Shure MV51 Digital Condenser Mic Review / Test / Explained 

As a broadcast pro, I'm amazed at the quality of consumer USB mics now. I normally just work in studio with RE20s, but anyone with a quiet place in their house can sound pretty great for a reasonable price with the mics available now. Your reviews are excellent, and I've enjoyed watching them just to watch your production. You look like you're having fun. Well done.

You are the GO TO RU-vidr for mic reviews. Thanks!

I can’t believe you made this video in 2016 and I just received one of these mics.

What a great review!

great review, everything i needed to know . Im buying one. Shure should thank you for that.

Quality video man. Can really see the effort you put into these.

Really well done review and fun to watch! Keep it up, man! :-)

It would be nice to see/hear ALL of your favorite mics compared side by side / back to back.

Nice review, helped me make my decision!

Hey man awesome video. Just bought this today. Thanks

Great video. 7 years old now. Have they improved technology so I can plug into my Android? Thank you.

Thanks bro! Good! I've never seen such a mic.like this!

Thank you for this review, it is helpful!

So if this was to be used in a practice space with some loud guitars, bass and drums and vocals feeding it would it be able to handle it

Very thorough review. Thank you!

Can you do a review on the turtle beach stream mic, from what i see it has all of the functionality I want but I don't know about the sound

Wish I could hear what the difference is between just plain phone mic recording and the Shur mic recording. I can't make out what the difference is from your video, but thank you for testing it as you have. It's been helpful.

Loving it, Bandrew!

I just noticed that Carl Sagan poster on your wall. Mondo want. Mondo.

that was helpful but i would of liked to know how well it picks up diffrent ranges like bass ect

Just bought this mic for Smule singing because of your review. Can’t wait to test it out in the next few days! - XCI_Mischell

Now this is some next level quality videos. Good job.

Cool presentation. Exactly on point!

Hi, thank you for the videos. Which is better, Shure MV51 or samson c01u pro ?

Another good video, very clear and well made. Any chance you will review the AUNA 900b? It seems to have a great reputation, but I'm not sure if it's better than the C01u pro that has a similar price.

bandrew can you make a video of the audio technica at2035 vs mxl 990 thank you

I love the new thing (idk what it's called) were it tells u what it is and how much it cossed

I don’t travel much at all but would like the simplest set up to record acoustic guitar and vocals, would you recommend a mic like this with pre amp as opposed to a Scarlett 2i2 plus a mic ?

So I use my iPad to record to a DAW app. Can I use this mic to record to that DAW. Or do I have to use a different app that comes with this and route it to the DAW?

Just unboxed a Blue Nessie. Amazed lf the quality. Now it got me wondering what else is out there at almost same price range?

can i use this Mv51 mic with my cannon M50 camera using a male to male 3.5 AUX cable to record video and audio together?

Loved the Video!! Will have to look at getting one!!

I rely on you dude! I've got Neumanns, Shures and loads more, but I just bought an iPad Pro and want to record while mobile. This looks great. Would you recommend it over the Apogee 96k and the Zoom iq6? You're playing and singing is great!

Would you recommend this one (Shure MV51) or the Blue yeti original for male and female singers? The style singing is classical and folk and also wind instruments? Everything acoustic. Thank you for your advice!

Another great review, liking the new lower thirds. Haha If there is one thing I don't like is that I I can't run quick enough to grab my good pair of headphones to watch your videos! haha Keep up the good work, my friend!

Do you think this is good for recording vocals for songs

IK Multimedia iRig Mic Studio black VS Shure MV51 for vocal and instrucment recording with computer and Android? What would you recommend? Thanks!

Thanks Bandrew, you're awesome. Your videos helped me get my setup sounding exactly how I want it. Keep it up. :-)

Great piece of tech! And a cool song :D

I'd love to see a review of the Zoom Q2N or one of the other Zoom cameras

Good review

Thanks so much its so helpful

Hi Ben, Great review especially with different sound demo. I want to connect this mic to my Android phone with USB type-C socket. What do I need to buy? A USB type-A to type-C cable? Thank you bro.

pretty cool video, i like the budget gear since it's within my price range =)

can you connect this microphone to a camera (mini usb to mini usb), sony 5100, lumix fz300, canon m50 ......?

Hi :) would you compare this mic to Rode NT USB and Rode NT USB Mini?? :) I just cannot decide! Thanks! :)

Nice Toy!! I'd like to see a review of the Rode Broadcaster from you! Great Radio mike!

Can you do a review on blue raspberry microphone?

Is it much better then the MV88+?

No wind screen for that when using outdoors?

Is there a shock mount available for this mic?

Great video , Subbed.

Good work , bravo

great examples thx

Very Nice!!!! Good job man !

How does it work with Iphone....does it run the battery down?

I had been using a Behringer C1USB as my main mic exclusively for vocals. I wanted to make an upgrade and change my mic for a Shure MV51. I bought it, I tested it, and I felt really disappointed. My voice sounds kind of weird, I mean, there's no noise and that's good, but the voice sounds like with like an echo, I tried in several different spaces just in order to make sure if it was the room the reason of why it sounded like that, but the mic keeps recording the same way. The voice sounds with some sort of echo, which is really annoying, even my old C1USB (with all the noise it generates) sounds better after the noise reduction process. I tried with the flat mode and the vocal mode, both were the same, with that little echo. Do I have to change some special settings to get rid of that annoying echo? Thanks.

What about this one vs the rode nt1a?

I want to record in a noisy environment. Best mic?

I looked everywhere, and I couldn’t find my answer, the microphone has mic monitoring on even when I turn it off on my PC, so when I use my DAW it’s double monitoring, any suggestions? I don’t want to hear myself double when I record

Thanks man!

Hi does it work for Android??

This mic vs the Blue Snowball?

Is it better than at-2020 usb+?

this one or the at2020+??????? what do you thing?? just to record sing voice but I hace my own platform with sound process.. I don´t have a good acoustic

Can you review Blue Raspberry if you haven't already so.

Excellent, thanks!

thank you very much.

Man I really love your channel, although I must confess every time I watch a review or a versus series, I end up being more confused than before lol! So many good options out there, and at the same time is such a rather subjective matter. Been watching your videos for a couple months now, trying to decide on which microphone to get. Honestly I just use it for games, discord/teamspeak and occasionally twitch, but I'm done wasting money on "gaming" headsets and decided to get a standalone mic Anyway, you really do an amazing job and deserve more subs and views and all that good stuffs

Thank you

Hi! I want to make a podcast where I interview a guest sitting on the other side of the table. The setting will be in different offices as I will go to them/travel etc. And therefore I am planning on recording on my iPad. Of all the different mics you have tested, which one(s) would you recommend, and why? Also I like the MV51, and in the MV51 Shure video add, they use two MV51 in the computer. But can you use multiple mics and still get a good sound if you use an adapter/hub for the mics going into an iPad? I read that you recommended the MV88 in the comments, but there is just something about sitting with an "actual microphone" kind of making the setting. Thank you for all your reviews, it really helps a non-experienced-tech-newbie a lot :) The best Miel

can i use it for teams calls?

Thanks!

got this but i dont know how to set it up

Can you use this Mike with Android phone?

is it possible to connect with audio i terface?

So I just got this mic, I’ve tried a lot of things but when I record myself it always turns out with that quality you would hear on the radio, can anybody please help me?

wow awesome looking and functional mic

Loving your voice it was great and funny

I see you extra video quality...... I appreciate you :D

yeah but how do i plug it into an amp

Can i use this for Skype or Zoom?

Is the Samson go mic better than the blue snowball? (not ice) for RU-vid commentary and Skype

Plz do the RØDE NT1A

Latency free or low latency monitoring? I'm not trying to be a jerk, but in Shure's website/promo video they say "low latency monitoring". It may be picky, but for musicians it makes a world of difference when tracking.

You deserve more sub

Just found this review. Does this mic have a built in interface? Can it be used with the program Audacity? I am going to assume that you would still recommend an XLR mic to interface set up over a single USB mic to computer set up? All that I am interested in doing is singing & playing guitar to monitor my progress as a beginning player. So, what set up would you recommend? Thanks, Steve

WOOOOOW We use it!

Does is connect to android phones

Is it bad for a mic (usb condeser one to be specific) to be plugged in (powered) all the time, even when I'm not gonna record anything for the whole day? Or should I unplug it when I'm not using it? Thanks for help! btw I decided to buy my first "professional" mic thanks to your videos, so thanks for that also :)

Hey, I'm musician from Brazil and congratulations, you have a new subscribe. I have a question if you dont mind, do you prefer the Mv51 or the Blue Sparks one?Thanks!

hi im from the phillipine podcastage can you do on a video buget microphones for phillipines please i wanna start a youtube channel

Hi, for beginner in music covers did you recommend one of this shure or the neewer NW7000 ??

Great new Design! But haven't you already done this?

So, wich mic would you recomend the most for a metal band vocal recording? This MV51 or the 96k from Apogee? Best regards.

Hi, I bought this cause I thought it would sound much better when recording my voice (singing+acoustic guitar) on TikTok. However, I don’t really hear a difference. Do I have to be real close to the mic when singing into it? Cause I saw another musician using it without it being very close to the mouth and there you can definitely hear the good mic quality.. I’m a bit desperate as I’m trying to record good audios. Through my iPhone alone (no matter if TikTok or the camera app) the sound isn’t necessarily bad but way too low in volume. Does anyone have a solution? Would love to fix this:) Lou

review blue yeti

I think it's sound quality better than Yeti. Without any process, this mv51 recorded voice is more similar to my own voice than Yeti recorded voice. Do you agree?

Very nice review. In between Shure MV51 & Blue Raspberry , which one will u prefer more for youtube videos?