Mojave Audio MA-201fet Review / Test

Today I review a microphone from David Royer, the Mojave MA-201fet. This thing offers a hefty low-end and a really smooth detailed and articulate top end. It does tend to suffer from plosives and pick up a lot of background noise, but the off-axis coloration is beautiful! Another thing to take note of is the Max SPL of 125dB.

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00:00 - Intro / Price / Disclaimer
00:21 - Setup
00:36 - What’s in the Box
00:54 - Build Quality / Walkthrough
01:22 - Specifications
01:48 - Polar Pattern Test (Tone / Rotation)
02:10 - Plosive Test
02:23 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test
02:40 - Background Noise Test
02:59 - Untreated Room Test
03:12 - Mic Mount Bump Test
03:28 - Mic Resonance Tap Test
03:45 - Intro to Comparison
03:58 - AT2020 Comparison
04:42 - Neat King Bee Comparison
05:23 - Rode NT1 Comparison
06:00 - Shure KSM32 Comparison
06:48 - Neumann TLM102 Comparison
07:44 - Neumann TLM103 Comparison
08:47 - Neumann U87 Ai Comparison
10:06 - Music Test
11:16 - Pros & Cons
12:58 - Overall Thoughts
15:14 - Recommendation
16:27 - Outro

Bandrew Scott

Bandrew Scott is the founder and host of the youtube channel Podcastage, where he posts reviews of audio gear, and shares tips and tricks to improve the audio of your Podcast, YouTube Channel, or Live Stream.

He also founded the Geeks Rising podcast network, which is home to amazing education, wellness, and pop culture podcasts such as Tourette’s Podcast, Sunshine & Powercuts, and On The Subject.

Bandrew also runs his own show titled the Bandrew Says Podcast. On this show he analyzes the latest news to determine how it affects the content creation ecosystem, and shares that to help creates remain aware of how the platform they use is changing. 

https://www.bandrewscott.com/
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