PREVIOUS AUDIO EQUIPMENT & REASON FOR NOT USING IT:
RØDE PROCASTER – HAD A HIGH PITCHED WHINE. UNPLEASANT TO LISTEN TO FOR LONG TIMES.

SHURE SM7B – MUDDY, INCREDIBLY UNPLEASANT LOW-END. REQUIRED WAY TOO MUCH POWER FOR THE SOUND IT PRODUCED, ALSO TOO EXPENSIVE. WOULD RATTLE WHEN I MOVED IT. HAD A LOT OF WHITE NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND, BORDERLINE UNUSABLE UNLESS YOU HAVE A GATE.

SHURE SM58 – CHEAP, GOOD SOUND (FOR THE PRICE), GREAT BACKGROUND REJECTION. HOWEVER; LACKING IN SOUND COMPARED TO MORE EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVES. GET TOO CLOSE AND IT SOUNDS TINNY. USES TOO MUCH POWER, BUT IT'S A DYNAMIC WHADDAYA GONNA DO.

EARTHWORKS ETHOS – TOO SIBILANT. HIGH END REACHES INTO THE 30khz AND IT GETS UNBEARABLE ON MY VOICE. ALSO MY ROOM IS TOO UNTREATED TO USE A CONDENSER MICROPHONE, REGARDLESS IF IT'S A "BROADCAST" OR NOT.

FOCUSRITE 2i2 2ND GEN – IT'S THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, REALLY SHOULDN'T BE. RUNS LIKE ♥♥♥♥, THE DRIVERS USE PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE & GENERALLY UNSTABLE. IT'S WORKED 7+ YEARS BUT I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD BUY A FOCUSRITE PRODUCT. TRY A MOTU OR A UNIVERSAL AUDIO. HAVEN'T TRIED A MACKIE AUDIO INTERFACE BUT THEY GENERALLY DO GOOD STUFF.

AUDIO TECHNICA ATHM50X – GREAT HEADPHONES, THOUGH MY CROMAGNON ASS EARS DON'T WORK WITH THE PROVIDED EARPADS SO I BOUGHT 3RD PARTY MEMORY FOAM ONES. MADE THE HEADPHONES A BETTER FIT, BUT SOUND DID TAKE A SMALL DIP NGL. ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH END. SWITCHED THEM OUT CAUSE I WANTED SOMETHING BETTER.

CURRENT EQUIPMENT:
MIC
ELECTROVOICE RE20 BLACK: THE CREMÉ DE LA CREMÉ. GREAT CLARITY, VARIABLE-D TECH HELPS TONE DOWN THE PROXIMITY EFFECT, MAKING THE SOUND MORE BALANCED. VERY SIBILANT MIC, HOWEVER JUST TURN DOWN THE HIGHEND AND YOU'LL GET RID OF THE WHITE NOISE AND THE SHARPNESS OF THE MIC. FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD COME STOCK LIKE THAT BUT IT DOESN'T FOR SOME REASON. END GAME MIC. BUILT LIKE A TANK, LOOKS GREAT. PRETTY BIG BUT WHO DOESN'T LIKE A BIG BLACK PHALLIC OBJECT CLOSE TO ONES MOUTH?

AUDIO INTERFACE
MOTU M2 – CLEANEST AUDIO INTERFACE, LACKING IN THE HEADPHONE POWER DEPARTMENT. CAN'T DRIVE MY SENNHEISER HD560S WITHOUT GOING PUSHING THE SOUND TO 80% ON THE DIAL. HAS A THICK DETAILED SOUND, UNLIKE THE FOCUSRITE. MIGHT BE TOO COLORED FOR SOME, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT CAPTURES A MORE REALISTIC SOUNDPRINT OF REALITY. SO FAR (24-01-04) DRIVERS ARE GOOD, HAVEN'T HAD THE ISSUES LIKE THE FOCUSRITE WITH CRACKLING.

MIXER
MACKIE PROFX10v3: MIXER WITH 70DBs OF GAIN. RUDIMENTAL IN IT'S CONSTRUCTION AND FEATURES BUT EXCELS AT WHAT IT DOES. CLEAN SIGNAL, FAST DELIVERY AND HAS FUNNY REVERB EFFECT YIPPIE.

PREAMP
DBX 286s: THE CHEAPEST ALL IN ONE PREAMP THAT ISN'T ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. ENOUGH GAIN TO RUN A SM7B, WON'T FIX THE ♥♥♥♥ SOUND HOWEVER. COMPRESSOR, GATE, LOW & HI-END "ENHANCER" AND A DE-ESSER. BUY IT & PRAY THAT IT'S NOT A FAULTY UNIT AND YOU HAVE YOURSELF THE BEST DEAL IN ANY AUDIO SETUP. ALSO BUY A $3 CABLE ON AMAZON THAT JUST ADDS A BUTTON TO THE POWER CABLE CAUSE IT DOESN'T COME WITH ONE. WHY DOESN'T IT? ♥♥♥♥ IF I KNOW.

HEADPHONES
SENNHEISER HD560S – GREAT OPENBACKS, GIVES WONDERFUL SOUND AND ADDED DETAIL, SO FAR THAT I CAN'T GO BACK TO MY OLD AUDIO TECHNICAS. NOT THAT THOSE WERE BAD, BUT THESE ARE GREAT.