I went to a studio to record i am a live sound engineer the studio owner said its authentic but i prefer my s.58 sound i might be wrong but my ear says it fake first time working with one

Never had a tlm 102 before but it sounds amazing and seems authentic? I did ask the seller for proof of purchase and sent me this.

I just bought a new electro voice re20 from sweetwater with a cloud lifter and I noticed that the audio is always slightly distorted, when the gain is just right for my speaking voice the mic gets a little distorted, and when you turn the volume on max when listening back you can really hear the distortion, I compared to other people who use the electro voice re20 and there’s a difference so I know I’m not crazy, but it always sounds a little muffled and it yeah it sounds a little distorted I just wanna know how to fix this :( it’s really frustrating (I don’t sing btw I only do voiceovers)

Nothing scientific but I've recorded a cover of "Pillowtalk" by Zayn with these two mics, hoping to find the right microphone for me as a Male vocalist up in the tenor range and seeing which mic I should keep/sell.

All recordings were made in an untreated room, about 4 inches away, and the vocal chain is basically straight from my MOTU M4 to FL Studio running a compressor and stock reverb. The only EQ I have is for a high pass filter on 40Hz. I've tried to gain match them as best I can. Any feedback is appreciate!

TLM 103 |With Backing Track |Voice with Reverb only
TLM 107 |With Backing Track |Voice with Reverb only

Whenever I talk with friends, they have my volume up to 200% and even then my mic is real quiet to them. I have all volumes on max that I could find and change for the microphone and nothing seems to work without making the mic sound ugly. My headset is Steelseries Arctis Prime if that changes anything. Please if anyone has a solution, mention it in the comments

I’m looking for a small mic for some short videos and don’t really want to deal with a full setup. Saw the BOYA mini 2 mentioned a few times and it looks pretty compact, but I’m not sure how good it actually is with background noise. If anyone has used it, would love to hear your experience.

I was thinking that I could use a microphone used to detect bird sounds to detect jets that fly by before they could be seen but I know nothing about microphones.

Hello, just received as a gift a k3n sennheiser, it came with a 3-pin “Klein-Tuchel” / DIN 41524 connector that goes to mono 6.5mm jack. This xlr is smaler than a normal xlr, but bigger than a ta3 connector. I don't think i can send phantom power to the jack, any chance to find a solution to make it work without investing in some custom vintage cable?

Hi !

I ordered a Shure mic on Amazon because I needed it very quickly and it was the only seller option for a same day delivery.

I choose an SM58SE which was linked to the official Shure Amazon Storefront ... and received a Beta 58A instead.

Looks like there was an error with the Amazon internal inventory sticker because it says SM58SE on it but was put on a Beta 58A box.

Then I learned these models are very popular and a lot of fake ones are being made and sold unfortunalty.

The packaging looks legit and contains every expected accessories comparing to various photos and unboxing videos I saw.

The mic itself seems very well made and sounded full/crisp to me when I used it for live speech with no larsen whatsoever despite being close to the speakers.

It doesn't have a "cheap smell" (if that makes any sense) and weighs 274g on my kitchen scale which is close to the 278g officially advertised by Shure.

A detail, it has a very small QR code in the inner side of the XLR socket, not sure if it's a decal or laser engraved.

So I'm wondering what I should do with it !

If it's genuine (which I suppose it is) then I got a free unexpected upgrade and will definitly keep it, otherwise I will send it back and re-order one trough a trusted specialized retailer.

What do you think ?

I was gonna go with the COMPANY THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED brand, then looked over and saw a specific rule here in place due to how badly they seem to be made. I bought the Stealth 700 (Gen 3) Turtle Beach headset in July and it is genuinely awful. Not only is it incredibly buggy in ways I've never seen in any headset, but the mic is HORRIBLE quality for some reason no matter what I do and it randomly decided to just stop. I mean full stop. Turned it on the other week and it literally just isn't recognized by the my computer at all, doesn't show up anywhere. I've been forced to use an actual face cam mic the last two weeks and you can imagine how thats been going.

Due to how much I already dropped on this headset (not refundable) I really dont have a ton extra to throw around right now, but really need the best I can afford. Preferably something not too expensive that can pick up my voice at best quality. I mostly talk to friends and run DnD games over discord, so any suggestions in that wheel house would be so helpful.