PreSonus PD-70 Dynamic Cardioid Broadcast Microphone for Recordings, Broadcast, Podcasting, and Live Streaming

Most important thing to note is that this microphone is EXTREMELY HEAVY (over 800 g) and will probably need you to buy a new microphone boom arm to support its weight (I ended up ordering the Samson MBA-38)!! So factor that cost into your equation.I only just got this mic today and did a little bit of testing with it, hooking it up to my Audient Evo 4. The sound quality is very good & felt extremely natural to me (dynamic mics often have a very "broadcast-y" sound to them). This mic does require a lot of gain though: I had to set my EVO 4 to max gain (+50 dB) and even then I could get decent levels only if the mic was about 7-8 cms (~3 inches) from my mouth.Background sound rejection is good, but not great.Will update this review later with detailed impressions after using the mic some more.

Update on Sep. 22, 2022: While I love this mic, it may not be the best one for my specific voice.I found out that much of the richness of my voice is in the lower frequencies and this mic is engineered to focus slightly differently. Took me a while to figure out how to use it for best effect.I found that the Maono AU HD300T, for example, does a better job with the lower frequencies of my voice. So this was a trial and error learning. Probably no other way.Original review below:I love this microphone. Was a bit tough on my pocket, AND I’m getting the best out of it only after I paired it with the sE DM1 in-line pre-amp. That meant another 10k INR on the DM1 so be prepared for that. But once get the hang of it and customise it a bit in post, to suit your voice, like boosting the lower end a bit (but not much, mind you), which this mic ignores a wee bit, you can get studio-level quality. By the way the sE DM1 is definitely better than the costlier cloudlifter, in my view. See my brief review on that if you like.

Mic is solidly built (very heavy) and sounds good. It can only be used for podcasts and is not suitable for voiceovers or vocals. It is already mentioned that the mic is for podcasts. So purchase it wisely.

I've used the Presonus PD-70 in my setup for over two years. This thing is a heavy tank of a mic, but it does sound good. It's nearly identical to an SM7B with both the high pass and presence switches on (the PD-70 has no switches itself). It does take the "big muff" windscreen for an SM7B if you need more plosive protection and to dull it down a little to get that podcast voice sound. The single yoke works great. There is a good bit of handling noise and does not make a great stage mic for live music, but if you have a strong enough boom to hold it and don't touch it then this will work great. I'm using this as my daily driver for all Zoom meetings through a Behringer UMC204HD and it handles the mic just fine with the gain at 3 o'clock no problem. Recorded female vocals with it through a Presonus Revelator io24 into a Mac and sounded great. For the money, you can have two PD-70s, a Revelator Io24, and cables for around the price of some other broadcast mics. Bonus: the Revelator has onboard processing to eq your mics if you take a little time to set it up. Double bonus: the Revelator has some pretty advanced routing if you're teaching over Zoom or Twitch streaming. I know this is not a Revelator review, but it does pair nicely. I bought two more PD-70s because I got tired of borrowing the one from my daily workstation.

Didn’t expect it to be this good. Nice mic for my voice

Klanglich ein gutes Mikrofon, aber da ich es nicht in meiner Handhalten konnte, war es am Ende für mich nicht geeignet.

You heard me correct (pun totally intended). I literally just compared this £90-ish microphone to the Shure SM7B, a whopping £300 microphone.It's ridiculous to make such a ridiculous claim, isn't it? Well, for someone who's experimented with a tonne of microphones, including but not limited to: this one (PD-70), Shure SM7B, MV7(X), EV RE20 out of the dynamic broadcasting bunch, I have to say that this microphone is brilliant value for overall money. I personally have sensitive hearing and I don't know if it's just me, after all audio is entirely subjective to what people prefer, but I feel this is overall a much better microphone to the SM7B, since I entirely found that it has a lot better presence overall in comparison. I do like the sound of the SM7B, but I never kept mine because I felt that it could get insanely muddy and too dark at times, where my experience straight out of the box with this has been extremely fun and easy-to-use.I rate it 5 stars because I find this to be an easy killer to the "younger brother" of the SM7B, the MV7(X), but of course it has some flaws to it. I don't appreciate that Presonus or other manufacturer hasn't made any shockmounts to help reduce unwanted noise such as vibrations, but I'm fairly happy with the sound quality to put that aside and still rate it highly.Although I haven't used the software that Presonus gives, it is a great resource for those that are new to audio and need help within the post-processing section. It's an amazing resource if this is for beginners or just people like myself who just like messing about with this sort of stuff.My rating? 99/100. The 1/100 over being the shockmount. That is how high I give it.

J'ai recommandé à tous les amis...Ce vraiment bon produit il y rien à dire...