If you’re just starting your streaming career or you’re looking for an upgrade, the Elgato Wave:3 is a great choice for your needs. The Wave:3 is powered by USB so it easily plugs into your desktop or laptop, or whatever you use for your setup. It also comes with quite a few nice features. Like a condenser for better precision in picking up your speech patterns. Aside from Elgato’s well-deserved popularity thanks to its well-known quality, the mic also provides convenient access to volume adjustment thanks to the dial on the front. That volume dial is also multifunctional. So it doesn’t only control the volume. It can also be used to control the input gain, and the crossfade between the mic and PC mix. It features a cardioid polar pattern too. In addition to a capacitive mute button for disengaging the mic quietly (you won’t have to click any buttons). And it has a steel grille. Which offers more than adequate sound diffusion but also better protection as the steel is more durable than fabric.
