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Hear 10 dynamic microphones — from Shure, Audix, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, Lewitt Audio, and Electro-Voice — on 3 different guitar tracks.

For this session of our “$1k Ribbon Mic Shootout“, we present two different male voices reading a narration. You’ll hear one voice through every mic at fixed distances (9 and in some cases also 4 inches), and a second voice at a distance selected for (subjectively) optimum results. Hear MP3s in a blind listening test […]

The third session of our “$1k Ribbon Mic Shootout” features a sensational vocalist named Molly Reed. She sang a song that I believe is by Celia Cruz, called Te Busco. The downloadable session file contains audio samples at 4-inch and 8-inch working distances, and a “control” track from a Neumann U87. Read on for MP3 […]

The sax session of our “$1k Ribbon Mic Shootout” was made possible by John Patrick Douglas, a wonderful musician who has played with dozens of jazz, classical and world music acts from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. John brought his alto sax, a 1959 Selmer Mk VI (Jody Jazz HR 6 mouthpiece, 3.5 […]

A handful of exciting new ribbon microphones have come out in the past year, so naturally, I got a pair of each and staged some sessions. We pulled in a few familiar models for comparison purposes; because the new mics all fall into the midpriced ($600-$1000) tier, we limited the selection to microphones under $1000. […]

In which we circle back after 3 years (!) and wrap up the most ambitious and expensive ribbon microphone test ever made.

Hear ADK’s five new $1800 microphones on the wonderful voice of Youtube star Lauren O’Connell.

Hear five top Hollywood voice actors test-drive $10,000 worth of voice microphones, including the new Audio-Technica AT5040. Starring Corey Burton!

One kick mic with 2-3 distinct sounds? You got it. AKG D12VR, Telefunken M82, E-V RE320, beyer M99: versatility, punch, and polish.

Is the Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB the best $50 podcasting microphone on the market? Listen and decide!