Today I review the brand new Aston Stealth, a Dynamic Mic with a Class A preamp built into it. On top of that, it has 4 different voicings for Male or Female voices, guitar, or a Dark mode to emulate a ribbon microphone. The microphone does suffer pretty badly from plosives and the built in capsule shock mount is not too effective at rejecting bumps of the microphone stand. All around it is very versatile and would be a great tool to have in a mic locker.<br /><br />CORRECTION: Correction. At 4:46 I read the incorrect description for the capsule mounting system/internal shock mount. The correct description is: Aston Stealth includes a proprietary internal shock mount design with the capsule suspended in mid-air, completely isolated from the mic chassis, and supported at 3 points by Sorbothane polymer hemispheres.<br /> <br />Buy the Aston Stealth (Amazon Affiliate)<br />Global: <a href="https://geni.us/stealth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://geni.us/stealth</a><br /><br />Buy the Focusrite 2i2 (2nd Gen) (Amazon Affiliate)<br />Global: <a href="http://geni.us/2i22nd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://geni.us/2i22nd</a><br /><br />00:00 - Intro / Price<br />00:38 - Testing Parameter Setup<br />00:55 - What’s in the Box<br />01:11 - Build Quality<br />01:44 - Specifications<br />02:12 - What is Active Mode?<br />02:31 - Testing All 4 Microphone Voicings (Spoken Word)<br />03:13 - Polar Pattern Test<br />03:37 - Plosive Test<br />03:45 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test<br />04:08 - Background Noise Test<br />04:17 - Testing Coloration of the Preamp<br />04:45 - Testing Bump Rejection<br />05:07 - Built-in preamp vs. Interface Preamp Noise Comparison<br />05:45 - Stealth vs Sm7b Comparison<br />06:29 - Music Test<br />07:56 - Pros & Cons<br />09:00 - Overall Thoughts<br />10:40 - Recommendation<br />11:28 - Outro<br /><br />Subscribe For More Videos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/podcastage?sub_confirmation=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/podcastage?sub_confirmation=1</a><br />Become a Member: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvOU-zTlankT-JjN3ZzvuKA/join" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvOU-zTlankT-JjN3ZzvuKA/join</a><br /><br /><br />My YouTube Kit: <a href="https://podcastage.com/studio" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://podcastage.com/studio</a><br />My Favorite XLR Mics: <a href="https://podcastage.com/rev/favxlr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://podcastage.com/rev/favxlr</a><br />My Favorite USB Mics: <a href="https://podcastage.com/rev/favusb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://podcastage.com/rev/favusb</a><br /><br />NOTE (FULL DISCLOSURE): If you purchase an item using my amazon link, it provides me a small referral fee. For more info check my FAQ page links below.<br /><br />Check the FAQ to see if your question was already answered: <a href="http://www.geeksrising.com/faq" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.geeksrising.com/faq</a><br /><br />Vote For The Mics You Want Reviewed: <a href="http://www.geeksrising.com/podcastage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.geeksrising.com/podcastage</a><br /><br />Check us out, Follow us, & Like us over at:<br />Merch: <a href="https://podcastage.com/store" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://podcastage.com/store</a><br />Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/dXQUc7v" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://discord.gg/dXQUc7v</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.geeksrising.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.geeksrising.com</a><br />Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/podcastage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/podcastage</a><br />Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/podcastage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/podcastage</a><br />Personal Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/bandrewsays" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/bandrewsays</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J3wfPFTB98" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J3wfPFTB98</a>