Category: Techniques and Products

My search for the best budget microphone for podcasting started in my echoey, un-optimized home office, where I spent three weeks speaking into different entry-level mics while my neighbor mowed his...

While editing raw audio recorded next to a humming space heater last month, I realized how easily cheap capsules distort high-frequency sibilance. Over forty hours of recording indoor video tutorials...

For the past month, my living room has been a chaotic testing ground of screeching feedback and muddy vocals as I hunted for the best bluetooth speaker with microphone. I ran every contender through...

While yelling into different diaphragms in my untreated home office, I realized that finding the best audio recording microphone isn't about chasing high price tags, but discovering which capsule...

While yelling over the roar of my neighborhood's leaf blowers to test range and noise rejection, I realized that finding the best affordable wireless microphone doesn’t have to mean settling for...

After testing dozens of models in my chaotic home office, I’ve realized that most manufacturers focus on blocking sound for your ears while completely ignoring what the person on the other end of...