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Love these, but patio11 needs a better microphone setup, its so echo-y and robotic! Please take this as helpful feedback rather than hurtful criticism.

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It's actually less the microphone and more that I recorded this at my coworking space, whose only room for recording is literally a glass box. I'm going to try to find another room to do podcasts in -- the audio engineer flagged it, too, but shipped beats perfect.

If you're stuck with recording in that room, perhaps you could try getting something like an SE Electronics Reflexion Filter? It's like a tiny vocal booth just for your microphone, to block reflected sounds.

http://www.seelectronics.com/reflexion-filter-x/ http://www.seelectronics.com/reflexion-filter-pro/

Not sure of RRP in Japan, but someone is selling the RF-x on eBay US for $80. (I don't have one myself but I've been meaning to get one for years, didn't even know they had a home-studio model until just now.)

Definitely found this too. Josh Doody sounded crystal clear though.

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