A Closer Look
This is one seriously gorgeous looking microphone, but at £100, I suppose it looking like a premium product is no bad thing as that’s a fair chunk of change, and people want a quality product in return. What does surprise me is the build quality, it’s all made from metal, and it looks and feels infinity better for it. It feels pretty heavy, but that’s a good thing, it’s not going to wobble around and it’ll withstand occasional knocks and bumps with ease.
Right in the front, you’ll find all the main controls easily labelled and laid out for you.
The buttons have the same premium quality feel as the rest of the microphone. The dials have a weighted and smooth action that prevents you from moving them too quickly, and even the button at the bottom has a nice linear action to it. It’s hard to really describe, but they do feel nice to twiddle and press.
The head of the microphone is metal too, with a gorgeous dull metallic finish that looks great, but it won’t be particularly reflection or distracting while you’re filming/recording/streaming/etc.
The base is fully metal too and comes with a set of tensioners on the side. This means you can easily adjust the angle to suit your needs. However, optimally the microphone should be upright and you would change the pickup pattern to suit your needs, but depending on things like angle and elevation, some tilt could come in handy.
Too much tilt?! Nah, it’s fine.
These do come off though, allowing you to remove the stand completely.
There’s a large screw mount on the base, so you could mount it on your own stand, or an overhead boom if you so desire.
The 3.5mm port is great, as it allows you to directly monitor the audio with zero delay. There’s a built-in sound card too, so you can actually listen to PC audio through this port too thanks to the USB-C connector.
Don’t expect to travel with this one in your laptop bag though, it’s big, it’s heavy, and in the right hands, it’s pretty much a deadly weapon; don’t drop it on your foot either, ouch!
