EPISODE 27

Do more expensive microphones really sound better? We recorded 10 different mystery microphones in this blind test. See if you can hear the differences with your ears and not with your eyes!

We’re not even going to tell you what the mics are before the test!

Listen to the original high resolution 24-bit 192kHz audio clips:

Mystery Mic A

Mystery Mic B

Mystery Mic C

Mystery Mic D

Mystery Mic E

Mystery Mic F

Mystery Mic G

Mystery Mic H

Mystery Mic I

Mystery Mic J

Presented by

Bob Fairbairn

Steven Bramson

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Tony: How good are your ears? Can you hear, and do you know the difference between different types of microphones? We have 10 different microphone recordings that will listen to blind, carefully note, the tonal characteristics that you hear, and then we’ll reveal the identity of each microphone. At the end,

I spent some time earlier today to record my voice on 10 different microphones in a vocal booth. Bob and Steven will listen to these recordings and note what they hear. Please play along and make your own notes. The point of this exercise is not to choose the better microphone, but rather to test and train your ears, to hear the differences between different types of microphones.

And to describe what you hear, I’m not going to tell you what the different microphones are before the test. So it’s completely blind that way you won’t be trying to identify specific microphones based on what you think they sound like or how much they cost. There will be 10 different recordings labeled a through J so go ahead and make your list.

Got it. Okay. Get your nice headphones on because that’s the best way to participate in this test. Pause this video. If you need to, we’ll also post the original high resolution audio files on our website. Check the description for the link. Here we go. Ready guys? 

Bob: Yes, sir. 

Tony: Yep. This is a test of mystery microphone, a at six inches, she sells seashells by the seashore.

The shells she sells are Shirley seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells. Peter Piper picked a Peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper picked a Peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a Peck of pickled peppers, where’s the Peck of pickled peppers.

Peter Piper picked. This is a test of mystery microphone, a at three inches, she sells seashells by the seashore. The shell she sells are Shirley seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.