Product on Review: Arozzi Colonna Silver
Manufacturer: Arozzi
Street Price: UK: £89.99 EU: €99.90
The microphone is an essential part of online life to allow you to have clear interaction with your friends and audience whether it is in-game, or recording a live stream; and for non-professionals that do not require an audio desk, a desktop USB microphone is your go-to friend. For some while now, the Blue Yeti has been the go-to solution for such tasks, whether it would be for streaming, recording videos on YouTube, or recording a Podcast with friends. Arozzi, a relatively young team based in Sweden, are now offering an alternative for high-quality USB microphone, of which the Colonna is their flagship part.
Available in Black, Gold, Silver, and Rose, the Colonna is a desktop microphone that is mounted on a heavy-duty base that in some sense does appear to be Blue Yeti esque. It features a 5/8 inch thread, which will enable it to be mounted on a standard microphone boom, and is completely plug & play. It features a headphone port for microphone monitoring, and features onboard dials for headphone volume, microphone sensitivity, as well as a switch to mute the microphone. At its heart, the microphone uses three 14mm high-quality condenser capsules that can pickup audio in three polar patterns (Cardioid, Bidirectional, Omnidirectional), which can be selected with the dedicated button. Coming in at €99.90, it undercuts the Blue Yeti's pricing for their basic models, and so Arozzi are positioning themselves to provide better value than the competition.
Overview by Arozzi
Colonna microphone features classic desktop design in modern colors and offers studio-quality sound when streaming, gaming or recording on PCs, Macs and popular gaming consoles.
It uses high-quality condenser capsule technology with switchable pickup patterns (Omnidirectional, Cardioid, Bidirectional). Colonna features a 3.5 mm headphone jack with volume controller and a custom-made USB connector so users can literally “plug & play”, streaming in pro-level quality. The microphone also comes with a 5/8 inch thread mount so you can mount it on a studio boom microphone arm.
It uses high-quality condenser capsule technology with switchable pickup patterns (Omnidirectional, Cardioid, Bidirectional). Colonna features a 3.5 mm headphone jack with volume controller and a custom-made USB connector so users can literally “plug & play”, streaming in pro-level quality. The microphone also comes with a 5/8 inch thread mount so you can mount it on a studio boom microphone arm.
