HyperX QuadCast - USB Condenser Gaming Microphone
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' This is a video review for the Quadcast. General pros and cons will go here:\nPros:\n+ Very intuitive mute/unmute system, convenient gain control dial\n+ Warmer sound, but overall has a good balance to sound natural\n+ Four polar patterns to choose from, which is handy for things other than gaming\n+ Build quality looks solid but still is quite light\n+ Built-in audio jack for a monitor mode\n+ Shock mount and pop filter included!\n\nCons:\n- Red lighting unable to be changed\n- Gain control printing is inaccurate\n- Mute/unmute area is matte and gets easily smudged\n- A bit on the higher end for pricing on "gamer stand-up mics", however there are additional features for the premium pricing\n\nWith these in mind, I still believe this microphone is a very solid 9.5/10 as most arguments are trivial and doesn\'t detract at all from the function of the mic. Great work HyperX!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I originally had the Blue Yeti mic but needed another mic to stream, and the Hyper X was a great upgrade.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have owned many many mics ranging from the snowball to the AT20200 XLR. I just replaced my Blue Yeti with the Quadcast and immediately fell in love. It certainly picks up less white noise than the Blue Yeti (In my environment). The red LED is an awesome indicator if you are live and ready to record. It is surprisingly light compared to the Blue Yeti and AT2020. I have had multiple comments on Twitch and in Discord asking what I did because I sound much clearer. One subjective con is that the Quadcast does not add the same amount of bass that the Yeti does, however, that is nothing to knock a star off for. I use VoiceMeeter Banana so it was an easy fix.\n\nTLDR: This microphone is great for streamers/content creators/average users. Great that HyperX has entered into this market. Excited to see what else they come out. RGB Quadcast? Special Accessories? Keep an eye out!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Originally I purchased an AudioTechnica 2020+ USB while the sound was great and it did the trick as soon as I read and watched reviews 3 main features stood out to me with the HyperX Quadcast. Firstly physical controls are a god send with the Quadcast. Having a physical control for gain levels on the fly is a must if you're looking to Twitch stream. This really makes things amazingly easy while trying to focus on the game. Another stand out features are the built in pop filter and while it does work rather well I would still recommend an additional pop filter to help really clean up audio.\n\nSpeaking of control the touch sensor and lighting makes it easy to quickly mute myself during a stream and always lets me AND my stream know if I am muted. Last but not least is the 4 different recording options with a quick switch, this makes the Quadcast super versatile if I decide to include someone in my stream by quickly switching from cardiod to bi directional on the fly.\n\nThe most important piece obviously is the recording quality. I can say with ease the Quadcast has much better mids, lows and highs with a fantastic aesthetic to boot.\n\nIf you're looking to start streaming and want something that's easy to setup, looks great, sounds better and has extremely impressive recording quality look no further!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Friends have told me the sound quality is great! I’m extra and mostly wanted it for the looks, but I’m really digging how some of my highlight clips sound since I have it record my mic as well as game video. It feels very well made. I do wish the knob for adjusting gain had a little more resistance, but that’s only because one of my cats likes to headbutt everything he sees haha!\n\nEven though it has one built in, I would still recommend an external pop filter for more professional use.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Even though this microphone has Anti-Vibration Shock Mount, Four Polar Patterns, Pop Filter and Gain Control, almost most of them are not practical.\n1-It has Anti-Vibration Shock Mount, but it is not good enough to absorb even a simple table shock, and you have to buy and install a better one, which is not possible!\n2-It has four polar patterns, but your mic should be as close to your mouth as possible all the time ( for all four patterns) because the mic is not sensitive enough.\n3-It has pop filter, but it is not good enough to act like a real ordinary pop filter, and you have to buy a separate pop filter.\n4-It has a gain control; even though it seems very smooth, actually, it is very loose, and not sensitive enough to give you a good gain control. More over, because of its looseness, it may ruin your recording by any accidental hand movement.\n5-This microphone has a large mute button, at first glance seems positive, but it is very sensitive, and all of a sudden, may goes to mute by accident!\n6- The build quality is like a plastic piece\n7-I returned , and ordered a Blue Yeti X. Unbelievable, comparing to Blue Yeti X, HyperX QuadCast is like a joke!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I'm not an audiophile or anything, but as a content creator and streamer, I have to KIND OF know what's good and what's not. This microphone is EVERYTHING that every person you trust has said about it, in a positive manner. So far, I haven't run into a single thing I don't like about it. With four polarity patterns it's uses are vast. And color me tickled with the red LED light. I love LED ANYTHING, and my stream corner is quite colorful. So this mic fits right in. Sound wise, it's miles better than both my headset mic, and my XLR mic running through a Scarlett Solo. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS MICROPHONE to anyone doing podcasts, streaming, or even just wanting to sound nicer than they already do when speaking into your PC."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I love the color of it and the tap to mute option. It has a very crisp and warm sound that vastly out performs the blue yeti I used to want. If you're an enthusiast gamer/streamer who wants something built to last and visually pleasing with an excellent assortment of features and a high standard of functionality this is the stand alone for you just make sure to get yourself a boom arm as well I wish it came included but that's my only issue. And the stand HyperX includes is still very premium albeit the sub par way to use the mic so if you lack space this is will be fine."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This is such a beautiful mic. It's easy to use. Plug it right in and start speaking away. The mute button on this is also fantastic. Tap it and it's mutes. The RGB also turns off when you mute the microphone making it easy to distinguish. On the fly gain control as well is very helpful. Pair this with some kind of digital mixer and you'll be speaking like the pros. It might a litt big on the size but it's not as heavy as a blue yetti."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Before I decided to buy this I was torn between this, the elgato wave 3 and the blue yeti pro x and even though I concluded the wave 3 might have the best sound quality I realized that the sound quality of the other two mics are just as good if not only very VERY slightly worse. Not really noticeable at all since the hyper x sounds amazing in a discord call or on stream.\n\nI HIGHLY RECOMMEND you buy this mic if you want quality AND great design and aesthetic. I preferred the cylinder shape of the hyper x and the ability to customize the RGB leds on it complete the design and feel of my set up.\n\nAnother tip! If you have a noisey background that might bleed through your hyper x you can use the built in noise reduction filter on OBS or Discord to pretty much completely eliminate anything being picked up besides your voice. It works flawlessly.\n\nIf you have an nvidia GPU you should go with nvidia broadcast instead of the filters because its even better for noise reduction and lets you choose it as your output on your programs like discord and OBS.\n\nI even teated blasting loud music and fan noise from my phone right next to the mic and it didnt pick it up! It only picks up when I speak.\n\nOverall, amazing product!'}]