Samson Q2U headless mic with Shure A81WS presidential windscreen
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1 min readMar 5, 2019
I discovered how to cure the plosives in the otherwise impressive Samson Q2U.
After hearing, reading and watching many reviews of the Samson Q2U, I sought out to cure its only important Achilles heel. The Q2U is a hybrid dynamic “handheld” type microphone with a cardioid pickup pattern. It’s hybrid in the sense that it offers both XLR analog output, bidirectional USB connectivity with latency free monitoring. It also sounds great for the under US$60 price. The Q2U’s chief weakness is it’s extreme vulnerability to plosives. Learn ahead how I cured it and how the Q2U sounds after the cure, compared with the the Pyle PDMIC78. You’ll also learn how uniquely effective the Shure A81WS windscreen pop filter is, since it has three different layers of open-cell foam, each with a different porosity. READ MORE AND LISTEN…
