Which Budget Microphone Should You Buy?? | Best Microphone For Gaming & Streaming

[00:00] All of these microphones are below $100.

[00:02] We're going to compare all of them and

[00:04] we'll start with the Razer Siren V3

[00:06] Mini. Now, it does come with a stand.

[00:08] You can connect it to a microphone arm

[00:10] if you want. So, I just looked it up on

[00:12] Amazon. It is definitely not the most

[00:14] popular microphone out of all of them,

[00:16] but it has a very high rating. And

[00:18] that's why it intrigued me so much to

[00:20] test this version. So, this is a test of

[00:22] the Razer Siren V3 Mini. I expect it to

[00:25] perform a bit less than the other

[00:26] microphones when standing on your desk.

[00:29] Mainly because it's so small and it's so

[00:31] far from your mouth, but maybe it's

[00:32] fine. And I'll move it closer to my

[00:34] mouth. This is what it will kind of

[00:36] sound like when it's on a microphone arm

[00:38] close to you. And on top, there's also a

[00:40] mute button to mute your microphone. And

[00:42] you can also see the LED on the front

[00:44] going red whenever you mute the

[00:46] microphone. Next, we have the Samsung

[00:48] Q2U. It clearly doesn't look like a

[00:50] gaming microphone. However, it is often

[00:53] recommended as a choice that you make

[00:54] when you don't really care about the

[00:56] looks and you want a studio quality

[00:58] podcasting microphone. You also don't

[01:00] really need a microphone arm because

[01:02] well, the microphone is super tall. So,

[01:04] if you want a boom arm for the looks,

[01:06] you can get it. But for the sound

[01:08] quality, it won't really matter. It is

[01:10] both USBC and XLR. So, if you have an

[01:13] audio interface, you can use the XLR.

[01:15] They even include an XLR cable. And they

[01:17] also include a pop filter or windshield

[01:19] on the front here. Currently, you can

[01:20] get this one for $70. You also have a

[01:23] mic jack, by the way. So, if you want to

[01:25] plug your headset into this so you can

[01:27] monitor yourself without any lag, you

[01:29] can do that. So, this is what the mic

[01:31] sounds like. I don't even need to hold

[01:32] it closer to my mouth to show you what a

[01:34] mic will do because it's the perfect

[01:36] distance. You can use a mic if you want

[01:38] to free up your desk. Absolutely. But

[01:40] for the sound quality and performance,

[01:43] it is not needed. All right. Next, I

[01:45] want to test the Fifine Amplitank K688.

[01:48] It says on the box it's also an XLR and

[01:51] USBC mic. This microphone is meant to be

[01:54] connected to a microphone arm. It does

[01:55] look very much like a podcasting and

[01:58] streaming mic. And so for this I will

[02:00] use the Fifine CS1 since that's the mic

[02:02] arm that you will get if you buy the

[02:04] kit. It comes with a clamp and then with

[02:07] the arm itself. I do see that it has a

[02:09] shock mount which is great because that

[02:11] means that vibrations coming from the

[02:12] desk will not travel through the arm and

[02:14] to the mic because the shock mount. Now

[02:16] I do see some buttons on the back. So we

[02:19] do have a headphones monitoring jack as

[02:21] well. Then USBC or XLR to connect it to

[02:24] your PC. This is the gain knob for the

[02:26] sensitivity of the microphone. And then

[02:28] this is the headphone monitoring volume.

[02:30] And then this is how you would use it on

[02:32] stream. Okay. Test test test. I do like

[02:34] the sound. So this is from the front.

[02:36] This is from the side. It cancels a lot.

[02:38] Okay. And this is from the back.

[02:40] Currently you can get it for $54. It's

[02:42] available in black, pink, and white. And

[02:45] then for $14 more, you can get the kit

[02:47] with a microphone arm included. This one

[02:49] is also bought 3,000 times. So, this is

[02:51] a really popular mic, and this will look

[02:53] really clean in a white themed setup.

[02:56] All right, the next microphone I want to

[02:58] test is the Blue Yeti Orb. I've never

[03:00] tested it, but I'm really curious to

[03:02] check it out. And I'm not sure about

[03:03] this. It's weird with all the cloth all

[03:06] around. It looks like something to put

[03:07] in your living room, but then the bottom

[03:09] here, it's the lightest stand I've ever

[03:11] seen. It's super bulky, but empty

[03:13] plastic. And I mean it makes it feel a

[03:15] bit like a kid toy. You can connect it

[03:17] to a microphone arm with this if you

[03:19] want. Yeah, let's plug it in. So I just

[03:21] installed the software. This program is

[03:23] the Logitech G Hub by the way. So it has

[03:25] a preset for equalizing highp pass

[03:27] filter voice EQ. Like if you move the

[03:30] lows higher, you will have a really deep

[03:31] voice. You will sound like pirate

[03:33] software. This is what he's doing with

[03:35] his voice. Maybe he does this as well.

[03:37] And then this I worked at Blizzard 8

[03:40] years. Yes. And you can absolutely

[03:42] change the effects, but you can do that

[03:43] with all of these microphones. All

[03:45] right, the next microphone I want to

[03:47] test is the Pseudotech SD800.

[03:50] If you're an OG of the channel, you will

[03:52] recognize this microphone kit. Whenever

[03:54] I add it to a video, people in the

[03:56] comments absolutely love this

[03:57] microphone. It seems to be too

[03:59] sensitive, so I'm going to have to

[04:01] search it here. It shows up without a

[04:03] name. Uh, but the levels are set to 100.

[04:05] Let's just reduce this. Hello. Test test

[04:07] test. It shows up as very loud in OBS,

[04:10] but I don't think it's peing. I will

[04:12] talk closer into the microphone. It

[04:13] seems like it's doing some autoleveling

[04:15] because usually it should be peing if

[04:17] I'm this close. Okay, so this is what it

[04:19] sounds like at a reasonable distance

[04:21] from my mouth. Of course, you can also

[04:23] achieve that with the other ones with

[04:24] effects, but out of the box, this one

[04:26] will probably sound the most warm and

[04:28] full, deep, and all of that good stuff.

[04:31] Then next, we have the Samsung GTR Pro.

[04:34] This is a very heavy microphone. It's

[04:37] also clearly the same brand as the one

[04:39] we've tested before, the Q2U. And I'm

[04:41] curious because I think in terms of pure

[04:43] sound quality, it's not going to be

[04:45] worth paying more for this one. I think

[04:46] it's $99, while this one is about $79.

[04:50] But of course, you should not see them

[04:51] as the same microphones. Now, you can

[04:53] connect it to a microphone arm using

[04:56] this adapter that they include, but

[04:57] since the microphone is so big and it

[04:59] comes so high, it's not really

[05:01] necessary. Now, this mic is way more

[05:04] versatile than the other one from the

[05:06] same brand. And also for streaming, I'm

[05:08] just not sure if you need the

[05:09] versatility, but your use case might be

[05:11] different. But I'm very curious how it

[05:13] will sound. So, it's at cardioid right

[05:15] now, which means that it will push down

[05:16] my voice right now. Also, from the back,

[05:19] it will record way less than like this.

[05:21] But if I put it to figure eight, I think

[05:23] you will hear it reducing a bit from the

[05:25] side, but then when I go to the back, it

[05:27] will start recording fully again. So, it

[05:29] fully records from two sides. And then

[05:31] if you put it to omni then it uses both

[05:33] but then it sounds lower quality. So

[05:35] that's really in a group setting but

[05:37] indeed if you check it like this it

[05:39] doesn't really make much difference

[05:40] where you record from. It just records

[05:43] everything around. This is a test on

[05:45] omni. This is a test on figure 8. This

[05:49] is a test on cardioid. I really like the

[05:51] microphone. It is beefy. It looks super

[05:53] cool. It feels and looks like a quality

[05:55] product. It's also the most expensive

[05:57] one. It's $99. And if the sound quality

[06:00] of it just being on your desk to stream

[06:02] or to do YouTube is the only thing that

[06:04] matters to you, it's probably not going

[06:06] to be the best purchase purely on sound

[06:08] quality. But if any of the other

[06:09] features are interesting to you, then it

[06:11] might be an interesting product. I mean,

[06:13] I'm looking at the preview. That's a

[06:14] beefy mic. All right, next we have the

[06:17] cheapest microphone of them all, the

[06:19] Fifine K669B. I've used it in many

[06:22] setups because it's just one of the best

[06:24] options to buy if you want to pay the

[06:26] least amount of money for the best build

[06:28] quality and sound that you're going to

[06:30] get for about $23. This microphone gives

[06:33] you crazy value for your money. There is

[06:36] a volume knob here on the top. You

[06:38] cannot mute with it. You cannot press

[06:40] it. The mic simply stands on your desk,

[06:42] plugs into your PC, it sends some sound.

[06:44] That's the only thing it does. But it

[06:46] does it very well for the price. Okay.

[06:48] Now, there is something very important I

[06:50] need to mention. if you're even

[06:51] considering this mic, but I'll explain

[06:53] it while testing. Let's do a quick test

[06:55] first. So, this is what it sounds like

[06:57] on your desk when it's leveled pretty

[07:00] correctly. And then I will reduce the

[07:02] gain so we can hold it close to our

[07:05] mouth. Okay, then this is kind of what

[07:07] it sounds like. It is time right now to

[07:09] listen to all the microphones back to

[07:11] back. I recorded tests with all of them.

[07:13] So, I'm just going to let them play and

[07:15] then I'm going to let you decide for

[07:16] yourself which one you like best. This

[07:19] is a test of the Razer Siren V3 Mini

[07:22] standing on my desk. This is a test of

[07:24] the Razer Sarin V3 Mini on a microphone

[07:27] arm. This is a keyboard typing test of

[07:30] the Razer Sarin V3 Mini while it's

[07:32] standing on my desk. And this is a

[07:34] typing test of the Razer Sarin V3 Mini

[07:37] while it's on a microphone arm. This is

[07:39] a test of the Samsung Q2U standing on my

[07:42] desk. We don't have to test the

[07:44] microphone arm because it is already

[07:46] very close to my mouth. And then this is

[07:48] a keyboard typing test of the Samsung

[07:50] Q2U while it's standing on my desk. This

[07:54] is a test of the Fifine K688 microphone

[07:58] together with the Fifine CS1 microphone

[08:01] arm. If you buy them as a kit, it's

[08:03] called the Fifine K688CT.

[08:06] And this microphone does not come with a

[08:08] stand. So you need a microphone arm,

[08:10] which is why we only test it like that.

[08:12] And then this is a keyboard typing test

[08:14] of the Fifine K688 on a microphone arm.

[08:18] This is what the Logitech Yeti Orb will

[08:20] sound like when it's standing in front

[08:22] of you on your desk. This is what it

[08:24] will sound like when it's on a boom arm

[08:26] close to your mouth. This is what it

[08:29] will sound like when it's standing on

[08:30] your desk and you're typing your

[08:32] keyboard while gaming without any AI

[08:34] noise reduction effects or anything like

[08:36] that. And this is a test of keyboard

[08:38] sounds in the background while the

[08:40] microphone is on a boom arm close to

[08:42] your mouth. This is a test of the Pseudo

[08:45] Techch SD800 on a microphone arm. There

[08:48] is no point testing it without because

[08:49] it only comes as a kit. There is also a

[08:52] pop filter included in the box, but as

[08:54] long as you're not talking into the

[08:56] microphone and doing things like that,

[08:58] you're not going to have a problem and I

[08:59] just don't like the look of it hanging

[09:01] here. And then this is a test of the

[09:03] Sudoch SD800 while typing on my keyboard

[09:06] on my desk. This is a sound test of the

[09:09] Samsung Greg Pro while it's standing on

[09:12] my desk in front of me. And this is what

[09:14] it sounds like close to your mouth if it

[09:16] were on a boom. This is a test of typing

[09:19] my keyboard in the background while the

[09:21] Samsung GRA Pro is standing on my desk

[09:24] in front of me. And this is a keyboard

[09:26] typing test while the microphone is

[09:28] close to my mouth with the keyboard

[09:30] further away in the background. This is

[09:33] a sound test of the Fifine K669B while

[09:36] it's standing in front of me on my desk.

[09:39] And this is a test of the microphone

[09:41] when it's close to your mouth on a boom

[09:43] arm. And this is a test of the Fifine

[09:45] K669B while typing my keyboard in the

[09:48] background when it's on my desk. And

[09:50] this is a test of the Fifine K669B while

[09:54] the keyboard is being typed on in the

[09:56] back. And as a side note, the Fifine A6V

[10:00] sounds exactly the same as this

[10:02] microphone. So you can just know that if

[10:04] you buy that one, it will sound like

[10:06] this. It will just have RGB and a pop

[10:09] filter. As the absolute cheapest option,

[10:11] I think the K669B is amazing. It's $23.

[10:15] It sounds really good. It's built well.

[10:17] It's a no-brainer. If you want below

[10:19] $30, then the pseudo tech I really

[10:21] wouldn't recommend. And if you want to

[10:23] spend 50, I would definitely spend about

[10:26] 63 or something for the Fifine K688.

[10:30] It looks like a stereo microphone. It

[10:32] sounded really warm and full, but not in

[10:34] a bad way like the Sudotech mic. And

[10:37] another mic I also really liked is the

[10:39] Samsung Q2U. It is still more expensive

[10:42] than the K688. It also doesn't look like

[10:45] a live streaming or gaming microphone,

[10:47] but I really love the pure sound quality

[10:50] performance of this. It is $79 though.

[10:53] But that's about my three favorites. I

[10:55] really think you can't go wrong with

[10:57] either of these three. I will link

[10:59] everything mentioned in the description.

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