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Whats a good audio set up for about £150

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As the title says, whats a good audio setup for about £150, its pedomently the microphone I need to set up as I have a good set of headphones, but my microphone and interface is a bit lacking I feel, current setup is:-
Behringer U-PHORIA UM2

A cheap XLR Mic

 

What would be the best option for an upgade??? I was thinking of getting a Depusheng HT4 and a Audio-Technica AT2020, but I am not knowledgable enough to know if these are great parts or not, especially at this price. Any help would be handy, thanks

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Link in my signature may be of help to you, I go over the input side there, when it comes to headphones I will step back and let someone else cover that.

Sloth's the name, audio gear is the game
I'll do my best to lend a hand to anyone with audio questions, studio gear and value for money are my primary focus.
Click here for my Microphone and Interface guide, tips and recommendations
 

For advice I rely on The Brains Trust :
@rice guru- Headphones, Earphones and personal audio for any budget 
@Derkoli- High end specialist and allround knowledgeable bloke

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1 hour ago, The Flying Sloth said:

Link in my signature may be of help to you, I go over the input side there, when it comes to headphones I will step back and let someone else cover that.

Headphones aint a problem for me at the moment I have a good enough pair at the moment

 

as for the mic, I have had a wee look through everything there, but I can't find aby of the mics that you recommend on amazon, so where could I get them in the UK??? Or is there any other alternatives you would suggest???

The owner of "too many" computers, called

The Lord of all Toasters (1920X 1080ti 32GB)

The Toasted Controller (i5 4670, R9 380, 24GB)

The Semi Portable Toastie machine (i7 3612QM (was an i3) intel HD 4000 16GB)'

Bread and Butter Pudding (i7 7700HQ, 1050ti, 16GB)

Pinoutbutter Sandwhich (raspberry pi 3 B)

The Portable Slice of Bread (N270, HAHAHA, 2GB)

Muffinator (C2D E6600, Geforce 8400, 6GB, 8X2TB HDD)

Toastbuster (WIP, should be cool)

loaf and let dough (A printer that doesn't print black ink)

The Cheese Toastie (C2D (of some sort), GTX 760, 3GB, win XP gaming machine)

The Toaster (C2D, intel HD, 4GB, 2X1TB NAS)

Matter of Loaf and death (some old shitty AMD laptop)

windybread (4X E5470, intel HD, 32GB ECC) (use coming soon, maybe)

And more, several more

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I'm unable to recommend any microphones in particular but I would advise to just spend your entire budget on a microphone. The UM2 is not great but good enough. The AT2020 seems to be a solid choice. You should also get a pop filter, a decent XLR cable and a microphone boom arm as it doesn't come with all of these thing.

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49 minutes ago, HenrySalayne said:

I'm unable to recommend any microphones in particular but I would advise to just spend your entire budget on a microphone. The UM2 is not great but good enough. The AT2020 seems to be a solid choice. You should also get a pop filter, a decent XLR cable and a microphone boom arm as it doesn't come with all of these thing.

I have the boom and pop filter already so don't need another one

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The Lord of all Toasters (1920X 1080ti 32GB)

The Toasted Controller (i5 4670, R9 380, 24GB)

The Semi Portable Toastie machine (i7 3612QM (was an i3) intel HD 4000 16GB)'

Bread and Butter Pudding (i7 7700HQ, 1050ti, 16GB)

Pinoutbutter Sandwhich (raspberry pi 3 B)

The Portable Slice of Bread (N270, HAHAHA, 2GB)

Muffinator (C2D E6600, Geforce 8400, 6GB, 8X2TB HDD)

Toastbuster (WIP, should be cool)

loaf and let dough (A printer that doesn't print black ink)

The Cheese Toastie (C2D (of some sort), GTX 760, 3GB, win XP gaming machine)

The Toaster (C2D, intel HD, 4GB, 2X1TB NAS)

Matter of Loaf and death (some old shitty AMD laptop)

windybread (4X E5470, intel HD, 32GB ECC) (use coming soon, maybe)

And more, several more

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4 hours ago, grimreeper132 said:

Headphones aint a problem for me at the moment I have a good enough pair at the moment

 

as for the mic, I have had a wee look through everything there, but I can't find aby of the mics that you recommend on amazon, so where could I get them in the UK??? Or is there any other alternatives you would suggest???

Thomann and Anderson's are where you should be looking for audio gear

Sloth's the name, audio gear is the game
I'll do my best to lend a hand to anyone with audio questions, studio gear and value for money are my primary focus.
Click here for my Microphone and Interface guide, tips and recommendations
 

For advice I rely on The Brains Trust :
@rice guru- Headphones, Earphones and personal audio for any budget 
@Derkoli- High end specialist and allround knowledgeable bloke

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