greetings earthlings today i am back with a review of a new bridget bridget budget broadcast dynamic
microphone that microphone being the polson mc pod or mcpod i don't know if it's the whole
mcdonald's thing or not if you are interested in this microphone it will cost you between
80 and 100 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 the gain is set at like maybe 437.
it's up there it's almost at 100 i will not do any kind of post processing but i may boost it in
post so check the dooblydoo to see what i didly did now let's talk about what comes in the box
what a shocker you are going to get the microphone it comes on a previously installed mount you'll
get a 5 8 to 3 8 inch microphone stand adapter and a tiny bit of documentation then as far as the
build quality it feels perfectly sufficient for the price it does have an all metal body but the
metal feels a little bit cheap it also does have a metal mesh grille but it has a bit of give to it
so you may dent it if you drop the microphone the mounting bracket on this is going to be metal the
screws that hold the mounting bracket are plastic though the threading on the mount is going to be
a 5 8 inch threading but it comes with the 5 8 to 3 8 inch adapter on the rear of the microphone you
will find the xlr port and if you're interested this microphone is made in china then as far as
the specs the microphone has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 20 hertz to 20
kilohertz look at that frequency response graph it has a sensitivity of around negative 57 db and an
impedance of 320 ohms now i am spinning around the mic pod to 90 degrees so you can hear the
off axis rejection and coloration we'll continue 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 here you
go and then rotating and ending at the front of the microphone now let's see how well this
microphone does at 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 about three inches off of the mic 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 versus how much of the keyboard it picks up
now for all the elite gaming folk out there now i'm typing on them sad w
keys i don't know why it became southern there for a second
here is how the microphone sounds in a well-treated room
and here is how the microphone sounds in a completely untreated room now to test the shock
mount or shock rejection of this microphone i will tap my desk to see how much of that it rejects
and i'll tap the boom arm
and like always because i'm an annoying piece of garbage i am going to go ahead and tap on
the microphone to see if there are there is i need to see if there are resonant frequencies
now i want to do a very quick comparison between the mcpod and a couple of other affordable
broadcast dynamics and handheld dynamics to see how it stacks up against the competition
like always we'll start on the microphone we're reviewing this is the mcpod who is this by polson
i am three inches off of this thing gain is set at around 430 no post processing but check the lower
third to see how much i boosted it let's jump to the first mic and start the comparisons first up
we are on the zoom zdm one which goes for about eighty dollars if you buy the microphone just
by itself i am at the same distance same gain setting check the lower third like i just said
see how much i boost each of these in post but here is what an 80 microphone sounds like
compared to another 80 dollar broadcast dynamic microphone let's go back to that one we are
back on the pulsin audio mcpod three inches off gain still at 430 check the lower third
here is how this microphone sounds and let's jump to another mic so you can hear how this compares
against that now we are on one of the most famous microphones of all time the shure sm58 100
handheld dynamic microphone i am three inches off of it the gain on my 18 i20 is at the same place
about 330ish and check the lower third here is what a 100 classic very popular handheld
dynamic sounds like compared to the polson mick pod let's do some more comparisons
what an absolute shocker we are back on the mc pod again same distance same gain setting i
just want you to be able to hear the microphone we're comparing all these against let's jump to
the next mic and do that next comparison now we are on the se electronics v7 this is another 100
handheld super cardioid dynamic microphone i am at the same distance same gain setting
and here is just another option another comparison point another plotted point on the graph of
what the hell is happening here listen to it get a feel for it and let's go back and do
some more i am very demanding today aren't i i apologize for that hey we are back on the polsen
mcpod again here is how this microphone sounds i know somebody in their marketing department
is just screaming every single time i say it because i'm almost certain it is mcpod
so they are probably losing their mind as i say mcpod and that just makes it funny
for me but here is the mcpod and let's jump to another mic and do some more comparisons
now we are on the presonus pd70 this goes for about dollars it is another broadcast dynamic
microphone it's affordable three inches off gain still at 430 and this is what presonus is offering
in this price range sounds like compared to the polson i'm never going to remember that name this
is i think this is the first polson that i have reviewed or paulson pulsin polson polson paulson
i don't know that's the presonus here back on the pulsin again here is how this microphone sounds
get a sense for it listen to it this is the bass line let's jump to another microphone and hear
how it compares against that second to last we are on the sontronics podcast pro this goes for
150 dollars i am three inches off of this thing and it has a very hot output so i decreased my
gain to about four o'clock check the lower third for all of that information and here is how this
sounds compared to the polson about double the price 80 to 150 dollars sontronics made in the uk
very cool there let's jump back to the pulsing and do one last comparison let's do that and i believe
this is going to be the last one this is the polson audio again the mc pod or mcpod check it
out listen to it get a sense for how it sounds the characteristics of it the top end the mids the low
end on my voice let's jump to one last microphone and wrap up with that and lastly we have the
mxlbcd1 this goes for about 180 dollars this is another broadcast dynamic microphone almost all
of these have been i am three inches off but i decreased my gain to four o'clock because this
output was significantly louder but this is how this microphone sounds compared to the paulson
more than double the cost do you think it's worth it let me know in the comments down
below which of these microphones you liked the best was it the polson was it the mxl
the sontronics sure essie zoom pre-sonus let me know in the comments down below
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whatever you want okay i don't think that i have a single thing to say to start this outro with so
let's jump right into the pros and the cons and first up in terms of pros is the pricing
it is an incredibly affordable broadcast looking dynamic microphone i'm still not 100 sure what
a broadcast dynamic microphone requires to be labeled a broadcast dynamic microphone but at
least it looks the part it looks cool and a lot of people on video care what a microphone looks like
also i do think it did a fairly respectable job at background noise rejection then as far as cons the
microphone did a pretty bad job at rejecting bumps of the boom arm and desk and given the shape of
this microphone it's going to be difficult to find a shock mount to fit it also the microphone was
brutal in terms of plosive rejection and i think it gets to be a little bit sharp and sibilant up
top and a little bit unpleasant and fatiguing then as far as my overall thoughts and opinions of this
microphone on the electric guitar i was not a fan of it there it has a very unnatural and hollow
sound to it got a little bit piercing up towards the top of the guitar's register not good on the
electric guitar in my opinion then on the acoustic guitar again i wasn't a big fan of it to my ears
the way i would describe it is shouty it sounds as though the acoustic guitar is screaming and
shouting into the microphone very bizarre sound while also sounding dull and dead and all around
unpleasant i would not use this on the acoustic then for singing i think this mic is tolerable
the top end to my ears is still a bit grating a little bit grainy and sharp and unnatural sounding
but if it's the only microphone that you have i think you could make it work but if you have other
microphones in your mic locker this is nothing i would think you'd be reaching for i know i won't
be and lastly for spoken word i actually didn't find myself hating it all that much it offered a
relatively full-bodied sound the mids weren't as clear or clean as i would typically like sounds
a little bit closed off there and then when you get to the top end you have that same issue with a
little bit of sibilance a little bit of sharpness a little bit of graininess which i do think will
become a problem over really long form content and to wrap up would i recommend the polson mcpod
kind of i actually believe that this microphone outperformed the majority of the other broadcast
dynamic microphones that i compared against it it had a bit more of a natural sound although i think
that may be saying more about the other broadcast dynamic mics i'm comparing it against than it says
about this one but of the broadcasting microphones that i compared it against i do think that the
polson outperformed the majority of them the zoom at eighty dollars is another interesting option
a little bit less full-bodied a little bit clearer but i think the zoom might be a little
bit more fatiguing over extremely long periods but the reason why i am only saying kind of
is because if you're able to save up 20 extra dollars i do think something like the sev7
or any number of handheld dynamics would probably suit a lot of people better albeit it does not
look as cool on screen and i know a lot of people buy microphones based on how it looks on camera i
don't think you ought to be doing that you should buy a microphone based on how it sounds because
microphones are designed to sound a certain way but that's my crazy opinion buy a microphone
that sounds good as opposed to looks good but if you are one of those folks who wants a broadcast
dynamic microphone and you're on a budget at 80 bucks i think this is a pretty compelling option
all right i think that's going to wrap up for today i would love to hear from you in the
comments down below which of the microphones that i compared the polson mcpot against did you like
the best did you like the polson the se the pre sonus santronics which one let me know down below
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