Review by Bernard L. Stoffel for Azden High-performance(SMX-10) …

Comment posted Azden High-performance(SMX-10) Stereo Condenser Microphone by Bernard L. Stoffel.

Review by Bernard L. Stoffel for Azden High-performance(SMX-10) Stereo Condenser Microphone
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Seeking to produce something other than the usual crushingly boring home movies, I was looking for a good external stereo shotgun microphone for my small Digital Video Camera and my digital stereo sound recorder. Priced under $100, the SMX-10 was the most affordable serious stereo shotgun microphone I could find. It has the advantage if being intended for small video cameras, mounting on the camera and using the small external mike plug. Power is from a regular AA battery, nothing exotic. It is small enough to fit in my camera bag. In addition to using it on the camera I have used it with the recorder to collect sound environments, rain, thunder, a brook, wind chimes, night insects… To my untrained ears, the recordings are indistinguishable from the real thing.

With the included wind screen, this microphone is a vast improvement over the camera’s internal microphone, however it inhibits, but my no means, eliminates that pesky wind noise. I can not tell any difference in the sound quality if the microphone battery power is on or off. Overall, highly recommended for the ambitious but impoverished amateur videographer.

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