I just bought an MV6. I do gaming and record lecture videos for my job. It replaced an 8 year old Yeti that was starting to have problems. The only setting I've changed from default is set it to 80% dark and it sounds fantastic. One of the easist to setup and use microphones I've seen. The built in noise suppression is perfect for what I need. My hope is it lasts as long as my Yeti did, if not longer.
The MV6 has a USB-ish sound to it. But the SM7B, well, just sounds like an SM7B, a bit woolier, a bit warmer, a bit smoother, a lot better. I can't even describe the MV6 but it kinda sounds almost like...I can't even put it in words..but it just sounds like a USB mic. So there's that haha.
The acoustic properties of the size differences of the two bodies would mean that at the same settings they will always sound different. To get anywhere near like you would have to individually tweak the settings for each mic to get somewhere near a “close” matching. I feel this would be best achieved in post mixing. But this video does give a taste for how 2 mics on equal settings will compare. Thanks Bandrew
Even on a phone the mv6 sounds more strident. Dark helps a lot. For this honestly the sm7b and re20 are the best options. If you don't like them you sell them for the price you paid more or less.
It actually has a lot to do with how ears are shaped. The ear canal tends to accentuate sounds within the 2kHz-4kHz range, or upper mids. In recording, this range is referenced as being the 'intelligibility range'. People think the reason our ears evolved to this shape is to easily hear danger, like sticks breaking in the woods, etc. When microphones lack this range, it can be realllllly hard to understand what words are being said.
Okay but did you hear that plosive in the SM7B sample right at the end? "Fair comParison, totally!". More like totally unusable! MV6 wins, hands down, merely for it having a functional popper stopper built in.
See this is why even studios mix using crappy or mediocre speakers. I watched this video on a computer with a pair of Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 speakers and the difference in sound when the MV6 is moved over into the dark settings is almost impossible to hear. Same when using a pair of Koss PortaPros.
_Tested w/ Philips SHP9500 EQ'ed to Diffuse Field with a -1dB per octave slope & Kiwi Ears KE4._ MV6 in my ears when you go through the darker settings kind of makes the MV6 more congested and boxy. If anything, it sounds to me that the MV6 is more lower mids heavy than upper mids heavy. Something like 400 Hz to 800 Hz if we're talking frequencies. Especially on the darkest setting where it sounds like you tried to record in a sick day. If it is more on the upper mids heavy, it could be the energy from 800 to 2kHz being relatively boosted since I find those spots to make male vocals sound "barky". SM7b by comparison, despite being warmer, is more linear or gradual across the range. If I can imagine both mics represented in a frequency graph/line somehow, the SM7b is more of a down slope, while the MV6 is has a boost in the of treble and a 400 Hz to 800 Hz bump. On the brighter setting, now it gets kind of both boxy and thin. Brightest setting is just thin. Might as well sound like you're on an old radio. Especially with the maximum high pass mode.
MV6 on 100% dark w/ no additional filter sounded amazing
For people listening make sure to turn off audio stabilization in the gear setting on TH-cam so you can hear the major differences between both mics.
OMG in full bright mode is unlistenable lmao
I just bought an MV6. I do gaming and record lecture videos for my job. It replaced an 8 year old Yeti that was starting to have problems. The only setting I've changed from default is set it to 80% dark and it sounds fantastic. One of the easist to setup and use microphones I've seen. The built in noise suppression is perfect for what I need. My hope is it lasts as long as my Yeti did, if not longer.
The MV6 has a USB-ish sound to it. But the SM7B, well, just sounds like an SM7B, a bit woolier, a bit warmer, a bit smoother, a lot better. I can't even describe the MV6 but it kinda sounds almost like...I can't even put it in words..but it just sounds like a USB mic. So there's that haha.
your video quality on this channel ...so much better!
Loosey goosy recording on this channel.
sounds as you expected .. each switch closer to the 7b and a perfect replacement for some
The acoustic properties of the size differences of the two bodies would mean that at the same settings they will always sound different. To get anywhere near like you would have to individually tweak the settings for each mic to get somewhere near a “close” matching. I feel this would be best achieved in post mixing. But this video does give a taste for how 2 mics on equal settings will compare. Thanks Bandrew
Even on a phone the mv6 sounds more strident. Dark helps a lot.
For this honestly the sm7b and re20 are the best options. If you don't like them you sell them for the price you paid more or less.
I was waiting for Condenser Microphone Review 🙈🙈🙈 Please Bandrew, eagerly waiting for the Condenser Microphone Comparison Videos ❤
Good now Need to do a distance comparison. 2 ft away, 3 ft, 4ft etc.
when in neutral mode at the start, I don't here so much difference between the two
MV6 natural sounds better to me for just talking. Sounds smoothe and like a condenser.
MV6 really does sound congested. MV7X is a much better lower-cost choice.
Maybe there is something wrong with my ears,
but I find brighter microphones... easier to understand?
Definetly. Clean sound is always better, we don't want podcast sound with high bass anymore
It actually has a lot to do with how ears are shaped. The ear canal tends to accentuate sounds within the 2kHz-4kHz range, or upper mids. In recording, this range is referenced as being the 'intelligibility range'. People think the reason our ears evolved to this shape is to easily hear danger, like sticks breaking in the woods, etc. When microphones lack this range, it can be realllllly hard to understand what words are being said.
Dark50% is closest in sound to SM7B
7B is the better sounding of the two to my ears.
Okay but did you hear that plosive in the SM7B sample right at the end? "Fair comParison, totally!". More like totally unusable! MV6 wins, hands down, merely for it having a functional popper stopper built in.
The MV6 is just a discord "I really don't care about my sound" mic.
Sounds as intented.
See this is why even studios mix using crappy or mediocre speakers. I watched this video on a computer with a pair of Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 speakers and the difference in sound when the MV6 is moved over into the dark settings is almost impossible to hear. Same when using a pair of Koss PortaPros.
Hey. Thanks.
The MV6 sounds like a phone speaker.
_Tested w/ Philips SHP9500 EQ'ed to Diffuse Field with a -1dB per octave slope & Kiwi Ears KE4._
MV6 in my ears when you go through the darker settings kind of makes the MV6 more congested and boxy. If anything, it sounds to me that the MV6 is more lower mids heavy than upper mids heavy. Something like 400 Hz to 800 Hz if we're talking frequencies. Especially on the darkest setting where it sounds like you tried to record in a sick day.
If it is more on the upper mids heavy, it could be the energy from 800 to 2kHz being relatively boosted since I find those spots to make male vocals sound "barky". SM7b by comparison, despite being warmer, is more linear or gradual across the range.
If I can imagine both mics represented in a frequency graph/line somehow, the SM7b is more of a down slope, while the MV6 is has a boost in the of treble and a 400 Hz to 800 Hz bump.
On the brighter setting, now it gets kind of both boxy and thin. Brightest setting is just thin. Might as well sound like you're on an old radio. Especially with the maximum high pass mode.
SM7b