FIFINE AmpliTank Tank3 USB/XLR Dynamic Microphone

You can expect any streamers using XLR microphones to be spending an extra $100 or even higher depending on how much you spent on the mics and whether the best you want to get out of them. That means if the mic is already quite expensive in the first place, you have to invest even more to make the whole setup appropriate.

The compelling value of being XLR and USB allows you to have a more proper upgrade path of starting in the USB mic and then leveling up to the XLR connection. Why spend more than $100 on a USB mic if you will put it aside eventually to up the audio game? Besides, even if you’re a gamers who cherish and stick with every piece of hardware in the setup, a mic with an extra connection makes it even more possible. You don’t have to ditch the whole mic when it dies on your at sometimes in the future, it will relive a whole new life through the XLR port.

For beginners who walk their way up in the podcast field, the XLR means more than good compatibility, but the best-suited tone in your path of improvement. Since you’re not done with the internal sound card that is irreplaceable inside the mic, you can explore more coloration with the characters that different external interfaces provide.

As a dynamic microphone from FIFINE, it has the advantage over most others for not being gain-hungry.
Then you don’t have to crank the gain on the interface all the way up to get the recording sound louder, especially when using the $50-ish entry-level ones, like our SC1 or the Behringer UM2 and it turns out that more self-noise is introduced.

Without the downside that may put you off, the merits of being good at rejecting background noises should convince you more of the performance.
To get the best noise rejection possible but without affecting the quality, it’s better to speak from the top in a slight off-axis angle.

The reproduced sound is pretty natural. But the whole point is not just that you can live-stream or record with its raw audio,
but more importantly, it’s so versatile that you can shape the sound in different ways to suit the needs of streaming and podcasting.

The distinct warm and deep sound from dynamic microphones always comes at the cost of sounding a little bit muddled. The FIFINE Tank3 is no exception,
but we really aim to make it the versatility king of the FIFINE. So you don’t get as much bass as the similar FIFINE K688 reproduces.
But without support from the lows, every bit more clarity may just sound harsh, and it doesn’t make much sense to sacrifice the character of the punchy oomph of this type of mic. Therefore the frequencies below 80Hz aren’t rolled off aggressively either.

Just in case you like the look of the Tank3 but want to get warmer and more pleasant sounding as you could get from the K688, take good advantage of the proximity effect from this Tank3 cardioid mic.
Speak closer to the top to emphasize the warmth. Or take a-few-finger distance back to give less low-frequency energy to the recording, and to avoid plosives.

To be as natural as possible among the FIFINE microphones range, you don’t find much presence boost in the mids either.
If your voice is quite nasally, one of the best things about the Tank3 is that it won’t emphasize those frequencies.
However, it may still sound a bit towards the lows if the alternative in your mind is Shure MV7.

The trebles are also quite consistent without much of the unexpectedly obtrusive frequencies.
And that’s what it does better than the FIFINE K688, you get the same or even better clarity but not that type of crunchy crispness.
As a result, you will hear less sibilance even though it has only an internal wind foam cover instead of the external one from the K688 to dampen the air-blowing frequencies.