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Most other mics, whether more expensive or much cheaper, pick up far more mouth noise and sounds plosives and sibilance or significantly alter your voice at certain frequencies in an attempt to round out the sound or to correct shortcomings. In our latest round of testing, the Yeti did pull in a lot of room noise compared with more noise-isolating mics like the Amazon Basics microphone , but our audio experts still ranked it near or at the top due to its very natural, clear, and full sound.
In contrast, our testers preferred other mics for only one register over the other—for example, one panelist chose the previous version of the Amazon Basics microphone as the best model for the higher register but ranked it fourth for lower voices.
The Yeti is less likely to hiss or boom, or to enhance higher or lower voice disparities than other microphones. The zero-latency headphone jack lets you hear yourself without any delay as you record, and the in-mic gain dial gives you more control over the volume coming out of the microphone and going into your computer. This feature is helpful anytime you need to make on-the-fly adjustments for louder or softer speakers.
The master volume control mimics a headphone monitor control on a professional recording console. We liked its tactile clicks and volume marker, which made it easy for us to gauge the adjustments as we went along, as opposed to the controls on the Yeti Nano , which has a similar dial without tactile or visual feedback.
The other side of the Yeti has a dial with firm, reassuring clicks that lets you switch between four pickup patterns: cardioid one person , stereo multiple sources from two sides , omnidirectional the whole room , and bidirectional two people across from each other. The Yeti comes with its own swiveling table stand, but you can remove that and place the mic on a traditional mic stand though not all mic stands are compatible, and the mounting involves a little hassle—more on that below.
The biggest flaw of the Blue Yeti lies not in its sound but in its build. This is a rare instance where good build quality can actually be a downside.
The stand is sturdy and heavy 2. Once out of its stand, the mic itself weighs 1. It can also be awkward and tippy with small desktop mounts, a recurring irritation that owners mention in Amazon reviews.
A universal clip-on version like this filter can do in a pinch, but the look of the long wire and the space it takes up can be irksome. The new model we tested is nearly identical to the one we loved the last time we updated this guide shown in the photo above , except it now has important features that were previously missing, namely a headphone jack, headphone volume control, and gain control.
Its audio quality remains stellar: It stood out to our panelists in our tests, ranking as well as or even better than more expensive options.
For two of our five experts, this mic was either their top pick or tied with the Yeti. With the gain set at the middle as on the other microphones, the Amazon Basics mic was one of the quietest models in our test group, but you could correct that by, well, turning the gain up on the mic. True to the brand, the Amazon Basics microphone also stands out for its simplicity.
That makes this model convenient to keep off to the side of your desk and to grab when you need it. You can also unscrew the mic from its stand to place it in a microphone arm, and most pop filters and wind screens can clip onto the body of the mic.
In a pinch, you can still mute yourself by turning the gain knob all the way down, but doing so is not as quick or convenient as pressing a dedicated button. The previous version of the Amazon Basics microphone had a mute button but no headphone jack or gain control; we prefer having those controls over a mute button.
If your desk or storage space is at a premium, or if you often move your mic between recording spaces, consider the Shure MV5. In previous rounds of testing, it scored well with our panelists in voice recording quality—some panelists even ranked it better overall than the Blue Yeti. The trade-off is that the MV5 is not as sturdy, stable, or tall as the Yeti, so you have to put in more work to set it up at the proper height for recording.
But the MV5 has just enough recording features—a direct-monitoring headphone jack and impressive automatic gain control—to make it a solid pick for people who value smaller size and portability. Most of the other microphones we tested had a much wider range of scores from our experts, but the majority of our panelists agreed that the MV5 was nearly the best when we used its vocals preset.
The MV5 avoids most of the compromises you might expect in a portable microphone. It offers three digital signal processor DSP presets: vocals, flat neutral , and instrument.
But in our tests, the vocals preset created a noticeably clearer recording. This means you can easily keep recording while working at different locations without lugging around a laptop. Wirecutter senior staff writer Lauren Dragan uses the MV5 while traveling and has booked voice-acting gigs with it on the go.
Shure provides an iOS app that allows for quick recording and sharing, with gain control, clip trimming, a live visual monitor, and more presets for equalizing your recordings. The MV5 weighs 5. It easily disassembles into a ball-shaped head and a C-shaped stand for travel.
Because the MV5 is a small mic, with a small default stand, most people will have to place the MV5 on top of something preferably something stable to put it in a comfortable speaking position at a laptop or desktop computer. But to be fair, this is often the case for the Yeti and other mics, too. Like the Yeti, it has four pickup patterns cardioid, stereo, omnidirectional, and bidirectional , a headphone jack, volume and gain controls, and a quick-mute button.
The Talk Go is lightweight but not as portable as the Shure MV5, and we found that it picked up too much room noise and outside noise.
The Talk Pro has nice LED lights and sleek controls, but its recordings ranked near the bottom for most of our panelists. Our test vocals were so processed and compressed that we sounded depressed. The colorful RGB lighting this mic is designed for gamers might be too distracting for office use, and although this mic offers sturdy build quality plus an included shock mount, we found it fiddly to disassemble for mounting on a mic boom.
Its all-stainless-steel design is elegant, and the mic is especially simple to use. Unfortunately, it ranked at the bottom of our tests, capturing our voice with a harsh edge. In our test, the audio sounded warm but also thin and as if we were far away from the mic. We prefer the MV5 for its greater versatility with mobile devices and its better performance in previous tests. It also costs more than the Amazon Basics mic, and it picked up boomy room noise in our tests.
It has a colorful, old-timey design, too. We may consider retesting it in the future. Its more compact size makes it easier to stash away or to ignore on your desk, but only one of our testers rated this microphone in their top three based on the audio samples. The Samson Q2U Recording and Podcasting Pack consists of a standard handheld mic the kind you might use for singing karaoke with a tripod stand and a pop filter.
However, for the majority of our panelists, it rated lower on our sample-based audio-quality tests than all other mics, and the stand felt less stable, as well.
None of our testers, however, chose this model as one of their top three mics, and several said the recordings sounded unclear and boomy, with too much room noise and echo.
Voice-over professional and Wirecutter headphones and audio expert Lauren Dragan chose it as her second pick for voice quality, but the less-expensive Blue Yeti rated higher in our sample-based testing across all of the other panelists. Our audio engineers rated this mic last or second-to-last in our sample-based tests, though, noting that it picked up a lot of interference, sounded hollow, and lacked clarity.
The Samson Meteor was a prior pick for a decent-enough portable USB microphone, but the sizable grill caused bounce-back that made it sound unnatural, and both experts and staffers on our panel noticed a lot of mouth noise.
It has a larger diaphragm for capturing sound, more processing modes, and touch-bar buttons for adjusting the input level and muting the mic or headphones.
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