Shure MVX2U Review - I want my money back

I wanted a clearer desk space and wanted a smaller audio interface to run my XLR Mic's, but this Shure MVX2U is not the one for me.
I've decided to stick with the Rode Streamer X or Rodecaster Pro II.
Tested this interface and did the comparisons with two of my Shure SM7B's.
A very quick feature of my Electro-Voice RE20 was also included.

[@ShawnPark]

I agree with this 100%. I also purchased an MVX2U last week, and it's very noisy with my SM7B. I was going to order a fethead to solve this, but since I am already using an XLR cable from my SM7B to the MVX2, thus creating more clutter on my desk (because I could not get the MVX2U to fit into my SM7B with my boom stand), I am returning mine too. I ordered a Vocaster 2 instead, and I will try that. I like the small physical footprint of the Vocaster 2, and they are all on sale now ($150 to $160 off from the regular retail price of $250). 😎

[@leo_hoang]

Cheers for checking out the video. Glad I’m not the only one who can’t deal with this noise floor. The official Shure product demo has the High Pass Filter maxed out in their software which I thought was quite funny. They don’t mention or discuss it, but you can see the settings lol

[@tonythearchitect]

One think I found this does great in is retaining the settings memory and then used on mobile devices like an iPad. That limiter is also soooo good and it's hard to distort this thing. It behaves similar to the limiter on my mixpre 3 but of course the preamp doesn't sound as clean. But portability and clean setup trumps a 10% cleaner preamp any day.

[@leo_hoang]

Yeah I watched the office Shure demo of this product and they have maxed out the High Pass Filter on their demo which I assume is to eliminate the noise floor hiss… so you can work with this device and as you say, the benefits of a small device and clean setup has value in itself.

[@Soloskillz]

The noise floor jump is a non-issue because no one should be intentionally bumping the mic in the first place.

[@leo_hoang]

100% agree and I didn’t even notice it much on my test… this was just something that was tested in other reviews so I figured I’d include it… but the noise floor without bumping it is still something to note…

[@fyeee-ob9ml]

nice

[@leo_hoang]

Thank you for watching

[@lmartin0]

Had the same issue with noise floor…. Added a fet head and only run the SHURE adapter at 30 db that fixes it. Although expensive work around

[@leo_hoang]

Yeah I heard the SM7DB and this MVX2U adapter works well together… I’ve refunded my unit now… I’ve had a few comments letting me know I did the test wrong, so unfortunately can’t re-test… but from the sounds of things I would have come back to same conclusion regarding the noise floor…

[@jasper_north]

Good video… can I connect a Ribbon-Mic to the MVX2u? Thank you.

[@leo_hoang]

Thank you for watching! I don’t see why you couldn’t connect any XLR microphone to this? It supplies Phantom Power if needed, and otherwise it accepts XLR and then connects to a computer/laptop via USB-C… I’m not a microphone expert in anyway so I am not 100% sure what a Ribbon Mic is. Sorry

[@koolpep]

Hmmm you are saying there is no processing done but when you went through the motiv app you switched the compressor to light, the "preset" is used. So all of that changes the sound. You should better switch all of that off including the Master compellor in the Rodecaster and the "presets' on the Rodecaster, meaning choosing "dynamic" instead of SM7B in the channel presets. Otherwise there are a lot of things that are actually being done to the sound, not groundbreaking things, but some....

[@leo_hoang]

Thanks for the feedback - I still consider myself new to audio so still playing about with this stuff, but I don’t believe these settings would have impacted my biggest criticisms of the product and that be the noise floor… I don’t have it with me anymore as I’ve sent it back for a refund so can’t do any further testing. What’s your thoughts on how the setup was done and the noise floor performance?

[@koolpep]

@@leo_hoang I am pretty sure that the noise floor in general will be bigger with this little micro interface. However, adding a compressor and certain other features in the settings can introduce a bit of noise at least that’s my experience. But again, I don’t think it would have fundamentally changed your opinion on the product, but I do feel that there might be a tiny bit of extra noise introduced with the compressor.

[@leo_hoang]

@@koolpepI actually would have thought a compressor would reduce the noise floor? I guess I still have a lot to learn… time to Google and KZbin “Audio Compression” lol

[@koolpep]

@@leo_hoang Yeah that's the issue - it could be both but generally it boosts lower volume sounds (if the compressor uses gain) and compresses the sound above the threshold by the X factor. In opaque settings like the Motiv app we don't really know what is happening.

[@ObscureMics]

The shure sm7b preset on the rodecaster IS processed The dynamic speech setting IS processed That is why they sound different. The only way you can truly test the sound of each interface is to use NO presets and everything checked off Otherwise, nice video

[@leo_hoang]

Thanks for the feedback… are you sure it’s still processed even though the Processing button is turned off on the Rodecaster Pro II? It’s otherwise just presetting their suggested gain level. The MOTIV app had low compression on, which I should have turned off… I don’t think that would have changed the conclusion much, as the noise floor was my biggest complaint… What setup do you use?