Yeah. I think it probably is just a marketing decision. I imagine the thought is: A lot of people make podcasts, so putting podcast in the product name will make them want to buy it when searching for a mic because it’s clearly a mic made specifically for this application.
It's not *horrible* but it definitely isn't a great value brand new... I enjoyed literally everything else you compared to the D2. That mute button is VERY good though--no pop, quick response. Thank you for the review!
0:52 oh my did the grill actually stay dented when you pushed on it? Off access rejection is quite good. Considering all things. Pass. Much better solutions for same pricepoint. The song? You might want to approach brands to write them "brand" songs. Love it!
Would have loved to have spent 6 seconds on this as opposed to hours upon hours. But I give ever mic the same treatment and tests, which totally sucks some times.
Sounded pretty good in an untreated room. Might be a good fit for a pee wee basketball game announcer, especially with the reach around radio effect. Behringer should totally trademark and market that "feature."
It’s direct competition for the MV7 which I can speak from experience is used by podcast professionals, so putting the “podcast” in the model name makes sense to me. While it doesn’t clean up soundwise, it wins over MV7 in two important respects - it’s a lot cheaper and it includes a stand.
You should make a spotify account and upload the songs you make in these videos, would be fun i think lol. Also, are you planning on doing a review on the new Presonus Quantum ES series?
Doobalee... box throwing injury?! Hwat?! Po pee po paa po poo! I wasn't impressed with the performance of the mic for the music test. The playing was awesome though. Still waiting for that album!
My friend has been wanting to get a dynamic mic for his production, he does esports commentary and streaming. He wants to go for a cheap USB/XLR mic instead of just XLR. Currently he has an AT2020, and I told him about Fifine, because their mics are surprisingly good sounding.
Honestly, as someone with the SM7B, personally I prefer LDC mics like the Rode NT1 5th Gen or TLM 103. Ultra low noise floor. SM7B (with how much gain it often needs) is a hiss machine. Unusable, in my opinion, for some things.
Why so negative? This is clearly engineered for bad acoustics and my, this is some of the most benign and even off-axis response I have heard in a long time. Thin and at times harsh, yes, but the roll off is to save newnies from proximity effect and upper mid boost is for intelligibility. Really don't get the missing shock rejection. Sounded much better via the Scarlett imho.
I don’t think i was overly negative. I thought my analysis was fair and complete. I called it out for issues that i think the mic has, and because there are cheaper mics that perform better in my opinion.
True that, I agree the issues you described are there and your reviews are the most complete I have ever heard. I disagree in the subjective part, but that's definitely in the eye of the beholder!
Hmm, that was as disappointing at its price point as the weirdness you encountered with the MV7+. The high pass filtering is weird when most of the other broadcast style mics chase the "over bass" of the SM7B, often to their detriment. The rejection of room noise was it's best feature, but only if you don't touch it. It feels more like a copy of the fifine K688, but with more problems, which also is kind of weird. The maono PD400x is a similar price, with better results AND full dsp/software control. Even on my huawei tablet via YT your voice on this D2 sounded very changed, though it might suit some voices more than yours (or mine). The push in the mids (?) or something made you very nasally? Certainly you didn't sound yourself. The review cements the Q2U as a budget prince (if not king) in USB Combo devices. And the K688 remains a good budget choice. The newer fifine Ampli Tank 3 (crazy name) is kind of an improved K688 but with a more natural EQ (according to reviews). And maono's combo mics 100/200/400 are in a similar pros/cons/price balance along side the fifine. There's even a sentence on fifine's website where they say "we could have improved the build quality or handling but then we'd have had to make the sound worse" *at any given price point*. Which is beautifully frank. The oddity touching the XLR pins shows us again that combo mics are actually hard. It's very easy for electrical noise or even valid signal on the usb side to bleed across to xlr, and apparently the opposite too! I still suspect that the rode podmic usb blocks dual output simply to sidestep the issue. Also: Did you paste in old footage of the podmic usb, as you said "compared to the K688"?! 😮
I didn’t include old footage, I just record all the clips of the mic I’m reviewing, and then do all the other samples, and I think the mic I used before the PodMic was the K688 so I said that instead of the D2.
I don't understand saying the U87 costing $3600 isn't a fair comparison. That mic sucks. It should not cost $3600. Based on its sound quality, it should cost maybe $1000. I would never waste my money on one. I'd rather spend 4 to 5 grand on a 1970s 414 with a brass capsule (the best solid state LDC of all time, hands down). The 87 got weak low end, a nasally midrange and an ugly, narrow top end boost. Most mics are underwhelming nowadays anyway. They need to make em cheaper, and it sounds like it. Even Neumann. You're just buying a name at this point. They changed the electronics in the U87 and the capsules are tuned too tight, because they want them to be more consistent from one mic to the next. You know what happens when you tune a capsule too tight? You lose low end. That's why you gotta be lucky to get a good U67 Reissue. You might get one where the capsule isn't too tight and it will sound good. I put a brand new U67 Reissue up against an old U87 from the 80s. I did a blind comparison and I thought the 87 was the 67. The 67 was so thin and bright. I couldn't believe it!
I pretty much have written off Behringer all together. I don't buy their products anymore and I won't ever again. There have been too much weirdness with their brand, all of the copying their competitors products almost to a "T" and their CEO saying weird comments and mocking people online is enough for me to not support their brand.
It seems like they’ve kind of abandoned the mic side of things and are focusing more on synths and now preamps. Been pretty disappointed with the latest few releases.
If the way the cable is part of the yoke in the SM7b isn't patented these companies could dethrone it easily. So many mics you review sound so so so good but if you're going to show your mic on camera on youtube you better see the xlr cable attached to the yoke so you know it's a "quality" mic. SM7b isn't the best mic out there just that one single design feature no one else does screams "I spent $400" and that is all that matters to people. They'll watch these videos, see what's good. Then go buy an SM7b for the flex. That's the sad reality of the mic scene when it comes to creators.
I know that this is the ripoff the mv2. Shure has released a new handheld mic = behringer has released a new "podcast" "professional" ripoff... rly ...
Those guitar parts were pure gold!!
I appreciate comparisons like this. They keep convincing me to stick with the Q2U for my family's rather mundane needs.
My Q2U's power switch is gettin dodgy, rip
Love the radio feature. More mics need that, but I wonder if two people have that mic would they be able to talk to each other?
The word "Podcast" means about as much as "Professional" - marketing woo-woo.
Yeah. I think it probably is just a marketing decision. I imagine the thought is: A lot of people make podcasts, so putting podcast in the product name will make them want to buy it when searching for a mic because it’s clearly a mic made specifically for this application.
Seems an SEO play, above all
That shock mount is bananas. Agree about the aggressive roll off. Too many other options at this price or lower (I own many) to spend money on the D2.
The FiFine K688 sounds greats especially at that price range.
It's not *horrible* but it definitely isn't a great value brand new... I enjoyed literally everything else you compared to the D2. That mute button is VERY good though--no pop, quick response. Thank you for the review!
It sounds weak a little on the quite side and the mids highs 70% are off. This mic sounds no better than a $20 to $35 mic.
*Still praying for the day Bandrew reviews the sE electronics T1/T2 😳*
Mood lighting win during Soul Selling Behringer song. 🔥
I love your reviews, because you bring the pizza pop pee pee poo to every episode.
0:52 oh my did the grill actually stay dented when you pushed on it?
Off access rejection is quite good.
Considering all things. Pass. Much better solutions for same pricepoint.
The song? You might want to approach brands to write them "brand" songs. Love it!
This mic is pretty thin sounding. Took me just 6 seconds.
Would have loved to have spent 6 seconds on this as opposed to hours upon hours. But I give ever mic the same treatment and tests, which totally sucks some times.
@@Podcastage and we love you for it!!! :D
@@Podcastagemaybe there’s merit in publishing single-word reviews as ‘Shorts’.
@@ChrisFineganTunesSo a new series of shorts called "Bandrew says NO!".
Love the early first gen snowball and plastic cup tone, so retro!
Sounded pretty good in an untreated room. Might be a good fit for a pee wee basketball game announcer, especially with the reach around radio effect. Behringer should totally trademark and market that "feature."
Good detailed review.
It’s direct competition for the MV7 which I can speak from experience is used by podcast professionals, so putting the “podcast” in the model name makes sense to me. While it doesn’t clean up soundwise, it wins over MV7 in two important respects - it’s a lot cheaper and it includes a stand.
Honestly, would love to see a review of the Avantone CV-12 BLA, as how it sounds compared to the original one!
Brandrew you look good 😎👍
Thanks for a great review! I still like my Samson Q2U far better, including on your comparison. And yeah, that $25 mic sounded surprisingly good!
Q2u works well.
Very good off axis rejection
the 3 finger pin demonstration proves he is an alien....wise guy, eh!
Sound over bit depth - great line
HELLO NEUMANN! It gets me every. single. time! :D
GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS! I’m a baritone looking for a home studio vocal microphone, which microphones would you suggest? $500 or less
You should make a spotify account and upload the songs you make in these videos, would be fun i think lol. Also, are you planning on doing a review on the new Presonus Quantum ES series?
Doobalee... box throwing injury?! Hwat?!
Po pee po paa po poo!
I wasn't impressed with the performance of the mic for the music test. The playing was awesome though. Still waiting for that album!
Yeah for the same $130 price right now you could even get the Behringer UMC202HD 2 input Interface and 2 XM8500 and record a 2 person podcast.
My friend has been wanting to get a dynamic mic for his production, he does esports commentary and streaming. He wants to go for a cheap USB/XLR mic instead of just XLR. Currently he has an AT2020, and I told him about Fifine, because their mics are surprisingly good sounding.
Honestly, as someone with the SM7B, personally I prefer LDC mics like the Rode NT1 5th Gen or TLM 103. Ultra low noise floor. SM7B (with how much gain it often needs) is a hiss machine. Unusable, in my opinion, for some things.
Do you plan to do a review on the new Sony ECM-S1 "podcast" mic as well?
How about a review of THEE VO mic, the Sennheiser 416,. Legendary VO talent Ernie Anderson (ABC) pioneered it's predecessor , the 415T, for VO.
Are you getting a Telefunken tf17 i high key want to know what you think of it!
Can you review the slate digital vms ml-1 mic semilator
Please review the Schoeps CMIT 5 U Shotgun Condenser
Built in radio? I'm in
Man, pls, do DPA 4018 or 2028 with kms and so on
Danke!
Thank you so much Rainer! The support helps me continue to make these reviews. You, good sir, are an absolute legend.
It's totally my pleasure, Bandrew! I'm glad if it helps a little bit. (Don't call me sir, please. I don't feel that important.)
Why so negative? This is clearly engineered for bad acoustics and my, this is some of the most benign and even off-axis response I have heard in a long time. Thin and at times harsh, yes, but the roll off is to save newnies from proximity effect and upper mid boost is for intelligibility. Really don't get the missing shock rejection.
Sounded much better via the Scarlett imho.
I don’t think i was overly negative. I thought my analysis was fair and complete. I called it out for issues that i think the mic has, and because there are cheaper mics that perform better in my opinion.
True that, I agree the issues you described are there and your reviews are the most complete I have ever heard. I disagree in the subjective part, but that's definitely in the eye of the beholder!
I got a mic for you to test! PLEASE!!! Warm Audio's WA-44. Their new ribbon mic! Its amazing.
i thought this mic was overpriced until i saw the XLR touch-to-radio killer feature 👀👂🤌 genius!
Microphone? Two thumbs down. Bandrew music? Two thumbs up. Still waiting for you to drop an album of your music!
Cheers
nice music
Hmm, that was as disappointing at its price point as the weirdness you encountered with the MV7+.
The high pass filtering is weird when most of the other broadcast style mics chase the "over bass" of the SM7B, often to their detriment. The rejection of room noise was it's best feature, but only if you don't touch it. It feels more like a copy of the fifine K688, but with more problems, which also is kind of weird. The maono PD400x is a similar price, with better results AND full dsp/software control.
Even on my huawei tablet via YT your voice on this D2 sounded very changed, though it might suit some voices more than yours (or mine). The push in the mids (?) or something made you very nasally? Certainly you didn't sound yourself.
The review cements the Q2U as a budget prince (if not king) in USB Combo devices. And the K688 remains a good budget choice. The newer fifine Ampli Tank 3 (crazy name) is kind of an improved K688 but with a more natural EQ (according to reviews). And maono's combo mics 100/200/400 are in a similar pros/cons/price balance along side the fifine. There's even a sentence on fifine's website where they say "we could have improved the build quality or handling but then we'd have had to make the sound worse" *at any given price point*. Which is beautifully frank.
The oddity touching the XLR pins shows us again that combo mics are actually hard. It's very easy for electrical noise or even valid signal on the usb side to bleed across to xlr, and apparently the opposite too! I still suspect that the rode podmic usb blocks dual output simply to sidestep the issue.
Also: Did you paste in old footage of the podmic usb, as you said "compared to the K688"?! 😮
I didn’t include old footage, I just record all the clips of the mic I’m reviewing, and then do all the other samples, and I think the mic I used before the PodMic was the K688 so I said that instead of the D2.
I don't understand saying the U87 costing $3600 isn't a fair comparison. That mic sucks. It should not cost $3600. Based on its sound quality, it should cost maybe $1000. I would never waste my money on one. I'd rather spend 4 to 5 grand on a 1970s 414 with a brass capsule (the best solid state LDC of all time, hands down). The 87 got weak low end, a nasally midrange and an ugly, narrow top end boost. Most mics are underwhelming nowadays anyway. They need to make em cheaper, and it sounds like it. Even Neumann. You're just buying a name at this point. They changed the electronics in the U87 and the capsules are tuned too tight, because they want them to be more consistent from one mic to the next. You know what happens when you tune a capsule too tight? You lose low end. That's why you gotta be lucky to get a good U67 Reissue. You might get one where the capsule isn't too tight and it will sound good. I put a brand new U67 Reissue up against an old U87 from the 80s. I did a blind comparison and I thought the 87 was the 67. The 67 was so thin and bright. I couldn't believe it!
I think this mic is pretty bad, not specificlly psolives or somethng, but just overall sound quallity is very boxed and not detailed, thx for review
I pretty much have written off Behringer all together. I don't buy their products anymore and I won't ever again. There have been too much weirdness with their brand, all of the copying their competitors products almost to a "T" and their CEO saying weird comments and mocking people online is enough for me to not support their brand.
It seems like they’ve kind of abandoned the mic side of things and are focusing more on synths and now preamps. Been pretty disappointed with the latest few releases.
it's a miss for the D2, too pricey (let that sink in a little) too aggressive hp filter, free radio mind ya...
It sounded wonky even through my phone speakers :')
Hello....Neumann...
Let’s also mention the questionable noise floor on this mic. Behringer must’ve pushed this one out the door too early…understatement
The D2 s'got a bit of a nasal tendency, like a few others to be honest. My favorite tbone SC950 from the 90s is far superior ;)
They included a free radio and it’s a con?! Pshhhhh
I was under the impression that behringer was the company that tried to bully you into a better review in the past.
Nope. I’ve never received a single email or anything from Behringer as far as I can recall.
If the way the cable is part of the yoke in the SM7b isn't patented these companies could dethrone it easily. So many mics you review sound so so so good but if you're going to show your mic on camera on youtube you better see the xlr cable attached to the yoke so you know it's a "quality" mic. SM7b isn't the best mic out there just that one single design feature no one else does screams "I spent $400" and that is all that matters to people. They'll watch these videos, see what's good. Then go buy an SM7b for the flex. That's the sad reality of the mic scene when it comes to creators.
I know that this is the ripoff the mv2. Shure has released a new handheld mic = behringer has released a new "podcast" "professional" ripoff... rly ...
Oh look, it's another Shure knockoff.
Pass I’ll stick with telling cheap bastards to buy SM58s.
Please properly procure professionally prepared peperoni pizza pronto pal
Hmmm.
Not a fan.
Right there with ya.
Even for 130 it just sounds very bad. ew
Agreed. $130 is too much.
Oh man... That thing sounds awful...
It sounds cheap, like $100 mics