Blue Snowball iCE vs. Yeti vs. Pro Mic! FULL Audio Test 2023

This is a full comparison of the $50 Blue Snowball iCE, $100 Blue Yeti, and $300 Rode NT1 kit. There's a blind audio test at the start, plus a noise floor comparison, in addition to unedited and edited audio samples.
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0:00 Blind Audio Test
0:01 Option A
0:30 Option B
0:57 Option C
1:17 Mic Reveals from Blind Audio Test
1:30 Blue Snowball Unedited Audio
2:17 Blue Yeti Unedited Audio
3:26 Rode NT1 Unedited Audio
4:32 Blue Snowball Noise Floor
4:39 Blue Yeti Noise Floor
4:45 Rode NT1 Noise Floor
4:52 Rode NT1 Edited Audio
5:12 Blue Snowball Edited Audio
5:31 Blue Yeti Edited Audio
5:54 Wrap-Up
6:04 Outro
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[@jasonrtech]

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[@David.Calhoun]

That opening, that's how you start out a mic comparison video!!! Excellent video

[@FluxFN]

Awesome stuff! Appreciate the comparison and loved the blind test at the beginning

[@celestialfrequency]

I really love how you did tested them ...that really helped!

[@timbonnarens]

Thank you for this review!

[@iimaginarii]

Really appreciate this video! Great review :)

[@naturalverities]

Very helpful. I particularly liked the blind ABC approach, in which I actually preferred the Yeti. I suspect a lot of the Snowball's very audible boxiness is due to nearfield reflections from the monitor screen and cinder block wall being poorly rejected by its pickup pattern. Just a thought.

[@ReyAlonzo91]

THANK YOU!

[@hoosakitty]

This was very helpful, thank you. Definitely getting the yeti for some basic advertising videos.

[@lightnio3359]

They all sounded really good, and tbh if you don’t compare you wouldn’t even notice a difference, thank you for this, I’m getting the snowball 100%

[@GAMEBOIMARCUS]

I liked the sound of Mic B to be honest.

[@Katesgamingcorner]

honestly its amazing how close the yeti and the Nt1 are to each other just like there isn't double to quality from the snowball to the yeti there isn't 3 times the performance from the yeti to the Nt1... honestly if anything this just proves you don't really need to spend more than $100 on a mic until you get to the very professional stage where you're easily gonna spend a couple grand on an XLR DAC alone and maybe a few grand on a XLR mic.

[@oneyedeagle]

thank you

[@user-nz1jy2lg6v]

Nice testing. You did great👍

[@Justin2cu]

Blindly I rated c 1st a 2nd and b 3rd, though! really. But I had to listen very very sharply focused!

[@alvin850]

I can hear the difference.

[@timyonce]

I would absolutely stay away from Blue yeti microphones or logi as they are called today.
They simply don't support the microphones they are not repairable by Logitech. So if you want something that holds up I would go with another brand like Shure, Rode, or Mackie.
Go with a company that repairs their own microphones.

[@pennypowell249]

I could not hear even the tiniest difference until the audio-floor section. The audio sounded exactly the same to my over-40 ears. That's what happens as you age, the subtlety sadly goes away.

[@shadowmatrix3140]

I switched to a Mac a while back and Audacity wouldn't open on my Mac, it kept crashing

[@jasonrtech]

Weird... Hope you get something figured out :/

[@timokampwerth1996]

to be honest, the difference between the Yeti and the Rode is so neglectable, I wonder where the price difference comes from. I'm no audiophile but other than the noise floor, it's barely noticable at all.

[@Prod.imex7]

is it worth the 100 dollars for the blue yeti?

[@Jamsaladd]

I would say skip the snowball, get the yeti and upgrade from that later if you still think you need to.

[@user-vo2xz4ys3k]

Make more videos about audio.

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Working on some rn!

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He does look a lot like him

[@TheAimTrainer]

It was in my mind but I couldn’t pull it out of my mouth

[@heeeeey1121]

whatt .. option a is the best in audio here! but i know u didn't use the mics right ( i mean you're room not good for recording)

[@hypeski]

I feel like they all sound the same no

[@YouMotorcycle]

Option B sounds more muffled. A and C sound best... I'm still watching so I don't know what's what yet

[@OMGthatISawsome]

@@YouMotorcycle Interesting, maybe my headphones are different, the snowball had lower volume and lower bass, the other two was very similar and had a lot of reverb for me.

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