Earthworks Audio Enters USB Microphone Space With Two New Products

Targeting podcasters, live streamers, gamers, and remote workers, Earthworks Audio is entering the growing USB space. Earthworks released ICON, a studio-quality USB microphone, and ICON PRO, a broadcast-quality XLR streaming microphone. Both products enhance the quality and experience of remote working, podcasting, gaming, and home recording. For the new ICON design, Earthworks partnered with Triad-Orbit to create a custom desktop microphone stand.

Earthworks Audio opened for business 25 years ago when the company started building measurement microphones in order to measure the speakers that David Blackmer, the company’s founder was designing. When musicians tried David’s measurement microphones for capturing their instruments live, they started coming back for more. 25 years later, Earthworks is announcing new vocal capsules for live sound wireless options, built on success of its latest SR314 microphone.

Stuart Yaniger reviews the Earthworks M50 Omnidirectional Measurement Microphone. Earthworks, a well-regarded brand based in the US, manufactures the M series microphones, targeted at the middle of the market, and ranging in price from $500 to $1300 per microphone. The Earthworks M50 under review ($1299 retail price) is the top entry of the M series, which mainly differs in high-frequency cutoff between models. This article was originally published in audioXpress, July 2017.