DO NOT Buy a Shure SM7B Before Watching This! 11 Microphones Including Elgato, FIFINE, Rode and More

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  • @skoovy
    @skoovy 2 місяці тому +2

    Thanks for the great suggestions!

  • @UniqueBots
    @UniqueBots 2 місяці тому +3

    Love it brother!

  • @FarazVisuals
    @FarazVisuals 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for your hard work on this video. Keep striving for growth and excellence in all you do.

  • @Brani1974
    @Brani1974 2 місяці тому +1

    Great review!!

  • @xVertrexDx
    @xVertrexDx 2 місяці тому +4

    I like the fact that you started animating yourself because you were probably bored reading the same thing over and over again! 😂
    Brilliant job and thanks for the comparions! I've been waiting for this and glad Rode Podmic is still awesome! 😄👍

    • @DarkenedCyrus
      @DarkenedCyrus  2 місяці тому +1

      Totally. I read those lines like 30 times with all the mistakes I made. All the USB recordings had dancing in them lol

  • @goodshepard00
    @goodshepard00 2 місяці тому

    Thank you!

  • @FutureVegan
    @FutureVegan 2 місяці тому

    I was thinking of getting the SM58 and doing the DIY proyect to make it look like the SM7B, but I'm not sure what to do now. It does look like the fifine K688 sounds even better than the SM7B although it's probably cause you didn't use a cloudlifter...I'm torn here. I currently have a zoom ssh-6 but want to get rid of the background noise.

    • @DarkenedCyrus
      @DarkenedCyrus  2 місяці тому +1

      A cloudlifter doesn’t make the SM7B sound better, just FYI. It only adds gain, not color

    • @FutureVegan
      @FutureVegan 2 місяці тому

      @@DarkenedCyrus thanks for your reply. I guess I found it a bit weird how the SM7B compared to the other mics in your test, it sounded way worde to my ears but also different to ohter tests I've seen on the platform. Have you tested the SM58? If so, what do you think about doing the Shure SM58 DIY project?

  • @Joyedlion
    @Joyedlion 2 місяці тому +4

    If you could can you check out DM20 MAONO mic?

    • @DarkenedCyrus
      @DarkenedCyrus  2 місяці тому +2

      Saving this comment

    • @Joyedlion
      @Joyedlion 2 місяці тому

      Since that’s the mic I use

  • @LNN_Plays
    @LNN_Plays 2 місяці тому +3

    Dang now I'm just waiting on you to drop a full The Art of War audio book.

    • @LNN_Plays
      @LNN_Plays 2 місяці тому +1

      Also, great video. I love a good side by side comparison.

    • @DarkenedCyrus
      @DarkenedCyrus  2 місяці тому +1

      lol! Maybe I should…

  • @IndoorJaye
    @IndoorJaye 2 місяці тому +2

    Is it just me or did they all kind of sound the same but with a very small difference? Deff not spending 400$. Good content! I've been curious about this for awhile!

  • @myck7021
    @myck7021 Місяць тому

    Is your sm7b broken?

  • @pulse2977
    @pulse2977 2 місяці тому +2

    Good video

  • @thatslambo5044
    @thatslambo5044 2 місяці тому

    I need help bad man. I bought the PD400X. I have it in usb mode and trying to monitor the mic with 3.5 jack. Whether i use it or not its delayed. Its not latency free direct and its driving me crazy. I dont know what to do to make the audio playback not delayed.

    • @Jarom951
      @Jarom951 Місяць тому

      Try to update mic's firmware with Maono Link software.

  • @theemclane4037
    @theemclane4037 2 місяці тому +1

    😢it's impressive how people go out of their way to make such indepth reviews

  • @dknscyclops
    @dknscyclops 2 місяці тому +3

    Fifine FTW

  • @balut1152
    @balut1152 2 місяці тому +1

    What did Sun Tzu say again?

  • @Kilogram24
    @Kilogram24 2 місяці тому +2

    All I know is that Shure SM7B sounds to be one of the worst to my ear... like talking into a bucket. Though to be fair, many podcasters use it and I don't hear that same effect.

    • @DarkenedCyrus
      @DarkenedCyrus  2 місяці тому +1

      Out of box, I don’t like the way it sounds at all. Can it be tuned? Sure, but stock? No

  • @TLMAVERICKKK
    @TLMAVERICKKK 2 місяці тому +2

    I am late to the party but stream tonight????

  • @severlightgaming
    @severlightgaming 2 місяці тому +1

    Listening on my Pixel 5 phone, and to be honest.. they all sound great. I'm curious about the Fduce brand though. Not bad at all.

    • @DarkenedCyrus
      @DarkenedCyrus  2 місяці тому +1

      I love the FDUCE, but only on XLR. The USB was underwhelming

  • @Dracomies
    @Dracomies 2 місяці тому

    Gah I hate it when people use the Sm7B that way. That's not only bad for volume (it's way way lower volume) but it's also worse sound too. Try putting the Sm7B horizontally and facing your mouth, not vertically (Joe Rogan doesn't know SM7b style) and have it face you and it'll have far far better sound than with it up like that.

    • @DarkenedCyrus
      @DarkenedCyrus  2 місяці тому

      Um. Right. I’m not worried about Joe Rogan. Every microphone I tested will have a better sound if I spoke directly into the capsule, like what you are suggesting.
      Every mic on this list had the same orientation also, and IMO still sounded better. Seems I should make a video specifically on this comment.

    • @Dracomies
      @Dracomies 2 місяці тому

      @@DarkenedCyrus You're missing the point I'm trying to say. Dynamics aren't ideal in that format. I'm a mic reviewer too and have all the mics you're using. You're having the dynamics point up at an angle. But for optimal sound you want it about 2-3 fingers away from your mouth and with the mic pointing at you, ie look at Podcastage and how he reviews dynamics.

    • @DarkenedCyrus
      @DarkenedCyrus  2 місяці тому

      @Dracomies but it’s my review of them? I’m glad you are a mic reviewer and have everything I do, but I’m still unsure why you are calling out mic etiquette here.
      I’m familiar with Podcastage, but just because he does something one way, doesn’t mean I have to copy it? I appreciate what you are trying to do here, but not sure you are going to get the intended response out of me you are looking for.
      My content base is around budget minded options for creators and streamers. A VAST majority of people who use this microphone for content will never use it the correct way or the way it is intended. I also know the correct way, musician of 24 years here…
      The point of this video is to offer options for the same type of content. Many of the microphones on this list sounded much better than the SM7B with the same orientation.
      All of these sound samples were raw also. The SM7B, when properly tuned, will perform well above the others, but isn’t the best out of box or for the beginning user.
      Instead of commenting that I should do my videos like other reviewers, how about you create that content and be the competitor in the space?
      Or, I would just watch podcastage.

    • @Dracomies
      @Dracomies 2 місяці тому

      @@DarkenedCyrus My bad. My apologies man. I didn't know that. I didn't know you were intentionally doing it that way. In that case please disregard my statement. My fault on that. I was looking at it more like, you're putting the mic up and out and then comparing it - but I was thinking the comparison would be better if it was standard SM7B mic technique. But I didn't know you were doing this to emulate the other streamers so to say. So disregard ^_^

  • @zackfnaf7739
    @zackfnaf7739 Місяць тому +1

    Strangely, I think the SM7B sounds the worst. It's all echoey.

  • @WhoadyMac
    @WhoadyMac 2 місяці тому

    yeahhhhh i got smarter today, Thanks Cyrus