greetings earthlings today i'm back with a review of a very affordable dynamic microphone
that microphone is the shure sv 100 which is a multi-purpose microphone if you are interested
in this microphone it will cost you between 30 and 35 dollars like always i'll throw some links down
below and for this review i have the microphone connected directly to the focusrite 18i 22nd gen
my gain is set just at around 4 30. i will not do any kind of post processing but i may boost it in
post so check the doobly-doo to see what i did he did and now let's talk about what comes in the box
nolan ryan or some baseball thing you will of course get the microphone you'll get a 15 foot
xlr to quarter inch cable some documentation and that is actually it although you can go with the
sv100wa and you will get a microphone clip and a zippered bag as well then as far as the build
quality i don't really have any complaints about this thing it is sure so it is pretty dang well
built it has an all metal body a metal grille it weighs in at 244 grams on the side of the
microphone you will find an on off switch and here is what the actual microphone's capsule looks like
then as far as the specs the microphone has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of
50 hertz to 15 kilohertz a sensitivity of around negative 52 db and an impedance of 600 ohms now i
am spinning around the microphone to 90 degrees so you can hear the off-axis rejection and coloration
continuing around the microphone to 180 degrees here's what it sounds like from the rear
continuing around the microphone to the second 90 degree angle and then rotating and ending at
the front of the mic because this is a handheld microphone i will pass it back and forth between
my hands so you can see how well it does at rejecting handling noise now let's see how well
this microphone does are rejecting plosives please bring pizza pronto please bring pizza pronto
please bring pizza pronto now i am right on top of the microphone to demonstrate the
proximity effect on this thing now i'm about three inches off of the microphone with it pointed at
the corner of my mouth and here is how it sounds about one foot away from the microphone two feet
away from the microphone and about four feet away from the microphone now i am typing on a keyboard
with gatoron blue switches to see how much of my voice verse how much of the keyboard it picks up
and for you elite gamers now i am typing on the sad w keys
here's how the microphone sounds in a well-treated room
and here is how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room
now let's see how well this microphone rejects bumps of the desk and boom arm
using a standard sure microphone clip
now just to be as thorough and maybe obnoxious as i can possibly be
i am going to tap the microphone to see if there are any kind of resonant frequencies
now i will go ahead and flip the microphone on and off so you can
hear what kind of noise that generates
now as somebody who does spoken word this is not something i would do but in case you do
now i am wrapping my hand all the way around the microphone's grill
and here is how it sounds here's how it affects the tone
just so you get an idea of that if that's something that you care about now you know bum
flying star now i want to do a very quick test between the sure sv100 and a couple of other
budget dynamic microphones so let's go ahead and do that first off i am speaking into the shure
sv100 i am three inches off of the microphone gain on the interface is now set to four o'clock no
post processing but check the lower third to see how much i boost each of these microphones in post
now we are on the pyle pd mic 58 which is clearly a knockoff of the sm58 this is maybe a 10 to 15
microphone same gain settings same everything check the lower thirds to see how much i boosted
it here is how the pile sounds compared to the sv100 we are back on the sv100 here's how the
microphone sounds let's jump to the next one now we are on the king of the budget handheld dynamic
microphones the behringer xm 8500 this goes for 20 to 25 dollars so cheaper than the sure sv100
here is how the microphone sounds in comparison to that other one they're sure let's jump to back
to let's do whatever we're doing let's do that testing testing testing we are on the sv 100 again
let your ears get acclimated to the sound of this microphone and let's jump to the next one
now we are on the samson m10 which is a dynamic microphone which goes for about
thirty dollars three inches off same gain setting check the lower third to see how much i boosted it
and here's how it sounds hey hey monica we are back on the sv 100 here's how it sounds let's jump
to another one and compare it to that next up we are on the shure sv 200 and looking at the manual
i don't really think there's any difference between the 100 and the 200 other than the grill i
don't think there's any difference but regardless here's how the sv 200 sounds compared to the sv
100. hey podcastage michael here and i am back on the sv100 here's how it sounds let's go to
another microphone we of course do need to include some other sure microphones in this comparison so
here i am on the shure sm48 which goes for about 40. same gain setting on the preamp interface
check the lower third to see how much i boosted it but here is how a forty dollar microphone
compares against a thirty dollar microphone from the same company sometimes i just wanna take the
day off but i don't do it and we are back on i'm opening up we are back we're back on the
sv 100 here's how it sounds let's go to another microphone now we are on the audio technica atr
1500 which i believe is now discontinued but this goat went for about 60 dollars same gain setting
same distance check the lower third let's jump back to the sure please please please
help me i am being held hostage being forced to review microphones not true that's a joke here's
the sv100 let's go to another microphone and let you hear that one now we are on the shure pga 58
which is a 60 microphone which is still available i am at three inches gain it four o'clock
check the lower third here is how a sixty dollar microphone sounds like compared to the sv-100
does it sound like it's two times as good let me know in the comments down below
engagement is good i certainly hope this is the last microphone we're comparing it against but
here's the sv100 let's jump to another one and lastly we are on the most famous stage microphone
of all time i'm guessing the shure sm58 this is a 100 dynamic handheld microphone if you've ever
been to a concert you have seen this thing but here is how a 100 microphone sounds like compared
to the sv 100 does this microphone sound like it is worth over three times as much money as
the sv 100 same gain setting same distance and check the lower third to see how much i
boosted it we are done with the comparisons let's jump to the music test now woohoo
let me tell you a quick story about how i'm gonna die i'll be choking on some pizza in my
living room tonight honestly maybe not tonight but someday i can absolutely see that happening
and that's why i need a wife not for to love not to raise a family with
just so i have somebody to administer the heimlich maneuver on me how utilitarian right
i'm a psychopath i've lost my mind all right i went into this review
expecting very little because it is a 30 microphone and all i can say now is
well it it is a microphone it is a microphone nobody can deny that and first up in terms of
pros the background noise rejection on this thing was pretty impressive the build quality leaves
very little room for complaints sure does that really well and it's a 30 microphone and it works
very cool and then as far as cons the main thing is the handling noise it is abysmal atrocious
terrible awful very bad no good whatever type of day and the on off switch is incredibly loud so if
you're going to be using that as a mute switch be careful and now what are my overall thoughts and
opinions of this microphone on the electric guitar it has a very biting and aggressive tone which you
know i am a very big fan of the top bend does tend to get a little bit piercing and a little
bit fatiguing but it's not the worst thing in the world the low end is not overpowering because the
low end of this mic is a bit recessed and i think that all culminates into a pretty usable tone that
if i was in a pinch i would be happy to throw this in front of a guitar cab and get some aggressive
sounds out of it then on the acoustic guitar i was not keen of this mic on that instrument mainly
because the upper frequencies are so boosted that it starts to come across as artificial and
unnatural and to my ears that is just not pleasant to listen to so unless i was desperate i would not
use it for the acoustic next up for singing again i wasn't a big fan of it for that application
while i was recording i was far from clipping but in the upper frequencies it almost sounded as
though it was breaking up it had this grittiness and graininess to it that i was not a fan of and
i think would yield most vocal recordings pretty unusable unless you're looking for that effect
so i guess for a live karaoke style event it would be fine but for recording i wouldn't throw
it in front of a singer and lastly for spoken word sizzle that's how i would describe it as
i just mentioned it does have that grittiness and graininess and the upper frequencies which
i just don't find very natural or pleasing when i compared it against a few other sure dynamics
it did sound far less nasally and a bit more open and when i compared it against some other
more affordable dynamic microphones it wasn't as boosted in the air frequencies and it sounded far
less harsh but it still has that sizzle and i think there are better sounding options in the
bunch to wrap up would i recommend the sv 100 a 30 dollar dynamic microphone kind of it does
come down to personal preference but i think the shortcomings here are a bit too much to overcome
the unnatural top end the atrocious handling noise really just ruined it for me a few years ago i
may have recommended it but now that i have tested out a lot more microphones and become a lot more
acclimated to the handheld dynamic market if i had thirty dollars i would probably go for the
behringer xm 8500 i think it offers a much more balanced and natural sound compared to the sv
100 so if you're in the sub 30 microphone shopping range xm8500 is what i would recommend but let me
know in the comments down below did you like the sv100 better than the other microphones or did you
have another favorite of the bunch let me know in the comments down below and with all of that being
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