greetings earthlings and welcome back to podcast H my name is Bandar and I'm back with a vs. series
for you guys today I am going to be putting up the at2020 vs. the 80/20 35 and if you want to
see the full review of the 80/20 20 there's a link right up here and if you're interested in
a full review of the 80/20 35 there is a link in the write appear right there click it if
you want to see the full review of just one of these microphones now both of these microphones
are condenser microphones meaning they will both require phantom power to work the at2020 lists
a phantom power requirement of 48 volts while the 20:35 has a phantom power requirement of
11 volts to 52 volts so anything in between there should power the 20:35 and for this
review I will be connecting both microphones to my computer using the focusrite scarlett solo
with 48 volt phantom power turned on now as far as the build quality both of these
microphones feel absolutely amazing they both have a full metal construction they feel like
they're built to last they'll stand the test of time and it feels like they could probably
take a pretty decent beating and still work now there are a couple differences between
these microphones first off the 20/20 is slightly smaller and also on the 20:35 we have a 10 decibel
pad over here and a bass roll-off switch over here okay let's go ahead and get Raw into the
tests now I'm speaking into the audio technica at2020 this thing will set you back about $100
it lists the frequency response at 20 Hertz to 20 kilohertz and it also lists a cardioid polar
pattern the sensitivity of the 20/20 is listed at negative 37 decibels with a dynamic range of
124 decibels it lists the impedance at 100 ohms and lastly it lists the signal-to-noise ratio
at 74 decibels okay now speaking into the audio technica at2020 response of Hertz to 20 kilohertz
and it also lists a cardioid polar pattern now the sensitivity of the 20:35 is listed
at negative 33 decibels with a dynamic range of 136 decibels it lists the impedance at 120 ohms
and it has a signal-to-noise ratio of 82 decibels now I'm speaking into the at2020 and spinning the
microphone around to determine what the actual polar pattern is and how the frequency response
changes as we move into different orientations around the microphone now I'm speaking into
the 2035 and spinning the microphone around to determine what the actual polar pattern is and
how the frequency response and pick up changes as we move into different orientations around
the microphones capsule now I'm banging on a keyboard directly behind the microphone to
determine how much of my voice first how much of the keyboard it picks up okay now I am banging
on a keyboard directly behind the microphone to determine how much of my voice versus how much of
the actual keyboard it picks up now I'm one foot away from the at2020 now I'm about one foot away
from the 20:35 now I am two feet away from the at2020 now I'm about two feet away from the 8020
35 now I am about four feet away from the 8020 20 now I am about four feet away from the 2035
I wish that Elon Musk would hurry the F up so I could buy a ticket to visit the Red Planet right
now and the winner of this vs. series is the audio technica at2020 response is listed the exact same
for both of these microphones but if you look at the actual EQ as you can see and you could also
hear that the 20:35 has a slight boost in the high end that just gives it a little bit better
presence the 20:35 also has a better sensitivity meaning if you were to pass the exact same signal
into both microphones the 20:35 would output a greater signal meaning it would require less
amplification by your preamp ultimately giving you a cleaner sound on a similar note it also
has a better dynamic range meaning it could handle louder signals on top of everything else it also
has a better signal-to-noise ratio meaning it will actually produce a cleaner signal and you
will have to deal with less line noise however the at2020 does have a slightly lower impedance
at 100 ohms verses the hundred and twenty fourth at twenty thirty five but in all honesty both
these impotence Azhar solo I don't think that should be really a determining factor for you
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