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Blue Snowball Microphone vs. Audio Technica ATR 2100 Microphone Comparison

Posted on 3 February, 2013 Written by Dave Doggett 6 Comments

This is my personal review and demonstration of the Blue Snowball and Audio Technica ATR2100 microphones. For product links, see the links below the YouTube video.  I have owned the Blue Snowball microphone for a number of years and have been very pleased with it.  After developing an interest in Podcasting recently, I decided that the quality of my audio should be slightly improved and that was when I discovered the Audio Technica ATR 2100 microphone.  For it’s price, it rivals other microphones that cost $300 and the difference in sound quality is almost nill.  Watch my video, listen to the audio samples, and decide for yourself.

In this video I demonstrate the Blue Microphones Snowball USB microphone and compare it to my Audio Technica ATR 2100 microphone using it’s XLR connection into my M-Audio Fast Track audio interface on my iMac using GarageBand.

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Comments

  1. Gannon says

    3 November, 2014 at 11:13 pm

    Is the quality of the ATR2100 through XLR and USB roughly the same?
    The large difference between the snowball and the ATR was impressive, but I would like to know how much of that was attributed to the different connection.

    Thank you in advance.

    Reply
    • Dave Doggett says

      16 November, 2014 at 8:58 pm

      Hi Gannon. In my opinion, there is very little difference in most applications to the ATR2100 through XLR and USB. I record a podcast at http://msipodcast.com which I use the ATR2100 primarily connected by USB to my MacbookPro. I will try and do another video soon that demonstrates the difference between XLR and USB. Thanks for the question.

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  2. Preslie says

    23 February, 2018 at 12:53 pm

    Your review was great, thank you! Do you use a pop filter or a foam ball windscreen over the ATR2100 mic? I’m trying to decide which of those to purchase with it. I’m new to audio recording, so I apologize if I screwed up the terminology. Thank you in advance!

    Reply
    • Dave Doggett says

      6 December, 2018 at 7:33 pm

      Hello Preslie, and sorry for the delay replying. You probably already have your microphone and filter now 🙂

      To answer your question though… I personally use a foam windscreen and it works great. I hope to do another video review of a very affordable lavalier microphone very soon.

      Thanks for the note and let me know if I can assist further.

      Dave

      Reply
  3. Thomas says

    3 February, 2019 at 6:07 pm

    Curious if there is a better option now. I’m looking to buy a microphone that beats the Snowball in audio quality but isn’t too much more expensive. Curious if there are more competitors in 2019.

    Reply
    • Dave Doggett says

      26 February, 2019 at 8:15 pm

      Hi Thomas. Yes, there are lots of great options for good microphones these days, but as far as I can tell, the best brands are still Audio Technica, or Blue Microphones.

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