Fifine AM8

If you’ve got a PC gaming set up, having a separate microphone from your headset can be a real advantage. Your headphones have more room to concentrate on giving you that better sound experience without having to worry about catering for a microphone too and it also frees you up to get a microphone that you can adjust and set up to suit your environment and voice, not to mention drinking coffee is so much easier without having to move the boom all the time! This isn’t just the remit of streamers and content producers however, it can really help when gaming with your friends.

Fifine have created this AM8 with FPS gaming firmly in mind (my favourite!). The microphone has been designed to focus on noise coming from in front of it, deliberately ignoring noise coming from behind or to the sides of it so if you have a traditional PC set-up, you should be able to have the volume up on your monitor/speakers without too much feedback when it’s just too hot to wear headsets, much like last night when I had to stop playing! Although when you plug a headset straight in to the mic (3.5mm jack is on the base of it) you can take advantage of the live monitoring this provides ensuring the volume of your voice is the same as what you hear in the headphones – no deafening your team-mates unintentionally!

If you’re after a more complete recording experience, the mic also has XLR capability, allowing you to capture a much better quality sound, useful if you’re aiming for content creation and not just gaming with your friends. The mic stand is pretty sturdy and weighted well with non-slip grips underneath so it stays where you want it to and if you need to mute yourself, the button is a one-tap within easy reach. RRP £68.60

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