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since the first time I ever made a video about a microphone incidentally it was

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actually the predecessor to this one the SL300 we've received a lot of requests

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to cover this category better and at first this was confusing to me why when

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I was a kid building a hot rod PC the microphone was the last thing on

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anyone's mind but of course that was before services like twitch TV existed

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and for that matter before YouTube existed and suddenly you know everyone

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and their dog all of a sudden figures they need a broadcast grade microphone

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to ramble into while playing video games but of course that shift has occurred

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now and my recent appearance on Pimp My setup which you can check out here by

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the way really drove home for me how many of these just perfectly normal

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people have high-end microphones as part of their Rigs and why these reviews are

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so popular so without further Ado here's

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our video of the SL600 condenser microphone from editor keys

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liquid coolers improve both the appearance and cooling of your PC click

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my face to learn more right out of the

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box the SL600 feels more professional grade than consumer grade and I actually

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mean that in kind of a negative sense it includes a hard case for travel you know

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because everyone needs one of those and a reasonably comp competent if not

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exceptional shock mount okay that one's actually pretty handy and guys like blue

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and Razer charge extra for that on similarly priced consumer SL prosumer

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oriented mics like the yeti Pro and siren and they had the sense to include

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a nice long USB cable but it doesn't include any kind of stand for the darn

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thing this is what professional gears always like you know here's the hard

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stuff to find but we'll just assume you already have like a thing to actually

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put it on your freaking desk or something more elaborate like a boom ARM

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that clamps to it to hold the thing up and and I didn't I mean it's not a huge

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deal an editor's keys does have reasonably priced stand accessories if

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you don't have your own already but the bad news is that could put the SL600

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beyond the uh you know oh it's only a little bit more than the siren threshold

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where folks are likely to upsell themselves a few bucks for something

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that is significantly better if they don't already own one but is it

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significantly better patience we'll get to that first the physical tour the

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SL600 has a striking and to me very appealing but I'm kind of partial to

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this color scheme appearance with a black metal body and orange mesh over

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the single large 34mm diaphragm yes

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folks this is not a jack of all trades microphone so if you were expecting to

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get XLR output and a veritable smorgus

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Board of pickup patterns that are pretty

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unlikely to be used outside of very specific situations you'll be sorely

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disappointed the ETL 600 is designed to be used one way and one way only speak

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into the microphone below the business end is a low cut switch to get rid of

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the boominess that can sometimes occur when someone other than me sits too

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close a minus 10 D pre- attenuation switch for loud sources a gain knob and

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oo what's this the big upgrade that got my attention on this model compared to

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the SL300 which I use just about every other day a headphone knob to go along

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with the zero latency audio monitoring Port just under the dial very nice just

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like the other microphones that I'm comparing against it can output only

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your computer system sound from that port or it can mix in the microphone's

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input with zero delay making it perfect for podcasting or does it now we'll get

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into the actual audio quality I'll be putting it up against the two similarly

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priced products that I have in my testing stable right now in my usual

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scenarios let's start with some test audio from the SL600 in my ideal

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scenario where it's positioned directly in front of me between my keyboard and

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face with a dual layer pop filter in this position the SL600 performs very

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well ambient noise pickup is among the lowest I've encountered so in spite of

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the four other computers in the room and the nearby server room and even with the

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keyboard rocking out in the background behind it which I'll start mashing away

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on now voice quality is very very good I

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mean if you're a game streamer this can be the difference between an acceptable

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microphone and one that's totally usess useless which was my biggest complaint

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about the Razer siren from my Yeti blackout and pro review the sound of my

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voice through the siren was a strong point for it but its high noise floor

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and inability to shut out background noise like typing like

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this hurts it in a big way when it's commanding a big league price similar to

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the other microphones we're looking at today the next of which is the Blue Yeti

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Pro which holds up really well against the competition its noise floor is

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similar and its ambient noise pickup both the H of the computer systems

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and typing away behind the mic is noticeably better than the SL600 but

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both Brandon and I in side-by-side listening tests pegged the SL600 as the

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more natural sounding of the two and therefore probably my pick for vocal

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recording with the yeti Pro having a more radio likee sound quality at this

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distance something that many broadcasters will prefer which got me

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thinking how would the SL600 perform in a more up close and personal recording

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environment the answer is well you're listening to it you get a much warmer

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sound with more bass but without it becoming overwhelming that same experiment on the

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yeti Pro didn't give me nearly as dramatic a difference in the recording

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though so for skilled broadcasters who want to leverage the different ways that

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they'll sound as they move closer or further from the microphone the SL600 is

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a clear winner for me which leads us to our next test scenario starting with the

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SL600 putting the mic off to the side next to the monitor where it's forced to

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operate from a distance of about half a meter from The Sound Source this is

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definitely not the SL 600's wheelhouse it sounds noticeably more distant than

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the Blue Yeti Pro which I'll switch to now for easy side-by-side comparison

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although as usual I have standardized test recordings which you can find in my

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SoundCloud linked below the video but I'd still take it over the Razer siren

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which I'm switching to now due to the siren's noise floor and background noise

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pickup which continue to be the bane of its existence

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is this thing on all right so let's talk final thoughts then once you get to a

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certain point it looks like uh for USB desktop microphones that's about $200 it

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becomes more about tradeoffs than one product being clearly significantly

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better than another the SL600 would be my choice for Pure vocals or

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broadcasting thanks to its voice recording prowess and the lifetime

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warranty is a definite plus but the yeti Pro XLR output hardware mute button it's

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a big one and ambient noise reduction make it a clear choice for game

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streamers at the same price once you factor in that you're going to need a

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