hello everyone and welcome back this is paul from tech link and this is my newest
microphone the fifine k678 so in today's video i'm gonna take you through the basics
all the features and we'll do some sound testing and finally
we'll give you my personal opinion regarding this product so make sure to stick around till the end
and now the moment i've been waiting for unboxing this in three two one
hold on just a quick thing i would like to mention i know they say you shouldn't judge
a book by its cover but hey this box looks really good and feels so great
which kind of makes me feel that the mic will have an amazing build quality
inside the box you get the fifine k678 microphone with an adjustable desktop stand you get a premium
usb cable uh my thread screw adapter and the user manual guide onto the mic the build feels like
premium being made of all metal and it also looks great with this matte black and very minimalistic
moving on to the features on the front of the fifine k678 you will find an indicator light
when it is green it means that it is plugged into the computer powered sufficiently and unmuted when
the light is red it means it is muted and this takes me to the next feature i want to talk about
this button right here uh which allows you to mute and unmute the microphone and this i believe
it's a great feature especially if you are into podcasting or live streaming you can easily take
away the sound just by pressing this button on the other side of it there is a microphone gain
knob which will help you control the sensitivity of your microphone's capsule
to be more precise this knob increases the amplitude of your microphone signal from
mic level to line level so the microphone signal is compatible with professional
audio equipment just like if you had the mic preamp right under the the gain knob there is
a headphone volume control and at the bottom of this microphone you have a headphone jack
so you can hear yourself talking through the microphone so you know exactly how you sound
which i believe it's a great add-on and then you have an usb connection and in the middle you will
see some treading and that is where you can mount this microphone onto a mic stand if you want to
do that you have to remove it from the stand it comes with which is really easy to do because the
rubber grommets will hold the screws in place and this again i believe it's a very practical feature
the microphone's polar pattern is cardioid which means that the area in front of the mic is the
most sensitive and as you go on the sides the picked up signal gets significantly lowered
till it almost reaches a dead spot behind the microphone
another thing that brought my attention to this microphone is the plug and play feature
which means you don't need any specific software or preamp is literally just plug
plug plug and play and you can use it on any system that runs on windows 10 all the way down to
windows vista not that anyone uses windows vista anymore or you can use it on your mac and now it's
time for a quick sound test i normally record my videos using an iphone and the microphone from the
earpods so this test will be a comparison against that i will read out loud a few phrases for you to
get an idea of how this sounds this will be raw unedited audio recorded from a similar distance
this is how the apple mic sounds it snowed rained and hailed the same morning
her purse was full of useless trash the beauty of the view stunned the young boy
and this is how the k678 sounds it snowed rained and hailed the same morning
her purse was full of useless trash the beauty of the view stunned the young boy
so to make a quick recap i like the way it's been designed that premium feeling that you get and
also i like the built-in preamp which saves you from buying additional gear if you need to amplify
low level signals but the main selling point i believe is the ease of use is literally
plug and play you can use it on every pc or mac with a simple usb port and whichever
standard program used for recording sounds what i would have loved to get is maybe a pop filter
together with the microphone and i don't understand why they use a mini usb for the cable
the only flaw i could find is the lack of other polar patterns however is not a deal breaker since
if we are to compare it with the more popular blue yeti it costs around 50 pounds less so
it's a compromise you can make and then everyone has different needs i mean if you do podcasts
with other guests then yeah you might want to look for something that has an omnidirectional pattern
otherwise if you need to record musical instruments do a live streaming or if the
room you're recording from has bad acoustics then the cardioid pattern is the perfect choice
overall this microphone left me with a really good impression and i truly believe it's worth buying
as it probably offers the best value for money you can get and that's it for today if you
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