Fifine MI14
Dual USB-C / XLR dynamic mic that ships with its own boom arm. Cardioid, so it keeps the room out of the recording.
| Maker | Fifine |
|---|---|
| Model | MI14 (sold as a kit with a boom arm) |
| Type | Cardioid dynamic broadcast microphone with both USB-C and XLR outputs |
Store
| Store | Price | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.se | 711 kr | 2026-09-27 |
Description
The mic on the MacBook, it is connected through a XLR cable to the Scarlett Solo, which itself is connected to the AUX return of the Behringer Xenyx 802.
I bought it because, before this became my work mic, the Yeti was connected on the MacBook, so I already had a mic on the work setup and on the Gaming PC I was using only my SteelSeries Arctis headset, all the time.
I don't like using headsets that much, they squeeze my ear and they get very hot. You can tell from the number of headphones I own that I still haven't found one I can wear for a relatively long time without it bothering me, the closest are the DT 990 and the Lyrö. Ever since I found out you could have a microphone separate from the speakers, I've kept the two lines apart because, usually, headphones that focus on the "headphoning" only are usually more comfortable than full headsets.
Besides the two outputs, it has a headphone jack for monitoring, like the Yeti, with a decent analog to digital converter behind it. It has two knobs, one for the mic volume and one for the headphone volume, a touch button on the back to mute it, and an LED you can recolour or turn off. It ships as a kit with a boom arm and a pop filter.
Impressions
The MI14 is not extremely sensitive. In theory it's a directional mic, but I notice it picks up quite a lot from the sides even with the mic facing forward, it's not quite loud, though even in the highest gain.
The capture is pretty raw and it's quite sensitive to bumps and pops. The way around it is to turn the mic gain down so you can speak very close to it, like an actual podcast mic, and then it works a lot better. Even though the gain is not really that much, it really seems they used a linear Potentiometer here rather than a logarithmic because the actual gain will only come in the final quarter turn.
The boom arm is relatively bad, but it works, I still prefer the Elgato low profile, but one advantage is that it doesn't pick up desk vibration or things you knock into, so you don't need a shock mount. My cats keep eating the pop filter, so I don't know if that's relatively good or bad, but I haven't seen any big difference with or without it.
There are two knobs. The Yeti only has the headphone adjustment and the mic gain is on the back, which is very annoying to do. On the MI14 you get the audio return in the front as well as the mic gain.
What bothers me a lot is that the mute button is on the back and it's a touch button. Since this is a mic that stays horizontal, every time you try to move it you end up brushing against the mute button, and you can't see that it's muted until you look at the back. Even turning it around doesn't really work. I'd call that a design mistake, though it doesn't get in the way that much.
It's a great mic and the sound quality is quite good, though it's not excellent. This is definitely not the best one, the Shure MV7 is probably the best "podcaster" mic, but it's like 5x the price of this one.
Final thoughts
It's an excellent buy for anyone looking for a mic that's budget but still has relatively professional quality, mostly for recording videos and that sort of thing.
I moved the mic to the work setup because it's much more suited there, but I haven't tested it yet, so it can be super bad.