Audio-Technica AT875R Line + Gradient Condenser Microphone

These are great mics they are comparable to 416’s not quite as good as 416’s but pretty darn close

I have compared this microphone with much mor expensive Sennheiser mics and, it is extremely close in sound quality overall. The only difference with the Audio-Technical is a slight hiss when absolutely quiet, when nothing is heard with the Sennheiser - hence the high price for Sennheiser.

We have a lot of studio/location mics. This was a surprise - very good at this price point and frankly very good at any price point. This is not going to disappoint you.

I tested this in my semi-anechoic room, for basic quality on frontally presented speech alongside a Sennheiser MKH416 (£700), and found the sound virtually indistinguishable. What was noticeable though was the extreme quietness of the MKH416 in comparison. The Audio Technica is very quiet and I would have said it was silent until I listened to the comparison. Fine for most purposes, but the further away you go the more you will notice the noise compared to the MKH (which is a highly regarded industry standard, just about as good as it gets, and four times the price). Frequency response tests (frontal) for both mics were in good agreement with the manufacturer's specs (which surprised me as so many things fail critical testing). I haven't attempted to measure off axis performance as this is difficult to do meaningfully, and I would expect it to perform as well as can be expected for any shotgun mic (they inevitably give colouration to off axis sound and the importance and nature of the colouration depends very much on the situation you are using them in - expect less problems outside than indoors where room reflections tend to add colouratipn to the original sound as you move away.

Used in a Rode blimp for recording audio for my filmmaking. Very directional and can isolate sounds required very well.

When I first used and listened to the recordings back, I felt I had recorded in a studio with professionals. It is worth having it in your hands for different purposes.

Yes, it can be used as a podcast mic and it does a grand job of keeping the vocals isolated.

Performs well in the space and for the purpose I need. I like the simplicity and light weight.

Für den Preis gibt es kein besseres Mikrofon. AudioTechnica hat mich sehr positiv überrascht, klingt viel viel besser, sauberer als Rode VideoMic NTG. Sowohl in meinem YouTube-Studio, als auch draussen im Park hat sich das Mikrofon sehr gut geschlagen. Umgebungsgeräusche werden sehr gut unterdrückt, kein Betriebsgeräusch bzw. Grundrauschen (was bei Rode leider sehr extrem störend ist). Auf meinem YouTube-Kanal (Wheelxtech) habe ich die Mikrofone unten ausführlich getestet und AT875R ist mein Preis/Leistungssieger. Rode VideoMic NTG Sennheiser MKE 600 Sony ECM B1M Shure MV7 AudioTechnica AT875R Hollyland LarkMAX Wer ein Mikrofon mit nur XLR-Anschluss sucht, sollte dieses Mikrofon ganz oben auf der Liste haben.

Compré este micrófono siguiendo reseñas, para grabar testimoniales en un ambiente de mucho ruido. Muy buena construcción. Me sorprendió mucho la capacidad que tiene para discriminar el ruido, además que tiene excelente calidad del audio que captura y un nivel de ruido (self noise) bajísimo, prácticamente imperceptible. El cuerpo es muy corto, bastante sobresaliente para sus prestaciones. Perfecto para montar en cámara por su tamaño (con adaptador para alimentación phantom) o usar en boom. Mucho mejor que NTG 1 o 2 de Rode, que son cuerpos mucho más largos.

Ottimo microfono dai toni abbastanza caldi ed una pulizia molto buona. Considerando il prezzo della concorrenza per un microfono con le stesse caratteristiche….decisamente un microfono da acquistare. Interessante la misura “compact” sta benissimo anche direttamente sulla camera senza ingombrare eccessivamente. Super consigliato

it's small and you can get crispy audio out of this mic so EPIC!

It is without question a stellar mic. Note; it has a fairly low audio volume. So you have to crank the gain on this one. Personally decided to add a line preamp to solve that. It wouldn’t be necessary if you use it in a sound treated room or just use it appropriately. I’d say the line preamp takes it from a 90% clean sound to no perceptible background noise. Keep in mind that it needs 48V phantom power, some line preamps don’t let the 48V pass through. Cheers! ^^