Blue Yeti Nano USB Mic Review
The entry-level USB mic for most people’s minds is either the Blue Yeti or for those of you who remember, the Blue Snowball mic. The Yeti is easily one of the best-selling & top-rated USB mic for those into content creation, podcasting, & gaming. A few months back, the folks over at Blue Microphones dropped the new-and-improved Yeti Nano mic.
We’ve been busy w/ a slew of products to review, a unplanned site redesign, and taking in more contributors. So we’ve finally gotten around to using it heavily and ready to discuss the ins-and-outs about the new mic. Let’s talk Yeti Nano talk.
This is a smaller take of the Yeti in a more portable size that weighs in at 1.39lbs. Making it ideal to throw in a bag to travel & keep creating content on the go – that is w/ or w/o the stand. It offer a lightweight aluminum construction w/ a minimalist look w/o too many buttons & knobs present. All while retaining the same design language from the Yeti w/ some streamlining to the look.
Inside you got 2 14mm condenser capsules w/ a 24-bit rate for recording and headphone amp for zero latency. It doesn’t offer a gain knob on board but you can access it via your recording app. Instead of 4 pickup modes, it has only 2 w/ cardioid (for solo recording) & omindirectional (for multi-person recording) present. It even comes w/ a mount w/ its own adapter that comes w/ it.
I think I prefer the Yeti Nano audio over the original Yeti.
In regards to the audio quality, I’m actually impressed. Despite lacking a few of the options from its bigger brother, I think I may prefer the audio from here over the larger Yeti mic. This is thanks to their new condenser capsules taking in your voice. Yes, I still need to pick up a pop filter I know. But regardless, the audio quality will be amazing.
Being so small makes it great to place or take anywhere but an interesting height to record. If you don’t have a chair that can adjust the height to bring you closer to the mic, you’re gonna sound a bit far away. You’re best bet to get the best quality from it will be to utilize a boom arm for it – unless you love to slouch in your chair. You can use Blue Mics Boom Arm or another brands as it ships w/ its own adapter for it.
The Yeti Nano is a great quality mic for those starting off and on-the-go content creation.
So the USB mics are still dope in regards to sound quality – better now than previously. Now its easily to travel with as well. So the Yeti Nano is still made w/ the creative in mind. Whether if you’re a musician/rapper, podcaster, gamer, or YouTuber; this is a powerful/necessary tool. I may just retire my Yeti at this point and use this moving forward.
You can grab the mic by itself for $99 or w/ a bundle that includes a boom arm, pop filter, & more for an extra $20-$30. There are other mics on the market but Blue has a proven track record for quality sound. And you never want to take any chances when it comes to that.
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