Elgato Wave DX - Dynamic XLR Microphone, Cardioid pattern, Noise Rejection, speech optimised for Podcasting, Streaming, Broadcasting, No Signal Booster Required, works with any Interface, for Mac, PC

By far this is an AMAZING microphone. Elgato KILLED it with this. Yes, it needs an XLR interface, but you can find affordable options on Amazon (and the Elgato XLR is always an option). Because it’s XLR, the quality is crazy good. Very clear, great levels, manageable range, easy to use with OBS and other software, and a great price. It’s not top-tier Shure or Sennheiser quality, but the sound quality is phenomonal for the price you spend. If you’re using a boom arm, the weight is good, not heavy (though if you use a “cheap” arm, you may have an issue). The mic is also a good size, not big and uses its space very effectively. I’d highly recommend this mic for anyone who wants to record video with audio or stream on Youtube/Twitch.

Joshua Parker · 2025-06-21 · via amazon

The sound quality on this thing is absolutely amazing and is definitely a hug upgrade from my headset microphone. It's very adjustable and stable for any microphone boom arm

Alex Helton · 2026-04-17 · via amazon

For the price I would say this thing is NEAR perfection, my first XLR mic out the box it was a little boom/bass heavy for my voice but a quick tweaking and it sounds sooo good if you want to dabble in xlr mics and don’t wanna break the bank I say try this mic out easy plug and play, not too heavy for my boom arm and i love that it didn’t have any crazy rgb and using this with the Elgato steam deck + and wave link software made it so much easier

Marquise Lewis · 2025-08-14 · via amazon

The quality of this microphone is unmatched in its price range. I could not be happier with the quality of this microphone and everyone who hears me agrees with its performance. I have a friend who has an SM7 who agrees that the quality of sound produced by this microphone is almost indistinguishable from his when it comes to vocal performance. It's crystal clear, it looks great, and it will work for everyone's vocal needs.

Bradley Baker · 2025-01-04 · via amazon

I recently got this as part of a Christmas buying binge to rebuild my streaming setup and was pleased with the quality of the mic with my Wave XLR that I got to act as an audio interface it works great other than occasional hiccups created due to interactions with the wave link software and applications like voice mod or other things that use virtual audio devices above the ones provided by wave link though that might be just a me thing due to using various vst plugins to help modify the audio across the different devices. The build quality was outstanding, and with a small adapter kit, I could attach it to a proper shock mount for my mic arm, which greatly reduced the reverberations and handling noise from the stand's movement. It can take a little fiddling figuring out how to set the gain in the software and get the audio levels good for whatever you plan to use it for but once you get it locked in it works amazing.

James Farmer · 2025-01-04 · via amazon

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