XLR Microphone Cardioid Condenser Microphone XLR with 25mm Large Diaphragm for Computer PC Metal Professional Studio Mic for Recording Podcasting Streaming Gaming ASMR Voice Over Vocals

This mic is fantastic. Almost perfect in my opinion. The build quality, the sound, the looks, and the price. Let's compare! OC414 by Austrian Audio, this mic is close, I think the high end clarity and presence is slightly less but definitely comparable and that overall v shape eq of the mix is accurate. C414 by Proar, less high end and more smooth could easily go either way but I prefer this one as it emphasizes my deeep voice but the highs could complement my voice better. My only gripes: no pop filter like the C414 just a wind screen, and the self noise is a bit high at 18dbA but could easily be fixed with software. Would buy another of these, keep in mind I gave up a Rode NT1, Lewit 441 Flex, Audio Technica AT4033, and AT2020 in exchange for this mic as my staple. That speaks volumes.

This mic sounds amazing for voice work. It's hard to believe that you can get a mic that sounds this good for this low of a price. I haven't had any issues with the noise floor like other reviewers have mentioned, but maybe I got lucky.

awesome microphone. much heavier than I expected. it picks up every detail in good clarity and quality. I would definitely purchase again!

Gain hungry, noisy, very low quality sound. Very disappointed. As I’ve watched numerous YouTube reviews which are complimentary of the product, I’m assuming the mic sent to me is simply a faulty one. I was impressed by the performance of the product reviewed in the videos, but the mic I was sent doesn’t replicate that experience.

This is an awesome mic! It is a tad bit heavy so needs to be placed on a sturdy mount or mic stand but the sound is outstanding. Using this for my podcast.

Great

This microphone works really good and I have this for like almost 3 months and it is still working really well and audio is really clear and it sounds like you’re playing a game or like doing a stream on this. I really love this microphone so far.

I really wanted to move this mic. Got this mic after a strong positive review on YouTube. The frustrating bit is that it sounds REALLY good. It's warm, it's smooth, it's not super crispy in the top end (but doesn't sound muffled in treble and air). It's got a really flattering tone without being over-buzzed. It's just got such a high noise floor that it's wholly unusable for voiceover, especially if your process includes any kind of compression.When recording in a treated room, 6" away, and with clean gain set for the voice speaking normal or even a little loudly with peaks at -12 to -6db, the noise floor is above -36db. (Unfair Comparison: in the same setting, my Rode NTG5 is at -54db.) If you get close enough to get a decent signal to noise ratio, the proximity effect is tremendously exaggerated and difficult to EQ out. It's loud enough that even if you gate it hard between words, you can hear the hiss under the vocals. And it's across the whole spectrum so you can't just kill it with a high pass filter.If you apply a good denoise plugin like RX10, the plugin costs twice what the mic does, and you lose all of the detail and loveliness in the top end of this mic. It also makes it sound brittle and harsh.So I sadly can't recommend this for voiceover, live streaming, podcasting, etc., unless you've got a good denoise plugin and a lot of music or video game noise to hide the noise floor.Swing and a miss, PROAR. Which is too bad, because if the noise issue was solved this would be the best mic on the market at 4x the price. But as it is, I'll be returning this.ETA: PROAR really did the right thing in terms of service recovery. Reached out, offered a full refund, and were graceful and professional about the whole situation. I'll be trying other mics from them.