PreSonus PD-70 - Compare to Samson Q9U, Shure Sm7B, EV RE20 and more! | Booth Junkie

Thank you to PreSonus for sending me this mic to review!

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Contents:
0:00 Introduction
1:25 About the Microphone
2:00 Dynamic Microphones
3:24 Similarity to SM7b
4:01 Technical Specs
6:23 Off Axis Rejection
7:28 What's in the Box?
7:39 Adjusting the Position
8:58 Compatibility with SM7B Big Puff
10:35 Vs Samson Q9U
12:54 VS Lewitt MTP 550 DM
15:13 VS Shure SM58
16:27 VS Movo HV-M5
17:41 VS Shure SM7B
21:13 VS EV RE 20
23:04 Conclusion

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[kesamek]

PD-70 sounds to me like how a lot of Shure SM7B owners eq their SM7Bs to avoid sounding too dark/veiled/cloudy/dull in the highs.

[pauldouglas]

Is it just me, or does this PD-70 sound GREAT???

[MrSujano]

Big fan of the raw sound from the RE-20 overall. I didn't like the sibilance in the PD-70. As always, amazing tests

[tonygunz]

I love these comparisons. Keep up the great work. Looking in the comments of many of your videos, I find it kind of funny how some people really try to bash the SM7B. NEWSFLASH: the SM7B is an industry standard for a reason....it just works. There's nothing special about it, but it's not hyped in any particular frequency range, has good noise rejection, can handle high SPL, and takes eq well (and so does the RE20 for that matter). Shure and EV know that, which is why you don't see them lowering their prices on these models. There are plenty of mics out there, both less and more expensive, that will get the user perfectly good recordings, but with some mics you may have to do a little more legwork on the back end. The SM7B is no-frills and just doesn't require much, if anything, to make a good and natural sounding recording. I get it, some people have the hipster mentality, and want to go against the grain just for the sake of going against the grain, but if you're just looking for something that works, you can't go wrong with the SM7B or RE20. Professionals use these tools for a good reason, they don't have time to waste trying to figure out whether something will give them a usable recording. Just set up the mic, hit record and you'll reasonably know what result you're going to get. By no means are they the end-all be-all, but there have been millions of perfectly good recordings made with the SM7B and RE20 over the years, and many more will be made in the future. You can get a feature-rich mic with bells and whistles, and if it works for you, that's great. Or you can just get one of the "swiss army knives" of mics like the SM7B or RE20 that will work whether you're a podcaster, musician, VO artist, streamer, etc. and get on with creating your content. On another note, for those who continue to wonder why they may not be getting the results they're after, treating the acoustics of your recording space will make just as big, if not bigger difference in the quality of a recording than the mic.

[ChodaBoyUSA]

Mike, I wish all content creators were as honest and up-front about receiving "free" gear for review. Thanks for always doing such a great job.

[bobsponge]

Always love you videos. But is it just me or the audio output is low.
I have to increase my volume alot compared to other videos.

[jimphilogene]

Very helpful thanks. I bought the PD-70 this week and thought maybe I should have gotten the SM7B but after listening to the comparisons, I made the right choice!

[brianzhamilton]

I am thoroughly impressed with it performance! Throughout the video, I thought it was the better sounding of each pairing (perhaps due to the clarity?), even above the SM7B—well, until you engaged both the high pass filter and the mid-range boost, at which point they sounding almost identical.

I was watching this on my tv, as opposed to my pc and wearing headphones, so I may be missing the finer details there (and my tv’s sound is terrible). I’ll have to watch this video again on my pc to make sure, but so far you’ve made a good case for it’s sound quality vs. the cost.

[FunnyGuyTimmy]

Oooo this mics sounds better than I expected. Another well done video. Always a pleasure to watch.

[ChristopherTate]

Oh wow, the PD 70's proximity effect is surprisingly pleasant. That's very handy.

[ZABEX]

The PD 70 is an extremely impressive microphone. Contrary to most dynamic microphones, it sounds very present and clear. It doesn't sound as boomy and muffled as most dynamic broadcast microphones. I find it far more pleasant than the Rode Procaster used by many. The Samson Q9U sounds too dull and lacking in detail to me, it just sounds cheap. From my own experience I can say that the PD 70 requires less gain than the Procaster & SM7B. Exciting review as always.

[muzikyk]

the PD70 seems like it would need a de-esser. I think it sounded better with the SM7B windscreen. But, as always, you make every microphone sound great.

[KlueLuke]

Every new microphones slogan these days “The REAL replacement for the Shure SM7b”

[shadowman]

Remember folks, he hardly had any eq or processing on the PD-70 so I am pretty impressed. Also a plus was the extra Foam filter for the SM7B will fit perfectly on the PD-70. Personally not only great for added Implosives but if you own multiple of these mics the extra filters would be great from a Hygiene (smell, spit, bacteria) perspective if you have Podcast or radio guests. You could just take the Filters off and spray clean them. Trust me this is a huge selling point! Great demo and great mic.. looking into these when I get my new setup!

[kirbymurdstone]

Pleasantly surprised for this mic, has a touch more presence than I like, but probably easily EQ'd out.

[sepehrenglish]

Considering the price, I found Presonus really well-balanced, maybe a bit bright for some voices, but hey! 130 $! Don't expect the full sound of Sm7b!
Nice job presonus and booth junkie

[DjKingBolart]

PLEASE Comparison between shure mv7x vs Presonus PD70

[Wamboexe]

I own this microphone for about 3 months now and I had to eq it quite a bit to make it sound good on my voice, but now I really like it!

[SimpleShark]

From not knowing anything about microphones, I'm really glad you explained the specifications with the graph and the circular graph. I've been looking at microphones lately and I was just confused about specifications until after seeing this video. Thanks for clearing some of that stuff up for us noobies!

[arkieologist]

Really appreciate you breaking down all the info to explain it for microphone dummies. Helps understand everything better. 👌 Thank you.