Snowball vs. Yeti

[RyanMacRocks]

Thinking about starting a YouTube channel soon, how noticeable is the difference between the Blue Yeti and Snowball Mics? If it is very significant I will spend the extra $60, but saving money is always nice.

[ThatOneRussian]

At2020 is better and the yeti has more features and sounds better

[Weak1ings]

If you intend on going long term, I'd suggest the Yeti as it simply is more useful in both the consumer and Pro market.

If it's a off and on kind of thing, and you have no intention of putting a ton of time in, the Snowball will do you almost as well as the Yeti.

[RyanMacRocks]

At2020 is better and the yeti has more features and sounds better

AT2020 is better than the Yeti, or just Snowball? I would be open to getting one.

[Boink]

The Yeti is much more versatile and has moderately better sound quality. If you only intend to use it as a cardioid mic then the better sound quality isn't really worth it and I would suggest the Snowball or something between the Yeti and Snowball in price that would match the Yeti in cardioid quality. If you plan on using the additional pickup patterns, or you at least want the option later down the road, then the Yeti would be your best option.

[ThatOneRussian]

AT2020 is better than the Yeti, or just Snowball? I would be open to getting one.

both of the mics its better than both

[Vozella]

This helped me a lot. 

[RyanMacRocks]

This helped me a lot. 

 

 

both of the mics its better than both

Thanks guys, I'll probably grab the AT2020 then.

[RyanMacRocks]

And young Jonathan lol

[TheKDub]

At2020 is better and the yeti has more features and sounds better

 

This ^^^

 

I've got one, and have also seen the blue yeti in person, the yeti is fucking massive and ugly, whereas the at2020/at2020usb is compact and looks great.

The at2020 sounds a bit better than the yeti, and significantly better than the snowball, not to mention finding shock mounts and such for it is much much easier than it is for the blue yeti or snowball. (You pretty much have to use the ones sold by blue, which are massive as well)

[Fluffinator]

This ^^^

I've got one, and have also seen the blue yeti in person, the yeti is fucking massive and ugly, whereas the at2020/at2020usb is compact and looks great.

The at2020 sounds a bit better than the yeti, and significantly better than the snowball, not to mention finding shock mounts and such for it is much much easier than it is for the blue yeti or snowball. (You pretty much have to use the ones sold by blue, which are massive as well)

There around the same, and no there not you can use any off brand shock mount or stand they all fit. Don't know if you can see it but the stand I have for it was literally like $10 bucks so..... Also how do you know the difference if you saw it in person one time, either way there both great I have the Yeti and friend has the AT, I prefer the Yeti but there really about the same so can't go wrong with either.

http://m.imgur.com/cAVy6yS

[weez]

how much you should spend on a mic is up to you but imo I wouldnt spend more then $100 for starting out a YouTube channel. 

 

Yeti = $75 on amazon (as of 11-29-2015, price can change anytime)

Snowball = $43 on amazon (as of 11-29-2015, price can change anytime)

 

Now normally I would recommend saving the money and getting the Snowball but the Yeti is only $32 more and imo the features it has over the Snowball are worth it.

 

Better stand. Its heavy and has a small base and that makes it easier to move close to your mouth.

Headphone monitoring. Always nice to have.

Hardware mic gain. Very nice to have

 

And if you want to in the future you can add a mic boom and no you dont have to get one made by Blue. Plenty of $10-20 ones that work with the Yeti.

 

EDIT: I just got the Yeti today and already like it over the ATR2500 I have. Sound quality is very subjective and to my ears they both sound good. But the features that the Yeti have make it better. Though I dont know why I got a the Yeti. Not like I make videos or anything. Just like testing new things I guess. Oh well time to sell the ATR2500 lol

[TheKDub]

There around the same, and no there not you can use any off brand shock mount or stand they all fit. Don't know if you can see it but the stand I have for it was literally like $10 bucks so..... Also how do you know the difference if you saw it in person one time, either way there both great I have the Yeti and friend has the AT, I prefer the Yeti but there really about the same so can't go wrong with either.

http://m.imgur.com/cAVy6yS

 

I've seen it in person, up close, multiple times, the yeti is massive compared to the at2020usb.

 

[Fluffinator]

I've seen it in person, up close, multiple times, the yeti is massive compared to the at2020usb.

 

Well we were talking about sound if you saw them one time don't think you would know the difference and you were talking about the price of the mounts which was completely bogus.

[TheKDub]

Well we were talking about sound if you saw them one time don't think you would know the difference and you were talking about the price of the mounts which was completely bogus.

A good mount for the at2020 is like $25, the one for the yeti is $40+.

And there's a thing called youtube, I can listen to people using the yeti on there, and I own an at2020usb, so I know what that sounds like.

[Fluffinator]

A good mount for the at2020 is like $25, the one for the yeti is $40+.

And there's a thing called youtube, I can listen to people using the yeti on there, and I own an at2020usb, so I know what that sounds like.

I have a scissor arm that was $10 and the mounts are around $25. Also the mics are almost identical and judging from youtube videos is silly because someone could have different settings or record with different software, or be using a xlr one instead.