do you like memes I certainly hope so because today we're reviewing a microphone that I
bought strictly for the meme or the clickbait or something I don't even know anymore the microphone
we're reviewing is a TLM 102 but not one of those pesky low-quality neumann TLM 102 s we are talking
about a mic WL t LM one or two high quality this will cost you around eighty eight dollars if you
want to buy it on eBay but I'm not even gonna link it so don't look for it for the review I
have the microphone connected directly to my 18 i 22nd Gen 48 volt phantom power turned on and
my gain set at around 12:30 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 Lee did and now let's talk about what comes in
the box you will of course get the microphone you'll get a microphone mount which does not
come with a 5/8 to 3/8 inch microphone stand adapter a really high quality foam windscreen
and some very easy to read documentation then as far as the build quality the microphone feels
pretty decent it does have an all-metal body as well as a pretty sturdy metal mesh grille
on the front it has a big TLM 102 written on the side so you know you're getting quality there are
no switches or anything as you move around the microphone and on the bottom you'll find the
XLR port and if you're interested here is what the small microphone capsule looks like then as
far as the specs this microphone has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 30 Hertz to
20 kilohertz a sensitivity of around negative 32 decibels I don't read this language so I'm going
to venture a guess on what these specs are let me know if I'm right in the comments down below a max
SPL of 126 DB a self-noise of 18 DB a I think a signal-to-noise ratio of 76 DB I don't know
an impedance of 200 ohms and a phantom power requirement of plus 48 volts now I'm spinning
around the t LM 102 to 90 degrees show you what it sounds like from the side for rejection and
coloration we'll continue around the microphone to 180 degrees here's how it sounds from the rear
continue around the microphone to the second 90 degree angle and then I will rotate and end at
the front of the microphone now let's go ahead and test the plosive rejection of this thing
please bring Pizza pronto please bring Pizza pronto please bring Pizza pronto now let's see
how the provided foam windscreen effects the tone of the t LM 102 right now I'm speaking into the
microphone with no foam windscreen attached and here is how it sounds and here are some plosives
and now I have attached the foam windscreen that comes with this microphone and here is
how it sounds tonally and here are some plosives now I am right on top of the microphone to show
you the proximity effect on this thing about 3 inches off of the microphone with it pointed
at the corner of my mouth 1 foot away from the microphone 2 feet away from the microphone from
the microphone now I am typing on a keyboard with cherry MX blues to see how much of my voice first
how much of the keyboard it picks up for you elite gamers now I am typing on the sad W keys full now
let's go ahead and see how the microphone and the provided mount does at rejecting bumps of the desk
it's pathetic 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 go ahead and put this microphone up against its
namesake the Noi Minh TLM 102 to see how it compares right now I am three inches off of
the mic WL t LM 102 and here is how the audio is sounding now I am three inches off of the Noi Minh
T LM 102 with the exact same gain setting but check the dooblydoo because I may have
to boost this differently compared to the mic WL t LM one or two but regardless here is how
the microphone sounds in the exact same position exact same distance and exact same gain setting
when you're out of ideas I've got nothing left go ahead and rip them off I'm sure you won't get
caught JK you idiots you morons are you kidding me of course you're gonna get caught it is so
blatantly a ripoff of the NOI mantilla it's even the same model number you stupid stupid
idiots Wow this microphone really does suck and first up in terms of pros I don't think there
are any I don't think there is anything that is a pro about this microphone except for maybe one
thing we'll talk about that later but then in terms of cons the microphone is just terrible
sounding there is no isolation from bumps of the desk or of the boom arm the plosive rejection is
god-awful and it's clearly trying to trick people into buying it because it has the model number TLM
102 there is just nothing redeeming about this microphone except maybe the electric guitar so
what are my overall thoughts of this microphone on the electric guitar I actually kind of liked
it mainly because the upper frequencies are so aggressive that it just complements an overly
distorted guitar really well I liked it a lot on the electric guitar when it's super distorted then
on the acoustic guitar I think it was way too thin I even aimed the mic directly at the sound hole to
try to bring in some of those lower frequencies it just didn't do it so I did not like it on that
instrument next up for singing it was extremely over boosted in the upper frequencies making it
unpleasant to listen to and leading it to sound unnatural and lastly for spoken word it is so over
boosted in the treble and air frequencies that it started to get sibling and it even has this
metallic characteristic to it I just hated how it sounded for spoken word so what I recommend
this microphone No under no circumstances do I think anybody should buy this thing is just a
bad sounding microphone that is designed to look exactly like the Noi Minh TLM 102 and they even
slapped the same model number on there it only exists to trick people into thinking that this
is the deal of a lifetime oh my god I'm getting a TL m102 for $88 how can I not buy that that's it
that's the only reason it exists so don't let Mike CW trick you into buying this microphone because
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