![]() ![]() It is really cool if you have a whole Asus Aura Sync setup going on to take the RGB action on the Magnus, and it’s not as if it isn’t a very good microphone, but it’s a harder choice to objectively defend.Īs for the Yeti Pro, it does have the most natural sound recording of the bunch, but if we’re looking from a streamer perspective only, the added value of some of it’s qualities like the slightly higher detail level is just too little to justify the much higher price of that model you’re paying mostly for extra features there. Especially the Magnus which is more expensive and has a ton of features going for it, but it can’t beat the NT-USB in pure voice quality and we believe that should be the first, second and third thing on your list of priorities. It’s this NT-USB that puts serious pressure on the Magnus and the Yeti Pro. If you have the budget for this one over the Snowball or Seiren X: grab it, it’s hard to argue with the recording quality. It’s a bit on the warm side of neutral, which might not be perfect for pro grade musical recording, but it does great at voice presentation. At 140-150 EUR/USD it’s a fair bit more expensive, but the recording quality of this mic is simply fantastic, a big step up from the cheaper two. It’s the Rode NT-USB however where things get really interesting. The Snowball proved itself solid budget mic for starting streamers as well as some basic voice-over work, think YouTube. You might have to tune the input volume in Windows depending on the distance to your face, but that’s it, no actual effort or knowledge required.Īs far as sound quality goes? After testing with both a male and female voice in different environments we came to pretty straight forward conclusions: between the two cheapest models, the Snowball and the Seiren X, the Snowball just sounds a tad crisper and more detailed and does natural noise suppression slightly better. In between we have the Razer Seiren X at roughly 109 EUR/USD, the Rode NT-USB at about 140-150EUR/USD, and the Asus ROG Magnus which will cost you somewhere betwee 180 and 200 EUR/USD.Īll these mics are suitable for less experience streamers as you simply plug them into a USB port and use them instantly within software like Shadowplay and OBS. Blue also has the honours of being the most expensive one in the test with the Yeti Pro, usually found somewhere between 200-300 EUR/USD. The cheapest in our desktop mic line-up is the roughly 80 EUR/USD Blue Microphones Snowball. We say none are ewLLT ideal for streaming, but sometimes you have to make do. (Closely followed by the Roccat Khan Aimo, Teufel Cage and Sennheiser GSP350). If you don’t have budget for a separate mic? In our recent 10-headset roundup between 99 and 149 euros (the models you see above) three headsets stood out with a best-in-class microphones: Kingston’s HyperX Cloud Alpha, Logitech’s G Pro, and Steelseries’ Arctis 5. If you have a bit of cash to spare, buying any of the five mics we’re looking at today is going to be a huge upgrade. Even the better sounding gaming headset microphones that sound great when you’re talking to your buddies on Discord just don’t cut it for a serious stream. I dare say we have seen and the majority of them, but even the gaming headsets with the best microphones aren’t what you want if you want to take streaming seriously. Headset or separate mic?īefore we get to our desktop microphones, let’s briefly talk about gaming headsets. So we grabbed five popular desktop microphones to find out which one you should buy. Even if you’re gaming on an old potato and your connection is held together by carrie pigeons and a good dose of “please don’t crash today” you can drop resolution and video quality without too much consequence, as long as your voice doesn’t sound like you’re floating around in a submarine. One of the most vital parts of providing a pleasant viewing experience is making sure you have a decent recording quality. In previous parts of our ‘let’s stream’ series we talked about building our two kick-ass Nvidia GeForce / AORUS streaming systems, we took a look at Nvidia Shadowplay and OBS as streaming software before having some fun streaming ourselves. ![]() This content is also available in Dutch, click here to switch ![]() Let’s Stream! Part 7: Streaming Microphones (EN)
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