Reviews

Mysa Electric Heat Smart Thermostat In-Depth Review

Time codes below. In this excerpt taken from episode 279 of The Official GonnaGeek Show (http://www.geeks.link/279), Stephen gives an in-depth review (and demonstration) of the Mysa Smart Thermostat for Electric Heating. This review covers his thoughts on the installation, setup, programming, energy monitoring and smart device integration. This is NOT an installation guide. NOTE: The…

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Rodecaster Pro Initial Setup & First Use Experience (How intuitive is it?)

In this video I’ll walk through setup of the Rodecaster Pro straight out of the box. THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE WALK THROUGH but instead is simply my experience as I try to see how intuitive the unit is to use straight out of the box. Note that I’ve not looked at any tutorials, and…

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ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP: Zoom LiveTrak L-12 Follow-Up Walk-through

This is a follow-up video to my previous Zoom L-12 Walk-through and First Impressions video (http://www.geeks.link/l12). This follow-up is based on my use of the Zoom L-12 after a year, as well as questions asked in the comments on my previous video. This video builds on the previous video, so if you’re looking for a…

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Can an iRig Pre drive a Shure SM7B?

A lot of people (Stephen included) have been known to rely on IK Multimedia’s iRig Pre when they’re on the road but what is the TECHNICAL capability of it anyway? In this on-the-road video Stephen takes a notorious gain-hog (the Shure SM7B) for a spin to see if the iRig Pre can drive it. Plus as…

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Zoom LiveTrak L-12 Digital Mixer / Recorder Overview and First Impressions Walk-through

In this walk-through video, Stephen gives his first impressions as he walks through some of the basic functionality of the Zoom LiveTrak L-12 Digital Mixer / Recorder. In this video we talk board features, level setting, mute functionality, SD card operations and various aspects of the Zoom L-12 LiveTrak Digital Mixer.

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Shure SM58 vs Art D7 Microphone Shootout

This is a quick shootout comparison of the Shure SM58 and the Art D7. This comparison was requested by a commenter “Mcdovin” on the Big Mic Shootout YouTube video (geeks.link/bigmicshootout). Hope this helps answer the question, Mcdovin. Timecodes: 1:33 – Shootout begins 2:23 – Shootout repeats with compression 3:13 – Shootout concludes

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Electro-Voice RE320 vs Shure SM7B vs Heil PR40 vs Audio-Technica BP40 vs Procaster vs Art D7 Shootout Comparison

In this MASSIVE Microphone Shootout we compare 6 large dynamic microphones. Audio-Technica BP40 vs Electro-Voice RE320 vs Shure SM7B vs Heil PR40 vs Rode Procaster vs Art D7. To help provide samples for multiple use cases, the test is run 3 times – once with the raw audio, another with some enhancement by the DBX286,…

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Audio-Technica BPHS1 vs MANY Dynamic Handheld/Large Broadcast Microphones

In this quick shootout (inspired by a recent Facebook conversation) Stargate Pioneer compares the Audio-Technica BPHS1 against the Knox Podcast Microphone, the Blue Encore 100, the Sennheiser E935, the Sennheiser MD46, the Rode Procaster, the Electro-Voice RE320 and the Audio-Technica BP40.

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Better Podcasting Guest Contributor Emily Prokop’s ATR2100 vs Apple Earbud vs Zoom H5 X/Y Microphone Comparison

Do you need a lot of expensive equipment to get started as a hobby podcaster? Nope! Plenty of podcasters have started out with an inexpensive (notice I didn’t use the word “cheap”) microphone recording into their computer using Audacity (Mac, PC, Linux). When I started podcasting, I wanted as much of my equipment and technology…

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Portal Router Review and First Impressions

In this excerpt from Episode 170 of the Official GonnaGeek.com Show, our very own Chris Ferrell gives his review and first impressions of using the Portal router. Note that this video was from when Chris first used the portal at the end of 2016. If you have further questions for him, feel free to post…

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