PreSonusPD-70 Dynamic Cardioid Microphone for Recording, Broadcast, Podcasting and Live Streaming

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.

So, I bought this microphone to improve the audio quality of my twitch and YouTube content. I've got it plugged into an Audient ID4 MK2 audio interface and I am blown away by just how good this microphone is.Build QualityJust from picking this microphone up and holding it in my hand, I can tell its well built. It's solid and very heavy. Can't complain at all.Set UpSetting this up was a breeze for me. Just plugged it into my audio interface, altered the gain to my liking and it was done and ready to use in OBS. The thing I like aswell is, you don't really need to apply any filters in OBS either because it doesn't pick up background noise (from what I can hear at least) and already sounds great out the box.Sound QualityAgain, really good. Very clear and very natural sounding. I used to hate how my voice sounded through microphones because it would either sound really high pitched or really low pitched, this sounds perfect.Final CommentsI honestly feel bad for people who have bought a more expensive microphone when this exists. When paired with a high end audio interface, it sounds just as good if not better than something like the SM7B from Shure. Presonus once again have proved that you don't have to spend loads of money to have excellent quality, I will definitely be making more purchases from them. So yes, I absolutely reccomend this microphone to any kind of content creator out there.

Great mic at a great cost.

I should've expected a dynamic mic doesn't have a lot of output level, however, has a very rounded tone and quality. Definitely very usable provided you have an audio input/interface with very low noise when you turn your input gain up .... oh, and it's heavy.

Sounds very clean at this price point

Running the radio station on a budget means we have to save where we can. Not been disappointed with both the sound and look of this microphone. Has replaced the Rode mic we were using before. Fraction of the price of a Shure and for us does the job. We boost the signal first through a preamp which makes it a very quiet mic with good background noise rejection. Will do a full review online later

Helps the PX1 mic get exceptional sound quality without the vibration noises when attached to a mic stand.

I purchased this as a cheaper alternative to the Shure SM7B on the recommendation of a friend, and I absolutely do not regret the decision! The sound and clarity of the mic is barely distinguishable from the SM7B for a fraction of the price. I was skeptical at first because I'd heard mixed reviews of PreSonus products, but after using this for a few months I'm glad I bought this mic!

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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.

These are really budget friendly mics. They won’t survive a drop on the floor because their plastic. These do sound great, i would recommend shying away from the blue xlr.

Excelente micrófono me gusta mucho estéticamente funciona bien

Je me suis achetée ces équipements pour faire un mini-studio maison, très facile à installer. Je suis très satisfaite. Les écouteurs sont d'une très bonne qualité.