Movo UM700 microphone review

Our Verdict

The Movo UM700 is not quite as good a USB microphone as the Blueish Yeti, but it's more than serviceable. Whether podcasting, streaming or gaming, the UM900 provides reliability at a portion of the cost of its competitor.

For

• Affordable price
• Plug-and-play
• Sturdy and snug pattern
• Great for beginners

Against

• "Tranquility" mic leads to periodical proceeds adjustments
• Sensitive to shocks/bumps

Tom's Guide Verdict

The Movo UM700 is not quite as skillful a USB microphone as the Blue Yeti, but it's more than serviceable. Whether podcasting, streaming or gaming, the UM900 provides reliability at a portion of the cost of its competitor.

Pros

• +

  Affordable price

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  Plug-and-play

• +

  Sturdy and snug blueprint

• +

  Keen for beginners

Cons

• -

  "Tranquillity" mic leads to periodical gain adjustments

• -

  Sensitive to shocks/bumps

"To be the all-time, you lot have to crush the all-time." That's the quote that came to mind when I was introduced to the Movo UM700 USB microphone, dubbed the "Blue Yeti killer" past some. I've owned the Blue Yeti, one of the all-time best microphones, for years and wanted to see if the moniker rang true.

Movo UM700 specs

Connexion: USB

Ports: Micro USB, 3.5mm aux out

Condensers: 4

Dimensions: four.4 ten 3.8 x xi.6 inches

Weight: 2.3 pounds

Later on putting the UM700 to the examination, I still have my preference in terms of the Bluish Yeti, merely this upstart mic proved capable of getting the task done. Go on reading our Movo UM700 for the full verdict.

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Movo UM700 review: Price and availability

The Movo UM700 is bachelor from Movo and at Amazon for $99, a smooth $xxx less than its master competitor, the Bluish Yeti.

While there are other USB microphones at this price level, like the JLab Talk and Blue Yeti Nano, that $30 saving is pregnant for a podcaster or streamer just getting into the game, and the UM700 certainly provides plenty of blindside for the buck.

Movo UM700 review: Blueprint

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Information technology's articulate that the UM700 takes a lot of its design inspiration from the Blueish Yeti. At the same fourth dimension, it takes some of its rivals' features and improves upon them — fifty-fifty at the point of opening upwardly the box.

As someone who'southward been podcasting for a while, I appreciate the little things. Upon opening the box, I saw that the encompass for the top of the microphone doubled as a pop filter. Normally, you'll have to go through the additional hassle of ordering one or trying to find ane that fits at your local music store. That type of customer service is impressive and functional.

While the little things are impressive, the unabridged body of piece of work is nice every bit well. The UM700 has a nice metallic cease and is decidedly sturdy. I would describe the moving parts of the mic and stand up equally "snug" — fifty-fifty when I put the USB cable in my MacBook, it was decidedly secure. Yep — the mic has a snug and sturdy feel, simply not stiff. This implies adroitness, and again, attention to detail.

One matter that's clear when comparing the 2 mics is that the UM700 aspired to be a sleeker incarnation of the Blue Yeti. It accomplishes that task, as it is slightly lighter (just over a pound less) and takes upwards a lilliputian less space. Keep in heed, the mic/stand combo may be slightly clunky on your desk. I've more often than not learned to destine the space for a mic and stand up in my minor podcast setup.

The buttons and knobs on the UM700 are nigh the same as the ones on the Yeti, as are the directional pattern modes — stereo, cardioid, omnidirectional and bidirectional. I similar the mute push button feature on the UM700 improve than the 1 on the Yeti, as the UM700 conspicuously shows when the mute button is and is not being used. The indicator light turns red when it is beingness used. I never liked the perpetually blood-red mute push with the Yeti, as a blinking indicator means that the mute office is operative.

An essential component for commencement podcasters is plug-and-play adequacy. The UM700 certainly has that, as you can plug in the micro USB stop of the cable into the mic, the full-side USB stop into your computer and get right to work (or play).

Movo UM700 review: Sound quality

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Equally much every bit I enjoyed the experience of opening up the box, the Movo UM700's existent value would ultimately be determined by audio quality. I began by putting the mic to the examination in an episode of my podcast. The plug-and-play components worked perfectly, and Garageband recognized the mic without installing software.

I pressed record and began to speak as I listened through my headphones, using the iii.5mm aux jack on the underside. The UM700 quickly revealed itself to be a very quiet mic, in the sense that it was very hard to determine whether the sound was beingness picked up clearly. That's not a deal breaker past any means; it but meant I had to play with the gain push a skillful bit, and I had to turn the gain knob to a moderate level to ensure that I had the volume I wanted. Of grade, that opens upwardly the opportunity to selection up sounds that yous don't want. In short, every bit I would with most mics, I would highly recommend that you record in an surface area where there is lilliputian to no background racket.

I primarily recorded in cardioid manner, and it was more than functional. I somewhen toggled between the other modes, including the bidirectional style. These other modes were functional, simply by and large indistinguishable. With that said, it's e'er important when podcasting to use the mode that best suits your guest or guests; bidirectional, for instance, works best when it's just yous and one other speaker sat opposite ane other.

Overall the UM700 performed adequately from start to finish, but did it audio better than the Blue Yeti? Unfortunately for Movo, not quite. I felt that recordings fabricated with the Yeti required less pre- and postal service-product editing to audio their best, which in turn makes it more of a true plug-play-production mic than the UM700.

Movo UM700 review: Verdict

Although the UM700 isn't quite the "Blue Yeti killer," it is a mic worthy of merit. At a little under $100, it has everything a beginning podcaster, streamer or gamer needs to go started. With its attention to detail and innovation, it will exist interesting to run into how Movo improves upon its mic design and role as fourth dimension progresses.

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Ken J. Makin is a tech and entertainment writer for Tom'due south Guide, and has nearly twenty years of experience as a announcer. He'southward an avid podcaster and freelancer for various sites, including ESPN's The Undefeated and The Christian Science Monitor. When he'southward not podding or writing, Ken is likely spending time with his married woman and children.

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