Category: Techniques and Products

For the past month, I subjected my ears to grueling nine-hour workdays, testing how well various headsets blocked out my neighbor's leaf blower during crucial Zoom calls. This exhaustive hands-on...

When I spent three weeks whispering and shouting into condenser capsules inside my makeshift closet studio, I realized that the best microphones for voice acting aren't always the most expensive...

Spending the last month shouting, whispering, and singing into a crowded desk of gear in my untreated spare bedroom taught me exactly what separates the pretenders from the best microphones for vocal...

While recording TikToks in a howling wind tunnel of a downtown subway station last month, I realized that finding the absolute best microphones for video recording for social media isn't about...

Spitting into a dozen different grilles in my damp, poorly treated basement studio over three weeks taught me that finding the best microphones for singers isn’t about buying the most expensive...

My ears are still ringing from the three weeks I spent yelling, whispering, and aggressively clicking my mechanical keyboard in my drafty home office to find the actual best microphones for podcasts....