Shure SM7B vs Blue Yeti Mic Comparison - Surprising results!

[@JoeLamOfficial]

Which mic do you prefer? I must say, watching it again during editing and the finished video. I’m very surprised how similar they sound?? Really didn’t expect this result. 🤔

[@vistauz]

Shure is picking more background noise..

[@PecanTreeOG]

Wow, I had to rewind to figure out when you were going to switch mics to start the comparison. Completely missed the switching at first until I noticed the labels in the upper right. This is extremely comforting for someone considering if I needed to upgrade from my Blue to the Shure (and all the gear I'd need to go from USB to non-USB).

[@JoeLamOfficial]

Hey thanks for checking out my video. What's your verdict? In all honesty, most mics sound great. It's more on the room and mic placement that makes a big difference. I'm not getting 4x better audio (quality) alone by upgrading. It's other factors like handling, physical design, what recorder I use, how I edit the audio, USB vs XLR. Many more questions/decisions to decide. Looking back the Blue Yeti (USB) is still fantastic mic for the price and ease of use. AND to be honest, since it's a condenser mic (sounds clearer?) vs the Shure dynamic microphone. If you're in a quiet environment and something that is affordable and easy to use. I think the USB options is still an amazing deal. Are you using the Yeti at the moment? Will you upgrade?

[@PecanTreeOG]

@@JoeLamOfficial my verdict is to stick with the Blue Yeti for now, which is what I'm using. The Logitech G Hub software mic settings adds convenient EQ on a simple plug and play USB mic, which made fine-tuning the sound even easier. Yes, I think placement, room dynamics, and post-processing likely makes much more of a difference than hardware at this level. I even had over-ear headphones on when I watched your video and couldn't tell any real difference.

[@JoeLamOfficial]

Good stuff. To be honest, I kinda miss the Yeti mic, sounds clearer with my voice. As I have a muffly/nasally voice. The SM7B sounds much darker. But reason being, I have a untreated noisy room and outdoor sound. So the background noise rejection helps a lot. Otherwise, the Yeti served me really well all this time and is still a fantastically good mic IMO.

[@scottsoriero9827]

Very similar sound. The differences are almost imperceptible. Great job and thanks!

[@JoeLamOfficial]

Thanks for dropping a comment. Really appreciate it! Question, what device/speaker/headphone are you listening it with?

[@CreativeStudiosFM]

Great video. Ive been using the blue yeti for a while. Im not sure if its worth the upgrade expense

[@YuennyLam]

Very informative video. Makes me want to buy a new microphone too 😁 I would prefer not having to sync audio to video either. The Yeti does sound very good as is and the fact it lasted so long 👍

[@JoeLamOfficial]

Hey thanks! Isn't it weird how similar they sound right?? Do you think they sound similar? 🤔 But yeah, even if they sound very similar and the Shure being much more expensive, I like having the convenience of going directly into the camera going forward. Too much stuff faffing around when filming. 😕

[@YuennyLam]

@@JoeLamOfficial It's not easy to tell the difference even switching between the two in the same video. Maybe more different listening through headphones? Not having separate audio will make life easier for sure 😊

[@JoeLamOfficial]

@@YuennyLam I edit and listen with headphone mainly and I can't tell a huge difference besides from the hissing background noise. Otherwise the "tone" between sound very similar. Strange considering they are totally different in every way. Price, technology, connection. All different.

[@YuennyLam]

@@JoeLamOfficial Maybe nowadays a lot of gear are very comparable, no matter what price or how advanced.

[@JoeLamOfficial]

@@YuennyLam That's true. It becomes more affordable. More accessible to more people.

[@benjiang9789]

Very surprised.

[@wtulin1970]

the sm7b needs a ton of gain, more clean gain than can be provided by your device, hence the hissing. In most use cases, the sm7b requires a cloudlifter or fethead inline preamp to provide clean audio. Really, the sm7b isn't meant for portable recording devices like that. If you want to stick with a black dynamic that looks and sounds good, you can pick up the Zoom ZDM-1 for about 80 bucks.

[@JoeLamOfficial]

Hey there. Thanks for your input. I ordered the Fethead and it has arrived now. Will be doing some test to see if it works with the Tascam. But to be honest. If it works with the C100. I will sell the Tascam. Was hoping the pro-sumer ish 60D would manage but it wasn’t enough. Plus my XT2 doesn’t have good pre amp or XLR port before. Whereas now the C100 has the option. I’ll love to be able to drive the SM7b directly into the C100 with the Fethead. It will also streamline my setup and filming process significantly.