Testing the CKMOVA DCM2 - XLR Shotgun Microphone - Comparison & Review

Testing the new CKMOVA DCM2 XLR Shotgun Microphone.
Buy & Information about the DCM2: crsp.li/CKMOVADCM2
🔗 Relevant Links:
The Røde VideoMic NTG - The Mic Everybody needs: • MY FAVORITE MIC: Røde ...
Oktava MK-012 - Review of my Favorite Overhead Voice Mic: • Review: Oktava MK-012 ...
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Shop & Information about DCM2: crsp.li/CKMOVADCM2
The Oktava MK-021 (my favorite XLR overhead mic): crsp.li/OktavaMK012
The Røde VideoMic NTG (my favorite on camera mic): crsp.li/RodeVideoMicNTG
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🎧 Chapters / Show Notes:
00:00 Intro
00:34 What comes in the box?
02:11 48V Phantom Power or AA Battery
03:11 The Switch on the Mic
04:21 Tech Specs
04:50 Sound Samples of the CKMOVA DCM2
07:00 My Thoughts about the Sound of the DCM2
07:51 Clipping in Close Proximity
08:34 Distance?
09:01 Overhead Usage
09:37 Does it Noise?
10:32 DCM2 vs VideoMic NTG & Oktava MK-012
13:27 Do I recommend the DCM2?
14:15 Outro
14:47 Comparing DCM2, VideoMic NTG, and MK-012
15:09 Directly in Front of Mic
15:26 Off-Axis Sideways
15:44 Off-Axis from Rear
16:02 Distance Comparison
16:37 Off-Axis Rejection Test All Around
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[@HeathcliffBlair]

Thanks. It looks very much like the cheap (£20) Chinese mics that were (and possibly still are) available on Amazon/Ebay about 15 years ago. I owned a couple back then! If it is a re-badge of them then I think you'll find that it isn't a supercardiod at all. Instead, it's just a simple cardiod. The long mic body is just a faked shotgun lookalike. You can check that by holding the side grills up against a light and looking closely into the body. You might see a wire running through the length of the tube. If so, it means that the capsule is at the front of the mic, thus proving that it is not a supercardiod. A real shotgun mics has its capsule at the back of the mic, and the tube is always empty to allow the interference rejection effect to take place. Hope that helps.

[@blaspayri]

the automatic image exposure plays some weird tricks specially with the white box. The sound is weird and not pleasing.

[@ChrisSpiegl]

Thanks for the feedback. I noticed the exposure issues as well but wasn't able to rerecord at this time so I went with it.
What don't you like about the sound?

Great review!

[@ChrisSpiegl]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[@kenlo5433]

Impressive,!

[@ChrisSpiegl]

Thanks, what do you find impressive specifically?

[@Matthew_Raymond]

I feel like a comparison with a Rode NTG2 or a Sennheiser MKE 600 would make more sense, given the type of microphone this is.

[@ChrisSpiegl]

Absolutely, please feel free to send me one of the mics you mentioned (or tell the companies so they can send one out). I simply do not have access to all the mics I would like to compare things to. But luckily there are other CZcams Channels which may have them at hand and can create videos about these things.