hey everybody welcome back to podcast egde my name is van der and I'm back with another microphone
test video for you guys so today I am testing out this guy or this guy this is the Barringer ultra
voice XM 8500 dynamic cardioid vocal microphone that didn't go home I picked on so as you can see
this is an XLR microphone and right now I'm using an XLR to 3.5 millimeter cable to hook it up to my
computer but I will do a test where I use the XLR to USB cable and see if that works a little bit
later and as per usual if you are interested in this microphone it'll set you back about 20 bucks
and I'll throw a link in the video description down below now let's go ahead and talk about
what you get in the box first you get an actual plastic storage box which honestly I think is a
little bit overkill it's unnecessary I don't think you need anything like that but it's kind of cool
then you're going to get the microphone you also get this mic clip right here the mic clip comes
with a 5/8 to 3/8 inch microphone stand adapter and then you get a couple pieces of documentation
so all around the build quality of this thing feels pretty nice it's an all-metal body a metal
grill and it just has some really nice weight to it although I did check it out and it does feel
like it's still a little bit lighter than the shure sm58 and speaking of which we'll compare
these microphones a little bit later so there are no useful specifications listed they don't list
the frequency response they only say that it's a cardioid polar pattern so we'll go ahead and
just test these out so first we'll start with the polar pattern keep talking to see how it picks me
up as we speak all the way around it as we go in every single direction and see how it picks up my
voice okay and now I am typing on a keyboard as I speak into the microphone to see how much of my
voice it picks up versus how much of the keyboard it picks up that is directly behind it okay right
now I'm about one foot away from the microphone now I am about two feet away from the microphone
now I'm about four or four and a half feet away from the microphone okay now I am talking into the
XM 8500 and I am using the XLR to 3.5 millimeter cable and I am plugging into one of the older
say brandt USB audio adapters and this is what it sounds like okay now I'm talking into the
XM 8500 using the XLR to USB cable and just as I suspected it is working because this is a dynamic
microphone and therefore does not require phantom power or any voltage to work and this is what it
sounds like when I'm using that cable now let's go ahead and compare the 8500 to the shure sm58
singing songs to see how microphone sound
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so when comparing the microphones the first thing I noticed is the XM 8500 is slightly
louder than the sm58 or it has a higher output signal I also notice that the 8500 has slightly
more mid frequencies than the sm58 which some people might prefer but with that being said
I think the XM 8500 is slightly muddier than the sm58 and also when comparing the acoustic
guitar sounds I think the sm58 sounds slightly more open and slightly more natural but all
around I think the sounds are pretty comparable especially considering that this is a $20.00 mic
compared to the hundred dollars that the sm58 costs so I think this is a really nice sounding
microphone for 20 dollars and the build quality is really nice as well and it feels like it can
take a beating but if this is still out of your price range the Pyle PD mic 58 ranges between
11 and 20 bucks that's another good option the build quality is slightly worse than this but it
still sounds pretty good alright guys I guess that will do it if you are interested in this
microphone or the PD mic 58 I'll throw links in the video description down below if you have any
more questions about this microphone leave them in the comments and I'll try to get back to you
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