MAONO USB/XLR Podcast Dynamic Microphone, Studio Mic Kit with Volume Control, Shock Mount, Pop Filter, Ideal for Vocal, Instruments Recording, Voice Over, Live Streaming (HD300T)

Review for 'MAONO USB/XLR Podcast Dynamic Microphone, Studio Mic Kit with Volume Control, Shock Mount, Pop Filter, Ideal for Vocal, Instruments Recording, Voice Over, Live Streaming (HD300T)'This mic was only $50 AND it came with an adjustable stand, pop filter, and shock mount. Buying the accessories separately would cost more than the mic! I didn't try the stand as I purchased a heavy duty SnakeClamp and 5/8" adapter (check them out, seriously, SnakeClamp is amazing!) for my setup which supports the weight of the mic and my headphones.This is a dynamic mic so it is rather quiet (not much gain) but that means it also doesn't pick up background noise as much as a condenser mic would. Additionally it has a supercardioid polar pattern to reject off axis coloration, especially from the sides. Those two aspects combined make it great for rooms where you'll have a little background noise, especially from the side. In my case I have a window mounted A/C unit that I must run continuously in the summer because someone thought a split level house in a desert wouldn't be a problem :/ I still hear the A/C when I am not talking, but it's presence is reduced and since I'm directly in front of the mic my voice completely overshadows it. Discord and Zoom both have background noise cancellation which eliminates it in those applications.Although the sample rate is 44.1/48kHz (the minimum you'd find on any mic worth buying) this is more than enough for voice chat, streaming, etc. Since the mic's bit depth is 16 bit, at 44.1kHz sample rate, the bit rate is 705.6Kbps. At 48kHz sample rate, the bit rate is 768Kbps. An unboosted Discord server's voice channels max out at 96Kbps and a fully boosted one at 384Kbps which is still well below the mic's bit rate output. From what I can find, a Zoom Pro account can have a sample rate as high as 48kHz and this mic reaches that. Basically, unless you're planning on recording in a lossless format such as FLAC, the "low" sample rate of this mic is a non-issue.The bit depth of 16 bits is bare minimum for audio accuracy, and is a minor negative, but again outside of recording this still doesn't have much of an impact as at 24 bits, the bit rate would be 1152Kbps and for anything realtime over the Internet it would be compressed.Though it comes with a pop filter, it's a little bit janky TBH. It works, but does take some fiddling to get set up correctly. Protip: insert the mic into the shock mount, attach the pop filter to the little metal arm, THEN insert the arm+filter assembly into the shock mount.The mic allows for connecting via USB or XLR, and though I haven't tried it, I saw in reviews that both can be used simultaneously if you needed that for some reason. Unlike most (all?) of the other USB/XLR combo mics this one is USB-C on the mic end. The best benefit of this dual output is you can connect the mic directly to your PC via USB, but you also have the option to run it through a mixer or audio interface. So if you're on the go you can connect to your laptop with USB, then at home plug in through XLR. This also opens the door to exploring the world of digital audio if you decide to purchase a mixer/audio interface later. Technically it can connect directly to PC with an XLR to 1/8" adapter cable, but you'll have to basically swallow the mic and max the gain on your PC to hear it. I suspect this would be true for any dynamic mic.tl;dr is that this is probably the best mic you can get at this price point if your use case is streaming, gaming, voice chat, or any other realtime online voice application. The USB+XLR output provides outstanding flexibility and opens the door for anyone new to the audio space to get their feet wet with a mixer or audio interface. If you intend to do recording this is not a good fit. Consider the 'audio-technica ATR2100x-USB' which is a very comparable mic, but with higher bit depth and sample rates.

I would buy again! Great sound.

Bueno se escucha bien y práctico lo recomiendo

PRETTY GOOD MIC FOR THE MONEY> GOOD FOR LIVE VOCALS TOO

Item as described. Sounds amazing for this price point. Would highly recommend.

Buen micrófono, yo lo buscaba para microfonear mi guitarra acústica y cantar y suena bastante bien, por su precio es muy recomendable y de buena calidad, Incluye todo lo necesario incluso si lo quieres conectar a un interfaz de audio.

The media could not be loaded. Everything was great but I’ve tried figuring out why the stand is tilting the microphone. If you’re an artist who genuinely is working towards growing and making a future of it you know your mic setups very well. Every microphone obviously has a different quality and that becomes very useful for us artists. My issues is with this at a constant tilt I have to put extra time and effort into the production of the songs I create bc it’s slanting which even just a tad bit can effect sound and especially clipping issues. Overall it’s an amazing product works perfectly fine but the stand has something in there making it near impossible to fix unless I were to buy a whole new one of which I wouldn’t do unless I was provided a free one as a replacement for this current one. (Btw the box also had a hole in the top of it but the packaging from Amazon did not which means your facility shipped me an already damaged product but no worries it still works.)

High quality sound for the price!