Aston Microphones Stealth Broadcast Microphone Review / Test

Today I review the brand new Aston Stealth, a Dynamic Mic with a Class A preamp built into it. On top of that, it has 4 different voicings for Male or Female voices, guitar, or a Dark mode to emulate a ribbon microphone. The microphone does suffer pretty badly from plosives and the built in capsule shock mount is not too effective at rejecting bumps of the microphone stand. All around it is very versatile and would be a great tool to have in a mic locker.

CORRECTION: Correction. At 4:46 I read the incorrect description for the capsule mounting system/internal shock mount. The correct description is: Aston Stealth includes a proprietary internal shock mount design with the capsule suspended in mid-air, completely isolated from the mic chassis, and supported at 3 points by Sorbothane polymer hemispheres.

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00:00 - Intro / Price
00:38 - Testing Parameter Setup
00:55 - What’s in the Box
01:11 - Build Quality
01:44 - Specifications
02:12 - What is Active Mode?
02:31 - Testing All 4 Microphone Voicings (Spoken Word)
03:13 - Polar Pattern Test
03:37 - Plosive Test
03:45 - Distance Test / Proximity Effect Test
04:08 - Background Noise Test
04:17 - Testing Coloration of the Preamp
04:45 - Testing Bump Rejection
05:07 - Built-in preamp vs. Interface Preamp Noise Comparison
05:45 - Stealth vs Sm7b Comparison
06:29 - Music Test
07:56 - Pros & Cons
09:00 - Overall Thoughts
10:40 - Recommendation
11:28 - Outro

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