Is This The BEST Budget Mic? (Fifine AM8) — Transcript

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1. 0:00In this video, I'll be reviewing the
2. 0:01Fine Fine AM8. Is it the best budget mic
3. 0:04for gaming? Just a quick disclaimer,
4. 0:07FineFine sent me this mic for free, but
5. 0:09did not tell me what to say. Everything
6. 0:11in this video I say is my own opinion.
7. 0:14At 55 USD, the AM8 comes with the stand,
8. 0:17a manual, a windscreen, a USBC cable,
9. 0:21and of course, the mic. The first thing
10. 0:23I noticed when unboxing is that the base
11. 0:25is really hefty. I've seen a lot of
12. 0:27lowcost mics that'll fall down even if
13. 0:29you just tickle them, but the AM8's
14. 0:31heavy bass makes this not a problem. The
15. 0:34mic is also compatible with the boom
16. 0:36arm, which I actually recommend because
17. 0:37it would make it easier to talk directly
18. 0:39into the mic, although it's not really
19. 0:41necessary as the stand it comes with is
20. 0:43perfectly fine. Fine. The mic screws
21. 0:46onto the base pretty far in, so there's
22. 0:48no worries of it coming off. This part
23. 0:50that holds the mic is made of metal and
24. 0:52the rest of the mic is made with
25. 0:53plastic. The quality of the plastic is
26. 0:55all right. It feels smooth to the touch,
27. 0:58but it also feels a little bit cheap.
28. 1:00It's what you get for the money you
29. 1:01paid, but realistically, you rarely
30. 1:03touch your mic anyway, so it's not
31. 1:05really a big problem that should be a
32. 1:07dealbreaker. However, I did notice that
33. 1:09the windscreen actually picks up quite a
34. 1:11bit of dust. Although, I think it's kind
35. 1:12of hard to see through the camera, but
36. 1:15again, that isn't really a big deal. The
37. 1:18mic connects using USBC. It also has a
38. 1:20USBA adapter attached in case your
39. 1:23computer doesn't have USBC. You can also
40. 1:25connect with XLR if that's what floats
41. 1:27your boat. The bottom of the mic has a
42. 1:29ring of RGB that you can customize with
43. 1:31the sun button.
44. 1:34The RGB is how you know it's only for
45. 1:36real gamers.
46. 1:38Most of the settings are static colors,
47. 1:40but the default setting is a gradient
48. 1:41that changes, and I think it's a
49. 1:43tasteful accent.
50. 1:45The mic also has a mute button that
51. 1:47isn't actually a button. All you have to
52. 1:49do is touch it. So, that's nice. And
53. 1:52then on the back of the mic, or the
54. 1:54front of the mic, I don't even know.
55. 1:56Well, it has a volume knob and another
56. 1:59volume knob. The second one controls how
57. 2:01loud your headphones are because you can
58. 2:03plug your headphones directly into the
59. 2:04mic, so you can monitor yourself as you
60. 2:06speak. Both volume knobs are smooth and
61. 2:09feel really high quality, as in they
62. 2:11don't feel flimsy or have a lot of play
63. 2:12or anything like that. By the way, this
64. 2:15is a dynamic microphone with a cardioid
65. 2:17polar pattern, and it's intended for you
66. 2:19to speak directly into the mic from the
67. 2:21top. It comes with a nice thick
68. 2:23windscreen, so all your possives get cut
69. 2:25out. Watch this. Peter Piper picked a
70. 2:27pick. Oh my god. Peter picked a pickup.
71. 2:31[laughter]
72. 2:32Peter Piper picked a pe of pickled
73. 2:34peppers.
74. 2:36Something worth noting is that this mic
75. 2:37somehow picks up zero background noise,
76. 2:40and I don't even have acoustic panels.
77. 2:42Don't believe me? Here's a clip of the
78. 2:44mic when I have my ceiling fan on.
79. 2:51Because of this, it also cancels out
80. 2:53most of your keyboard and mouse sounds,
81. 2:54which is definitely a good thing if
82. 2:56you're a gamer or even a YouTuber. For
83. 2:58example, if you're in a Discord call or
84. 3:00another game call, you probably don't
85. 3:02want others to hear every one of your
86. 3:03clicks.
87. 3:08I'm talking directly into my mic right
88. 3:10now. It's facing me away from my
89. 3:12keyboard and mouse.
90. 3:14Keep in mind this is what my setup looks
91. 3:16like in this clip. So my mic is closer
92. 3:18to my keyboard and mouse than it is to
93. 3:19my face. So normally your keyboard and
94. 3:22mouse would be even quieter if you put
95. 3:23it somewhere else. For best results, put
96. 3:25the mic somewhere closer to you or on a
97. 3:27boom arm. Even better, if you want to
98. 3:30record a keyboard and mouse ASMR video
99. 3:32or something like that, pointing the mic
100. 3:34down at your keyboard and mouse makes it
101. 3:36perfectly audible.
102. 3:40Yo yo yo. Hello. Hello. Hello. I'm
103. 3:43talking at a normal volume right now,
104. 3:45while my mic is pointed down at my
105. 3:47keyboard and mouse. I'm not exactly a
106. 3:49professional when it comes to mics, so
107. 3:51it's really important to me that it
108. 3:52sounds good right out of the box without
109. 3:54any finicking.
110. 3:56That's why this entire video is recorded
111. 3:57on the AM8 with its factory settings.
112. 4:00Knowing that, let's go over the mic's
113. 4:01pros and cons with its default settings.
114. 4:04Starting with the pros, the fine fine
115. 4:06AMA comes with a very reliable stand.
116. 4:08Good customization with the volume
117. 4:10levels and adjustment of the tilt of the
118. 4:12microphone. Touch sensitive buttons,
119. 4:14which in my opinion are better than
120. 4:16actual buttons, a very effective
121. 4:18windcreen, very good sound clarity with
122. 4:21no background noise picked up at all,
123. 4:23USBC, a nice touch of RGB, and of
124. 4:27course, the very affordable price point.
125. 4:33The only two cons I could really think
126. 4:35of that were relevant were that there's
127. 4:37no boom arm and that the windscreen is
128. 4:39not very dust resistant. Overall, I
129. 4:42think there's a reason why the Fine Fine
130. 4:43AM8 has 9,000 reviews on Amazon. It
131. 4:46comes with almost every feature you
132. 4:48could ask for and costs far less than
133. 4:50the competition. It also comes in white
134. 4:52and pink variants. So, the link is in
135. 4:55the description to purchase it. Let me
136. 4:57know in the comments what you guys think
137. 4:58about it. Thanks for watching and thanks
138. 5:01to Fine Fine for sending the mic to me.