Aston Microphones Stealth Broadcast Microphone Review / Test

Today I review the brand new Aston Stealth, a Dynamic Mic with a Class A preamp built into it. On top of that, it has 4 different voicings for Male or Female voices, guitar, or a Dark mode to emulate a ribbon microphone. The microphone does suffer pretty badly from plosives and the built in capsule shock mount is not too effective at rejecting bumps of the microphone stand. All around it is very versatile and would be a great tool to have in a mic locker. CORRECTION: Correction. At 4:46 I read the incorrect description for the capsule mounting system/internal shock mount. The correct description is: Aston Stealth includes a proprietary internal shock mount design with the capsule suspended in mid-air, completely isolated from the mic chassis, and supported at 3 points by Sorbothane polymer hemispheres. Buy the Aston Stealth (Amazon Affiliate) Global: https://geni.us/stealth Buy the Focusrite 2i2 (2nd Gen) (Amazon Affiliate) Global: http://geni.us/2i22nd 00:00 - Intro / Price 00:38 - Testing Parameter Setup 00:55 - What’s in the Box 01:11 - Build Quality 01:44 - Specifications 02:12 - What is Active Mode? 02:31 - Testing All 4 Microphone Voicings (Spoken Word) 03:13 - Polar Pattern Test 03:37 - Plosive Test 03:45 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test 04:08 - Background Noise Test 04:17 - Testing Coloration of the Preamp 04:45 - Testing Bump Rejection 05:07 - Built-in preamp vs. Interface Preamp Noise Comparison 05:45 - Stealth vs Sm7b Comparison 06:29 - Music Test 07:56 - Pros & Cons 09:00 - Overall Thoughts 10:40 - Recommendation 11:28 - Outro Subscribe For More Videos: https://www.youtube.com/podcastage?su... Become a Member:    / @podcastage   My YouTube Kit: https://podcastage.com/studio My Favorite XLR Mics: https://podcastage.com/rev/favxlr My Favorite USB Mics: https://podcastage.com/rev/favusb NOTE (FULL DISCLOSURE): If you purchase an item using my amazon link, it provides me a small referral fee. For more info check my FAQ page links below. Check the FAQ to see if your question was already answered: http://www.geeksrising.com/faq Vote For The Mics You Want Reviewed: http://www.geeksrising.com/podcastage Check us out, Follow us, & Like us over at: Merch: https://podcastage.com/store Discord:   / discord   Website: http://www.geeksrising.com Facebook:   / podcastage   Twitter:   / podcastage   Personal Twitter:   / bandrewsays