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if you're in the market for a new microphone to record voiceover stream on twitch create voiceovers for a podcast etc you've probably looked at microphones like the blue snowball and Yeti just because that's what everyone's recommending and while they are good there are options out there that are just as good if not better you've got Audio Technica with their at2020 Sennheiser rode Samson and Asus this is the ROG Strix Magnus and it's a $200 microphone with three condenser capsules having three instead of just one enables you to switch between different modes the - has three of them one being the normal mode for voice the second being a dual mode for projects like for example interviews where you put the microphone in between two peoples speaking and lastly you've got the electronic noise cancellation it tries to remove background noises like key press and mouse clicks the Magnus's design is well I don't even know what to say it's well-built and sturdy with a metal shell and my cover but it looks horrible I guess what they were aiming for was to create a microphone that could stand up by itself maybe you know without a stand but to be honest with you I'd rather have a normal-looking microphone with a stand than an oversized deodorant stick in terms of i/o you've got two USB ports one for connecting to your computer and one as a hub I'm having a hard time figuring out what to actually use the hub for though anyway you'll also find two aux ports one for monitoring audio which is great to see by the way and one as an aux in I guess that is if you want to connect an instrument or another microphone so you get audio from two sources on the same device and track and that's pretty clever actually you'll also see two sliders on each side of the mic one is for the monitoring volume and one's for the mic volume on the left side there's also a mute button oh yeah and there's RGB lighting of course and if you're wondering which side is right when you're recording you're supposed to have all the knobs and controls faced towards you while speaking I had difficulties figuring that out at first so let's go through the pros and cons of this microphone starting with the pros it's well-built it's got different modes to choose between meaning it's versatile you can monitor the audio by connecting your headphones to it and lastly you get a really nice carrying case in the box and as for the cons I've got a few it's ugly and easily wobbles and falls over on your desk the volume sliders are smooth and not clicky which makes it hard to set a volume and keep it that way every time you record and lastly it's expensive at $200 I think you'd be better off purchasing a blue yeti rode nt1 or audio technica at2020 review voiceover has been recorded on districts Magnus so yeah just evaluate this audio and decide whether or not the ROG Strix Magnus is worth its $200 price tag so thanks for watching feel free to like and subscribe if you enjoyed this video I'd really appreciate it and yeah I'll see you guys in the next one peace