Lewitt MTP 940 CM Condenser Mic Review / Test (vs. SM58, AT2010, KSM105)

[@LEWITT-audio]

Thank you very much for the review! We really like this approach to testing microphones - let your ears judge which one is best for you 😁

[@SimplicityForGood]

If one will both do singing and acting like voice acting to read in scripts for audiobooks and such but also do Stand Up comedy and want a mic I can bring with me, can I use only this mic for all these things? How to compare this mic to the 440 Pure mic or perhaps better compared to the Flex 441 for singing and voice work?! Please help me understand the differences and what I best get out of this mic compared to the others better so that I can make an educational purchase! 😄🙏🏻 Thank you 🇸🇪

[@iancraig]

Thank you Bandrew. What a great collection of mics. Really enjoyed this.

[@Kragatar]

The Earthworks SR314 has to be the coolest looking mic of all time. Sounds amazing too.

[@marin4311]

Lewitt makes good stuff.

[@rocsoriano2994]

I'm still thrilled with the Samsung QU2. Even compared to some high-end microphones most people don't hear the subtle differences guys like us hear. I'll never be convinced to spend anything over a hundred bucks for a good mic thanks to this channel lol

[@littlechicago7482]

The QU2 is a great value. It's a Samson, not a Samsung though

[@CrustaceousB]

I haven't needed a new mic in months but I still love watching your reviews

[@keithgendler8727]

I felt like my late golden retriever, Dr. Watson, when you threw that box. Thanks for the memories...and the review.

[@AironExTv]

Very nice option. Lewitt sounding good again. Thank you for this detailed review. Standalone, I'm more inclined to go smooth such as the KSM8, but in a mix, I see this microphone shine without needing tons of compression. Great room rejection. Damn.

[@petresde]

The Shure Beta 87a i think it has the best sound/price ratio i liked it even more than the lewitt at least in your voice, of course doesn't compare to the neumann or the earthworks those are incredible

[@JKCover]

Thank you Bandrew. I have ordered mine within 5 min after watching your review. I’m traveling around the different countries every 3 months in this corona world, and of-course I never have/had a treated room for my vocal and acoustic guitar. So maybe this is an only best option which I could get(except muddy SM58). Problem is I have NT1KIT which I bought after watching your reviews before as well. ;( Anyway, thank you!

[@zakariasyed6068]

Hi Bandrew, wow this was the review I was looking forward to, for a long time. Handheld mics are getting popular for youtubers. They sound good, are petite & cut ambient noise. I'd love a review on Audio technica elite series family of handheld condenser & dynamic mics. I believe they are the best sounding, have reduced pop & handling noise. Cheers.

[@maomao180]

I have the 740 CM which is just a cardioid only version of this, it's really great in the studio for recording scratch vocals or in a reflective room. The only thing is the proximity effect can get really strong pretty quickly but nothing that can't be fixed by backing away a little or EQ.

[@techmed-rainer]

Thank you very much, Bandrew for this again informative and entertaining review and comparison! I really liked your voice best on the Lewitt. What I didn't like was the sound of the acoustic guitar, I found it unbalanced. PS: I'd love to see you testing the Sennheiser MK8 multi pattern microphone.

[@onlymyopiniontech]

Nice implementation of the stunt box! 😃

[@garebear51]

and that regard thing teleporting stand in already a good one, honestly one of the nicest sounding condensers I've heard in a while though!

[@Podcastage]

This is actually condenser and not a dynamic.

[@garebear51]

@@Podcastage oh my brain misread, fixed and yeah it just sounds delightful

[@AlainLafleche1]

nice review !! a review of the Oktava MK-012-01 would be great !!

[@andocombo3073]

I like the format of your videos it's fairly consistent and well done. One minor cratique, or thought: Could you leave the text up on the screen that describes the gain you add in post on the screen for a little bit longer after you say "check the dubly due to see what I didly did". I guess now that I've watched your videos a few times I'm looking out for it but I think that might help new viewers and me as well if I'm not paying as close attention. Overall great videos, I really appreciate them, thanks for all the great work your doing for the community!

[@Rod-Wheeler]

You da man! Great Review! Love Lewitt!

[@Podcastage]

Thanks so much Rod. They really are an interesting company who seem to be pushing the technical side of things.

[@kooimma4004]

The 940 sounds so smooth in the whole frequency range. I was surprised how smooth the AT2010 sounded too. The 58 sounded muddy.

[@odemiralivrepodcast2469]

Hello from Portugal! First, I'd like to thank you for the excellent job you do in your reviews. I was completely blind when I decided to make a podcast, and now I see!(not the best joke, I know). The point is that I really learned from your videos, and I even watch them just for entertainment. I would like to request a comparative review on the RODE M3, I know you have a video on the RODE M3 but I would really like a more thorough review on that one. I feel that mic is a really good one for its price but I would like to see it through all the tests and comparisons you might do. Thank you for making the internet a better place.

[@rockcityposse9305]

I liked the Lewitt and the Earthworks

[@dickginkowski6071]

Bandrew, this is a difficult review but I would give this one a "yes and no" recommendation. As you note, how good it "sounds" is a matter of personal preference but my gosh it is so close to the much cheaper Lewitt 350 and I thought the 350 sounded as good if not better. Obviously the SM58 had a darker tone, the v7 brighter, etc. The Rode M2, a noisy microphone (I have one), sounded awfully good by comparison. Maybe the Beta 58a and a Fethead would have been an interesting comparison. Maybe the Blue Encore 300 (smooth but watch the plosives) with the Fethead Phantom. But go back to the Lewitt 350 and the Rode M2. They are a fraction of the price so the question really boils down to whether at $600 you're getting four times the microphone? I think for most people the answer would easily be "no." Of course, if Rode could find a way to get the NT1 into a handheld but I digress...

[@dickginkowski6071]

OOPS...forgot to mention that the Shure KSM8 sounds a bit smoother for less$.

[@rainy2299219]

I think in this kind of technique area when you reach a price point, price and quality will not be just simple math. Even just slight improvement may be involved engineers lots of hard work. So yeah sometimes 4 times of price doesn't mean 4 times better. But 940 do offer me more options and more detailed sound than m2

[@ShawnMilo]

Ever consider "Please provide pizza pronto!" to really round out the alliteration? 😎

[@Podcastage]

I don’t know how I never considered this.

[@jakp8777]

Scene rockers love those silicone bracelets along with gauges, skinny black jeans, merch, tats and flat irons. Was really looking forward to you hurling that box as hard as possible. Pretend you are hurling it at a Behringer executive.

[@andrewr4792]

In addition to mics, can you please start doing headphone reviews?

[@johnheiser2604]

What a great mic. Good review Bandrew.

[@dyonissiszoes3747]

Thanks. I know you’re going crazy but you’re doing an excellent job. Best mic demos ever 👍👍👍

[@bilalrobin]

thank you for this review

[@ElijsDima]

btw.. I have been buying and testing a few "decent" mics for setting up a work-from-home place, and.. I was amazed to see how badly the popular work communication apps (especially MS Teams, also Zoom) compress and ruin a good input signal when sent over to the servers and back. In local recording, I could easily hear a huge diff between, say, webcam mic, Snowball, a usb condenser mid, and a usb dynamic mic. When doing a Teams "test call", *all* of them sound bad, and not that distinct from each other. Honestly, now idk - what aspecs of a mic should we even be looking at, when choosing it for Zoom/Teams use? Because the normal voice signatures, warmth, nasallyness - all these differences completely disappear / get changed when going through the network transcoding/compression :( So now I kinda feel I wasted my money with the Audio tech. condenser and dynamic mics, mic arm, shock mount, pop filter, when the result is still so bad and a cheapo headset probably would've sounded 99% similar on Teams/Zoom...

[@alexxishere]

this might be my fav mic holy it sounds so good

[@techmed-rainer]

Danke!

[@Podcastage]

You are too kind sir. Thank you very much!

[@yourgen1891]

Thanks i find one used and garanty with 30 per cent less and i am wainting it now.

[@mbk337]

This thing is really awesome. I would love to have one of these.

[@mrNobody100]

sounds great on the acoustic. cool mic. its far too expensive for my tastes, but if they were to send it to me free, hell yeah i'd use it (granted that could be said about a bunch of mics at that price range.)

[@nanymoa]

Love your reviews earthling. Please do the Neat Widgets when possible. Hugs!

[@tacoplex]

Glenn Danzig appreciates your grill cuppin'

[@JosephFabs]

Thank you for this :) i hope you will review the Lewitt MTP 840 DM :)

[@thebreakfastmenu]

That thing sounds pretty goooood. But for the price I'd save 100 more bucks go with a Neumann just because it's not made in China. And the v7 is still so impressive for the price.

[@Max-Green]

Sooo nice! Seems good to public address and recording both.

[@freewings84]

Great Review. Thanks ; )

[@believe-in-righteousness]

Great video

[@Podcastage]

Thank you very much Ray, I really appreciate it. Hope you have a great day.

[@adampalooza85]

Stand-in box just got banished to the shadow realm

[@pml394]

Bandrew you are the best, thank you for all your videos ! It would be interesting if you reviewed on of the best handheld condenser microphones: Sennheiser e965 like Lewitt 940M it also has 1" capsule., cardioid and super cardioid polar pattern but made in Germany! (at least mine is ) - I prefer it to Neumann Ksm 105

[@rainy2299219]

940 provided high pass and low cut, and wild cardioid which 965 doesn't have, and I own both, yes they have different "personalities" but incorporated to "quality"... I have both of them almost in the same time but I sent 965 to prepare once and 940 still working perfectly... So I guess where it made just bring different preferences into the products but nothing means in quality. Oh maybe because Hewitt gives me a hard carry case for perfect protection which Sennheiser only gives me a canvas poach...

[@kevincarbajal1]

Hey man i love your videos and i was wondering if you could tell me which two very different mics, the podmic, and the akg p120 are better. im tryna decide

[@ElvenSpellmaker]

The Lewitt gives the KMS105 a run for its money!

[@joltser7641]

i watched a video about the akg p120 you made and im going to buy it

[@kesamek8537]

That Rode M2 is such a sleeper excellent item of recording gear.

[@dickginkowski6071]

I have one and was bummed by how noisy it is. I was surprised how the Lewitt 350 sounded as good for a quarter of the price. The Blue Encore 300 is also a smooth mic but plosive happy.

[@MatthewDouglas805]

Although not as feature filled as the MTP 940 CM, I prefer that the Earthworks, Neuman, Sennheiser, etc. are not made in China. I'm not saying that I wouldn't buy a mic made in China, but at $700+ COO becomes a pretty major consideration. At that price point I get pretty selective about where it is coming from. That being said, it sounds great... as does most of Lewitt's line.

[@Podcastage]

Wait until you hear where Lewitt makes their Tube Mics. haha. I did e-mail them inquiring about manufacturing location, and they provided an in depth response assuring about the quality of work environment and compensation offered to their employees.

[@MatthewDouglas805]

@@Podcastage Sounds intriguing! I am glad they are looking out for their workers as many companies don't. I do find that modern China overall has pretty decent work conditions. Certainly better than places like Malaysia or Indonesia.

[@deprived8608]

You should do a review of the newer antelope zen synergy core interface

[@Taranis22]

I love this microphone, my definite solution for every kind of voice

[@Podcastage]

It's so versatile. Thanks for sharing your experience with it.

[@GoTellJesusSaves]

I really like that Rode m2.

[@Aabani]

Hey can you review the yanmai sf-777 its like $35 so its more of a budget mic :D attempt 1

[@SinSchism]

As a person who is both sad and W, I appreciate this.

[@Freez_Izzy]

KSM105 my fav today. AT2010 sound good for a buck.

[@itsnobody1646]

Can we appreciate how much he sacrifices his bank account

[@AirumFao]

I want it!

[@GoTellJesusSaves]

The Shure beta sounds most similar to the Lewitt in my opinion.

[@95rocket]

I think the same too

[@jan-martinulvag1953]

I like that mic a lot

[@jan-martinulvag1953]

There is no 940 in the link

[@Behnam_Moghaddam]

really reminds me of my Sennheiser E 965 it also has most of the features this one has: HP, -10dB, Cardioide/supercardioide switchable (no leds though...) a bit bassier maybe thank you

[@rainy2299219]

Similar just Hewitt offered more. Like two-level high pass, two-level low cut, three not two patterns

[@BaktaBak3]

Really appreciate your reviews and have purchased some Mic's based on these reviews. However.....for my use......Mic's over $200 are not worth it IMO (for gigs or studio ) . Let's face it, the audience ....half listen, are either eating, dancing , using their phones , looking to pick up a date.....and /or drunk. For a pro recording studio or podcast I'd be a little more picky but still wouldn't pay a ton of $$. It is what it is. ....just my pretzel logic.

[@YongkiWibowo]

Forgot the NT1?

[@miaoxiang7377]

Review Lewitt LCT840 plzzzzzz.

[@mixanyar2742]

man you sould try LCT 540 S & LCT 640 TS

[@tricogustrico]

Shure SM58 made in Mexico, a microphone in my price range.

[@typntv4187]

dream ab 105 hichic

[@MikeG-js1jt]

From my limited listening environment the lewitt sounded most closely to the Ai... yes the $3200 mic

[@isfp6431]

8:35 11:16 12:20 14:42

[@Podcastage]

Hope it helped.

[@bornaetemadi]

pls review the new apogee duet 3

[@bobigigel5024]

Hi there!

[@fl0wM1NT]

Hello

[@HarvinderSingh-yy8th]

I dont like vocal texture of any lewitt stuff.

[@TheSnufking]

Wish it looked better design-wise. Looks like an average

[@kennethbailey7105]

Lewitt?!😳😰

[@FharishAhmedPortfolio]

1:00 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 I was gonna say!!

[@coffeehigh420]

😂

[@armaaniiboi4504]

Hallo!

[@nuthinbutnikk17]

4 feet away from the microphOoOne

[@anonymouse527]

Made in China for $6, sold to you for $600 😊

[@user-pv7gt4mi5b]

aaand it's gone. F.

[@picklezas1326]

Wassup, First

[@mggm9680]

First

[@anonymusum]

"Made in China" is not acceptable to me anymore.

[@purpleheart69420]

same

[@jcstrabo]

Impossible not to have at least components made in China in microphones, regardless if the "Made in.." label says Germany, Austria, UK, USA or Russia. Same for the device you posted your comment on. The current reality is that China is the work bench of the world, and changing that won't be easy because it isn't economical to do without a severe change in how Capitalism works. And I don't see companies, politicians or consumers currently willing to do so.

[@purpleheart69420]

@@jcstrabo yeah but idk why I feel like when its made in china they just make it and doesnt give a shit if its bad or poorly made while when its made somewhere else its like they make it more reliable...

[@anonymusum]

@@jcstrabo It isn´t that black/white like you described it. I know for sure that Neumann, Schoeps and Microtech Gefell produce all of their mics in Germany, Beyerdynamic and Sennheiser at least most of their mics. Of course, China is the current work bench of the world and we all can see where that leads to. So I´m making my small contribution to change it and try to avoid products made in China, what means no Lewitt, no Behringer etc.