miniDSP UMIK-1 USB Measurement Calibrated Microphone

I’ve been using the UMIK-1 for years now. After five years of consistent use the first one went bad. This was my replacement for the exact same model. There is no single perfect measurement microphone. I supplement with a second microphones to ease speaker development; however, for room acoustics and finalized speaker measurements in general, this microphone is all you’ll ever need to validate acoustics. I utilize a more complex microphone, DAC, and amplifier combination to find speaker-driver offsets only during any speaker design phase. These driver offsets “can” be calculated using the UMIK and some careful calculations, but cannot automatically be accounted for with a single microphone/DAC combo. I’m lazy and have my adapted process; however, I have, and still can do a complete design with the UMIK only. UMIK’s plug and play connection with related measurements software is simply impressive. Although there’s a large learning curve regarding software tools like REW to become proficient with usage, this microphone makes it as simple stupid as any microphone could. Software developers are always working hard in the background to improve the software to make the mic more useful yet. For the price of the UMIK -1 you can’t go wrong for what it does. Great mic!

I bought an Emotiva XMC-1 Processor about 7 months ago. Amongst that I have an svs ultra tower 7.1 surround system and an svspb4000 sub. Nice setup or so I thought. The mic that came with the from emotiva would give too many varying results and too many disappointing playback results especially way too light in the sub area almost every time. I decided to try the ECM8000 from Behringer becuz it was cheaper @ $55 instead of UMIK-1@ $100. The ECM800 $55, driver $45, phantom power $25 and last but not least hdmi $8 total of $133 dollars. The ecm8000 did a flat response, but again the sub was too lean until I went into Dirac and changed the sub settings which didn't sound the best. Not bad though. I was not happy with dirac so far. I could send all the extra sh#$t for the ecm8000 back except the mic. If anyone has an emotiva $2500 processor or higher price. Get the umik-1. The emotiva mic was way too sensitive so when it runs dirac it wants to turn the sub way lean. Tweaking it every calibration gets old but , I could get it humpin. Now the UMIK-1 was a whole new ball game. First calibration made adjustments to dirac. Im just used to do n that. Played some movies and music sounded good but, I wanted to play more. Went to dirac omg my file didn't save. 2 nights later I ran dirac again with the umik-1....same results again. I decided not to touch the sub section this time and just give a whirl Wow..what a world of a whirl it turned out to be. This mic is less sensitive so there for it needs the subs to be present and it is very much present. It picks up down to 8hz or so. It sounds like a real movie theater now. I missed all of this thunder and over all detail for what!!! Minidsp offers other sound correction programs and how to set up guides. I think it's a very nice touch for " just buying" their mic.

Mic is great. Used it to tune my sound system with a reference program. Worked well. Sound system sounded 100% better after using it. Highly recommend quality microphone.

I bought this microphone to use it for room correction. I love the fact that the company calibrates each individual microphone and create a file to use. I finally used it today and it worked like a charm. You should know that it has a USB C connection, and so you need to be able to use the right cable with it. I’m very happy I bought it.

Nice mic that I bought to use with the Dirac room correction software for my receiver. While the mic itself is nice, the USB cable is too short to use as a calibration mic. The USB cable is only 6ft long, and while that probably works well for general usage, it's directly marketed by Dirac as the mic to use with their software. To properly do a room calibration, you have to move the mic to several listening locations and the 6ft cable length prevents that. Had to buy a USB extender cable to do the calibration properly. Should be sold with a longer cable option. Included cable has a USB-C connection to the mic with a USB-A connection at the other end, at this price should include an A to C adapter since USB-C is now the world wide standard.

Sturdy product with amazing packaging

I feel guilty admitting it but I planned on returning this mic after using it to set up Dirac on my ARCAM AVR. The microphone feel solid and well built with its metal housing, the stand it comes with also feels like its meant to last and not cheap plastic. I originally tried to use an Anthem MRX ARC mic to use with Dirac but that failed horribly. After using this I had no issues and the setup was smooth and easy. After using it to calibrate my AVR I decided to keep it! Awesome calibration microphone. I used it with a pair of SVS Ultra Evolution Bookshelf speakers and SVS 17 Ultra Evolution sub. Results make everything more harmonious. One of the best upgrades for calibrating your new AVR.

Excellent USB microphone using Dirac Live software to calibrate my home theater’s Dolby Atmos Bowers and Wilkins speaker system! Highly Recommend!

Fonctionne très bien. Très bon résultat avec DiracLive. Je le recommande. Produit de qualité. Je ne regrette pas cet schat malgré son prix quand même coûteux

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Ótima qualidade Vc precisa baixar arquivo de calibração individual para esse Mic para usar Compatível com Rew e Dirac live Audyssey prometeu compatibilidade e até agora nada!

Trés bien. fais le job !

One of the most important tools for getting the sound right. This is more than enough to setup a proper room correction. One of the most known and best for starting to use it as it is USB and recommended by REW. It can be easily used with eversolo streamers as well. Biggest improvments starts here at room correction not 2k EUR speakers. Well done for such practical product.