In-line Microphone Pream, Mic Booster Preamplifier for Dynamic and Passive Ribbon Microphones (Black)

I've been playing around with microphones for a while. I loved the sound of the SM7b, but could not realistically afford one as I don't currently make any money from my vocal work. I tried all forms of condensers and shotguns, and they had the right sound but were so sensitive to background noises they were practically unusable in a home setting. My first microphone, a Shure SM-57, seemed to be the answer. Bought originally for recording guitars and putting my tube amps out into the front of house, I hadn't really considered using it for vocal work. The only problem was that to use the SM57, I had to push the preamp of my Scarlett Solo so hard that I was getting 60 cycle hum in the background.In comes the Manayo preamp. Pretty sure its a clone of the Dynamite, but at the price I wasn't going to argue much. I had seen some good reviews on youtube, so I took a chance. I am so glad I did. This has brought near SM7b quality sound to my narration work for about a quarter of the price. Does not introduce any appreciable noise and adds enough dB to bring the preamp on the Solo down from about 80% to 50% on the knob.The product itself feels extremely well built with an aluminum (?) shell and is very well packaged inside of a felt bag stuffed in a small cardboard tube. It doesn't rattle around in there and the tube makes a pleasant "pop" when you open it. I mean that alone is worth at least a star.One thing to note though is that this does up the sensitivity of your dynamic microphones quite a bit. They will pick up people moving around upstairs, laundry going in the other room, bumps on the desk, and you'll have to definitely invest in some good plosive handling stuff (pop filters, screens, etc) because it will pick up every "p" "b" "s" "k" very well now.Overall, I am very impressed with the preamp. Very easy to use, just plug it into the DAC and enable 48V phantom power. This will add a lot of presence and richness to any dynamic microphone, from cheap to expensive, and do a good enough job of it that you'll wonder why you even considered getting a Cloud Lifter or a FetHead in the first place. There is no audible difference I've been able to hear in any side by side comparisons online, and when doing narration like I do the end product gets so heavily compressed upon distribution that no one is going to be able to tell if you have a super expensive mic set up, or this and an SM57.

I don’t normally leave reviews, but I think that for the price point and quality of this inline mic preamp that it deserves one. I was struggling with a SM57 to get enough clean gain without raising the noise floor to get a quality recording. Not only did this pre give me the clean gain that I needed, but it is cleaner than the 57 its self from my initial tests. I was able to turn my device down to 5 where I was at 10 before to try to get anything out of my 57. I look forward to recording with this. Some folks say it is hit or miss on quality. Guess I got lucky, but quality is great, easy to use, functions awesome, fits in your pocket, and the noise level is awesome compared to the cheap M-audio pre normally that I use with my 57. Worth it. 👍🏻

Honestly, I did not expect this to perform as well as it does. I got it to use with a Zoom H6, which has pretty noisy preamps (EIN of -120dBu), but it even improves upon my Presonus Studio 26c interface (good preamps, but not the best by today's standards (EIN -125dBu)). The product doesn't feel flimsy, but it doesn't feel particularly sturdy, either. But at $30 (compared to $80 or more for the name brands), I can live with that.However, you should only get this if your audio device has an EIN rating higher than -128dBu (-120dBu, for instance; most modern preamps are REALLY good, though) or it doesn't have enough amplification for your dynamic mic of choice (keep in mind this won't work with a condenser).Definitely worth the price for the performance.

I can’t get this to work. When I hook it up in line I get no audio. When I unhook it audio works fine. Not sure if mine is defective or what, but it does nothing for me.

Technically works great, lots of gain, no noise. Only downside is, the size of the logo is a distraction.

Works great with a condenser mic but doesn't work well with Sure mics as it generates a higher gain creating background noise if you're using this for a podcast.

Sirve para lo que es aunque filtra algo de ruido en algunas configuraciones.

very good .