Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
Best answer from google: http://blog.shure.com/top-8-microphone-myths-exposed/ Many USB mics feature the exact same condenser mic element as the XLR version used in studio recording. USB models provide the same high quality sound signature; the primary difference in the models is the interface to the next device.
I think about it this way, the usb and xlr AT2020 both cost $100, but the usb version has to do 2 jobs and the xlr version only has 1 job. So the xlr mic can do its 1 job (detect vibrations and turn them into an electrical signal, also called an analog signal), and let something else (an audio interface) do the analog to digital conversion. The 2020 usb has to do both things for the same $100, so the analog/digital conversion is not as "good".
Really the only thing that matters is that it sounds the way you want it to sound. If you have a music store close by, go in and test both out. Pick the one that does what you need. For YouTube vids, podcasts, live streaming games, or anything like that a usb mic will do just fine. If you need every detail of an acoustic guitar to be recorded perfectly, invest in a nice xlr condenser mic and audio interface.