greetings earthlings today i'm back with
a review of another brand new dynamic
broadcast microphone that microphone
being the buyer dynamic m70 pro x
dynamic broadcast microphone if you are
interested in this mic kit it will cost
you around 300
like always i'll throw some links in the
description down below also in the sake
of full disclosure i do need to let you
know that buyer dynamic did send me this
microphone for the sake of making this
review but for this review i have the
mic running directly into the focusrite
18i 22nd gen my gain is set at around 4
30. i'm recording 24 bit 48 kilohertz
and i will not do any kind of
post-processing but i may have to boost
it a bit in post so check the doobly-doo
or the lower third to see what i didily
did now let's talk about what comes in
the box
what a shocker you are going to get the
microphone you'll get this shock mount
as well as a 5 8 to 3 8 inch microphone
stand adapter you'll get a really nice
feeling pop filter a microphone pouch
cover thing to protect the mic and a
little bit of documentation then as far
as the build quality i really don't have
any complaints about it it has an all
metal body a metal mesh grille and there
is no give to it at all as we move
around the microphone there are no
buttons or switches the rear of the
microphone you'll find the xlr port and
if it matters to you this microphone is
made in china
then as far as the specs this microphone
has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency
response of 25 hertz to 18 kilohertz a
sensitivity of around negative 55 db and
an impedance of 350 ohms
now i'm moving around the microphone 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 the rear of the mic sounds
like continuing around the microphone to
the second 90 degree angle and then we
will rotate and end at the front of the
microphone now let's see how well this
microphone rejects 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 microphone with
it pointed at the corner of my mouth and
here's how it's sounding here we are
about one foot away from the microphone
now we're about two feet away from the
microphone and now we are 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
and for the game and folk i am typing on
the sad w keys
here is 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 the microphone
rejects shocks so i will go ahead and
start by tapping on my desk to see how
much of that noise it can reject
and then i will tap on the boom arm
and now because i'm an annoying person
i'm going to go ahead and tap on the
body of the microphone to see if there
are any kind of resonant frequencies
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now like we always do we're going to do
a quick comparison between the
microphone that we're reviewing and a
bunch of microphones on the market so we
can see how it stacks up against the
competition we'll start on the buyer
dynamic i am three inches away my gain
is at 430 and here's how the mic sounds
first up we are on the rode pod mic
which is a 100 dynamic microphone three
inches off gain at 430. here's how it
sounds let's do another comparison back
again on the buyer dynamic here's how it
sounds let's jump to the second
microphone here we are on another 100
dynamic mic this is the shure sm58 still
three inches still gain at 430. here's
how it sounds let's go and do more of
these things
in case you were not expecting it we are
back on the buyer dynamic m70 pro x
again here's how it sounds nothing has
changed next microphone now we are on
one of my all-time favorites this is
another 100 handheld dynamic mic the se
electronics v7 three inches off gain it
for 30 check the lower third to see how
much i boost each of these in post and
let's go to another microphone again on
the m70 pro x so you can hear how this
sounds let's jump to the fourth mic now
we are on the audio technica at2040 a
dynamic microphone three inches off gain
it for 30. there you go let's go and do
more thingies whatever these are we have
a lot to get to today so this is the
buyer dynamic again next microphone
next we are jumping up in price this is
180
this is the sure mv7x three inches off
again at 430. and here is how this
sounds let's jump back to the buyer
dynamic back on the buyer dynamic there
you go let's jump to the sixth micro
sixth
sixth microphone why is that hard to say
next
okay we are jumping up in price again
now we are on the rode pro caster which
costs 230 dollars i am still three
inches off and gain is still at 430
another broadcast dynamic microphone
let's jump back to the buyer and do more
comparisons and again on the buyer
dynamic just to cleanse your palate
here's how it sounds let's go to the
next one now we are jumping up in price
again actually i think we're doing that
on every single microphone this is the
electro voice re320
300
the high pass filter is not engaged
three inches off and gain is now at four
o'clock because this is really a hot
microphone and there you go let's jump
back to the buyer dynamic and do more i
know you're expecting it at this point
but this is the buyer dynamic again
because you need to hear it in between
every single comparison there you go
next mic now we are on one of the
original podcasting microphones this is
the heil pr40 330 to 350.
three inches off again at 4 30 again and
here is how this sounds very bright
let's jump back to the buyer and do more
of these we have a lot more to go i
think this is the eighth or ninth
comparison but this is the buyer dynamic
let's go to the next mic now we are on
my old faithful the shure sm7b this
costs four hundred dollars i'm about
three inches off from the mic gain is at
100 on the 18 i20 and there you go sm7b
400
versus 300
let's do more we've got more
which microphone is this i don't know
buyer dynamic that's what you're
listening to right now three inches gain
at 430. let's go to another one
next we are on an increasingly popular
microphone this is the electro voice
re20 this costs 450 dollars three inches
off again at 430 and here is how it
sounds classic radio broadcast
microphone versus a new broadcast
dynamic mic let's do more i'm still very
very confused about what number we're at
but this is the buyer dynamic listen to
it and let's do another comparison okay
now we are on the first condenser in
this comparison this is the earthworks
icon pro which costs five hundred
dollars three inches off again at 12
o'clock and here's how it sounds
condenser microphone versus broadcast
dynamic let's jump to the next one and
let me go ahead and shut off phantom
power so i don't destroy it and here you
go this is the buyer dynamic again in
case you have forgot what it sounds like
let's go to another microphone now we
are on the buyer dynamic m160 this is
not really a fair comparison but this is
a ribbon from buyer dynamic and this is
my favorite buyer dynamic mic seven
hundred dollars gain at one hundred
percent three inches off
m160 ribbon mic versus the m70 pro x
let's jump back to the buyer dynamic m70
pro x and do the final microphone i
think
and now i believe we're getting to the
last microphone i think
so this is the buyer dynamic let's jump
to the last one and finally we are on
the control in my reviews the neumann
u87ai
this is a multi-pattern condenser
microphone my gain is at 11 15ish i am
three inches off on the cardioid mode
and there you go 3600
versus 300
which of these microphones of the many
that i compared it against was your
favorite let me know in the comments
down below and let's jump to the music
test
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got a million mikes to go yet will we
ever make it through them it'll take a
dozen years i hope that i'm still here
i know i went all weird with a tempo and
you all think i'm gonna resolve that
four accord i am not i'm feeling
particularly evil today deal with it
let's go to the conclusion so your
brains will be all itchy for the rest of
the day
okay it's no secret that i absolutely
love the buyer dynamic m160 but when it
comes to the m70 pro x
this sounds quite different from the
m160 and first up in terms of pros the
build quality of the microphone feels
really robust and i have no concerns
about it and also it comes with some
excellent accessories with a high
quality and very effective shock mount
and a very effective and well-built pop
filter but then as far as cons the only
real issue that i have with this thing
is for spoken word i think it sounds a
bit unbalanced and lopsided but as far
as my overall thoughts and opinions of
this microphone on the electric guitar i
rather liked it because it did have such
a tight low end the mids were extremely
clean and unoffensive and they just got
out of the way without sounding scooped
and then the top end had this beautiful
sizzle to it that i really enjoy and it
didn't get too fatiguing or sharp to my
ears then on the acoustic guitar it's
definitely not my favorite but the top
end on this thing is definitely workable
especially considering that it's a
dynamic it also avoids the boominess
that you sometimes run into with dynamic
microphones but the main thing that
keeps me from really liking it is it
does come across as a little bit shouty
i don't know how else to describe it
i've used that term in the past and
that's the only way i can describe it it
sounds shouty like the acoustic is
yelling at me sometimes next up for
singing i think that it works well for
that application the top end is
extremely exciting which is something
that a lot of people look for for
singing microphones the mids are
inoffensive they aren't scooped and they
aren't overly nasally so i really
enjoyed the mids there and then the lows
are extremely controlled which is
exactly what you're going to do with a
vocal microphone in a full mix and
lastly for spoken word i wasn't the
biggest fan of it for this application i
just hear it coming across as having a
bit too weak of a low end it does have
really nice and smooth mids to my ears
though but then you get to the top end
and it is very boosted there and very
dominant and without something to offset
that in the low end it just comes across
a little bit lopsided and to wrap up
what i recommend the buyer dynamic m70
pro x both kind of and no let's start
with the kind of this microphone is
marketed as a broadcast dynamic
microphone however i found myself liking
it significantly more for music than i
did for broadcasting vocals for general
studio use i think this is a very
interesting sounding microphone and a
very interesting proposition but the
reason i'm only saying i would kind of
recommend it is at 300
this thing has a ton of competition you
could almost buy an sm7b for that price
you could buy a rode nt1 which is one of
my all-time favorite mics for that price
you could buy three sm57s for the price
of this microphone i'm not saying i
wouldn't recommend it over any of those
other microphones i'm saying that's
going to come down to your personal
preference and your needs and you have
to be the one to decide whether or not
this microphone is going to fit into
your microphone locker when you have so
many other options to pick from and then
the application that i'm saying i
wouldn't recommend it for is spoken word
that's because personally i think the
top end is a bit too over boosted and i
think it becomes a bit unbalanced and
over long listening sessions which is
what you're going to be using a
broadcast microphone for i think it's
going to end up coming across a bit
fatiguing and a bit unpleasant and that
is all that i've got for you today but i
would love to hear from you in the
comments down below do you agree with my
assessment of the m70 pro x and which of
the microphones in the comparison was
your favorite if you found this video
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