XLR cable! The sound of this mic with the extended distance the SM7B pop filter gives you just hits that sweet spot for me personally as well. The other colors doesn’t hurt at all either! 🫠😂
Love it man!! I may have to get one… 🤷♂️ 😁
Heard k688 has bad resonance from a difference review. Wondering if that's also fixed, or if it's the same.
@@bax9 I heard one review with that issue, but that was the original design before the fixed it. I use two k688’s for my 4 person livestream for another channel, and they work great! Planning on getting two more. 👍🏻
I got the original k 688 what are your recommendation be to sell the old one and get the new one?
I would grab the new one, and use the old one for a in-studio guest if the time comes…that way you at least have matching mics!
whats still better? the upgraded k688 or the maono pd200x?
The k688 jumps ahead for me because of the sound, and ability to change the look of it if you want to ACCESSORIZE! 😎🤣
What microphone solution should I be looking for in my situation? Me and my partner have our desks next to each other in the same room. I currently have a usb modmic and occasionally it'll pick her up on my mic. I want to upgrade my mic, I think I need something dynamic to cut out as much background noise as possible. Usb would be best as well. Will be used for discord/light streaming.
Any help?
USB mics are not ideal for podcasts where you have more than one person in the room. They will always give you that echo/reverb sound. Best bet if you have two people in the same room and want to cut out as much noise as possible while on a budget is grab a FiFine AM8 and hook both up to a XLR interface.
Here is the best budget/great quality interface now that the Vocaster 2 is no longer on sale for $99.
amzn.to/3XnQ87x
Would you recommend the AM8 over the K688? I see that one recommended a lot.
Also thank you very much for the help! Much appreciated
Do you know if the original color of the mic got the same upgrades?
I will ask my rep at fifine to make sure the black one had the changes on it as well!
@@levelupwithmikenewman did it? Im gonna get the black 1 off Ali express and wondering if all the old stock has gone and the new version is available
How do you enjoy that shock mount? is it much better than the stock shock mount? And does it fit on the Fifine low profile boom arm?
I think it does the same, maybe a little more, but it doesn’t improve the handling noises you get when you touch the mic itself. But handling room vibrations, desk vibrations I think it helps a a bit more.
is the black color fixed too
I believe there have been a few in the comments who said they bought the black one and it is fixed.
@@levelupwithmikenewman Okay thanks, gonna get one in black color next week!