ALABSXLR Condenser Microphone, Professional Cardioid Recording Microphone Kit with 25mm Diaphragm for Streaming, Podcasting, Singing, Vocal, Studio Mic with Boom Arm, Pop Filter (AC22)

Easy to setup, great sound

This mic is highly affordable and easily adaptable! Works great with any XLR interface that I’ve used! Only gripe is the 48V phantom power, but that’s standard.9/10 would reccomend!

Excellent for the Podcaster. Excellent sound.

Pretty good mic. I use it for recording acoustic guitar. Produces surprisingly good sound for an in-expensive mic.

Works great

Quality, performance, and price are a good deal for first-time mic buyers, like me. Took a chance and worked out nicely!

I ordered the ALABS XLR Microphone as a first-time buyer of a microphone for two reasons, one, for my wife to practice and create her voice-over demo recordings, and secondly, for myself, to listen back to my guitar practices. Being a naive and inexperienced microphone buyer/user, I didn’t know when I ordered the ALABS that it isn’t a standalone kit; it requires a separate, 48V Phantom power source. And who’s responsible for that oversight? Me; its plainly stated by the seller on the point of purchase page. I finally got around to ordering one. Fortunately, they aren’t very expensive. My intention has been to keep this neophyte foray into voice and sound recording as economical as possible.First off, with my limited (none would be more accurate) experience and usage of microphones and recording, I’ve found the ALABS XLR fulfills my expectations wonderfully. In my opinion, the one that matters most in this case, the sound it records is crisp and raw; and I like it that way. I will concur with other reviewers that the so-called “stable base,” the boom arm, is the same that I’ve found to be included with inexpensive desk lamps and that I would not characterize as “stable;” adequate would be fair. Nonetheless, the working end of the ALABS Microphone is pretty darn impressive, speaking as an entry-level microphone user, and listening back through my laptops Cambridge Soundworks speakers. Furthermore, when I made a comparison of a number of other Cardioid microphones that are available on Amazon, within the same price range as the ALABS, they all appeared to be supplied with the same or similar boom arm. That leaves two options for the buyer: align your expectations to what is being offered in the price range of interest, or find another price range.During the course of writing this review of the ALABS XLR Condenser Microphone, I perused a few others that had been written prior, and what became evident to me is that what holds true for wine drinkers also holds true with audiophiles; those that are satisfied with a $6 bottle of wine will likely have a better impression of other $6 bottles of wine than someone used to drinking $20 bottles of wine. And that a $20/bottle wine drinker making a comparison between the two, that is comparing a $6 wine to a $20 wine, is likely to have a predictable opinion.So, with that in mind, I’m the wine drinker tasting my first bottle of wine, one that costs $6. And my first response is, how much better can it get? As far as I’m concerned, none, that is, until I taste a $20/bottle of wine. It then becomes a question of by how much one wishes to increase their cost of living and amount of time invested. In my case, for the sake of continuing to enjoy my $6 bottles of wine, I don’t tempt fate by tasting a $20 wine.I’m very satisfied with the performance and the value of the ALABS XLR Condenser Microphone, along with its generous supply of accessories. Additionally, without anything to compare to, I have no reason to contend any assertions that have been made by the seller. Five stars it is.

If you are looking for a good starter mic that works with real studio equipment (instead of plugging directly into your computer via usb or something), this is a good option. (I have it paired up with a mixer that costs about $50 new, to give you an idea of how much more you have to spend to get it to work vs. a plug-and-play option.) My voice sounds good and clear, and picks up some background noise from my appliances, but not so much that I couldn't easily filter it out with software.The arm it comes with isn't great, but that's fine for a cheap mic. Better to have a weak arm than a good arm and make up the price difference on mic quality. The springs are just barely strong enough, the clamp on the bottom holds it at a bit of an angle, and the flexible arm for the pop filter is finicky. If you don't bump it and keep it in the middle of its range, it should be fine, but you might end up upgrading it separately long before you outgrow the mic.