[Black] I love my sr314 except for the plosives rejection. This adapter foam windscreen works great. the foam is a bit longer than I expected so I bought the extra form and made it a bit shorter. Now I can alternate between the two of them for the different voices and no plosives!!

[Black] This microphone sounds better than the sm7b in my opinion. It is more of a natural sound compared to the sm7b. I highly recommend it!

[Mono] I bought two of the Icon Pro mics when they first came out. I already owned an Earthworks SR314 which was my first Earthworks mic. It made a believer out of me. The build quality on the Icon Pro is consistent with every other Earthworks mic. Built like a tank out of milled stainless steel. Seems indestructible. But the quality of the audio is what will sell you on this mic. Stunningly accurate. You'll never sound better. I've used the SM7B for years along with other mics. This is the best sounding mic for voice work I've ever heard. I record into a Sound Devices MixPre-6 which has super quiet preamps. Perfect pairing. If you are looking for a broadcast, podcast, streaming or voiceover mic and $499 is in your budget range, don't think twice.

[Black] I had my reservations at first but when comparing directly with my SM7B (Now returned SM7B) I was blown away by this microphone. Not only does it look surgical it sounds clear, analytical, and bass rich. Nothing is overpowering with this mic. It is a very honest to life and presence heavy microphone. I can't recommend trying it enough! With B&H's 30 day return policy giving this mic a fair shot is nothing but a win! You will love it, I love it, I will not be returning it, and with it's CNC milled stainless steel body it will last me a life time! Thanks B&H for making this fantastic product available for the consumer.

[Mono] This microphone is expensive but it sounds SO GOOD. It's like an RE20 and SM7B merged together with the sweetness of the RE20 but low end of the 7B in a perfect balance. It makes my voice sound great and does me a lot of favors. The build quality is outstanding and it feels super robust. The only minor complaint I have is that the pop filter/foam can fall off kind of easily so if you use this as a guest mic they may tug on it the wrong way and pull it off by accident if it's on a boom arm.


If you're looking for a super clean, unique sound this is the Mic for you. It's also very easy to drive with about 25db of gain needed for a healthy signal.

[Solid-State] This is a broadcast-style microphone (front address), but it is NOT a dynamic mic. It is actually a small-diaphragm condenser microphone with a BIG sound. You get the absolute clarity and detail you'd expect from a small-diaphragm, but if you run it through a tube-based preamp (UA-610B for example), you also get a warm and full sound.


To my ears, the clarity and detail are far superior to the SM7B or the RE20, and depending on your preamp, you can obtain that darker, rich sound of the SM7B (great for podcasting) or you can achieve sonic clarity (great for voiceovers).


I personally run mine through a Cranborne EC1 preamp into the PreSonus Quantum 2626 interface and into the Studio One 5 Professional DAW. The EC1 can provide total sonic clarity or add a bit of mojo depending on your taste and needs.



The only downside of this mic is that if you're looking for background noise rejection, you'd be better off with a dynamic mic (SM7B, RE20, etc.). This is a condenser mic and it shows in its sensitivity.


If you have decent acoustic control over your space, I highly recommend the ETHOS for broadcast, podcasts, streaming, and voiceovers.

[3.05 lb] TL;DR - This mic is incredible. The sound is super crisp and clear, and even though it's not a dynamic mic, it does a great job of eliminating background noise. Bottom line - buy it if you need a great sounding mic!

Long story - I create YouTube videos about cars and riding our Yamaha WaveRunner personal watercraft. I try to record my voice live to save time while editing, but sometimes I just have to do voices overs at home.

I used to use a video-style mic going into my iPhone, and it sounded okay, but I wanted the sound to be great. After reading and watching lots of YouTube reviews, I knew the Earthworks Ethos was the one.

I purchased a PreSonus Studio 24c and the Ethos and love that I don't need a signal booster to get quality sound...and believe me, the sound is quality - once I figured out how to speak properly.

I have never used a mic that was so sensitive (in a good way), but it picked up the slightest noise I made while talking. Once I figured out how to not make clicks and other noises with my mouth, I absolutely fell in love with this mic. I didn't even realize I was doing until I listed to my first recordings.

I have a very minor EQ setting in the higher frequency that I use, but other than that, I just record my voice into the built in Voice Memo app in the Mac and import it into DaVinci Resolve Studio.

I used to record into Logic Pro, and that audio came out better, but the process is more time consuming. I often make a lot of short voice overs, so the Voice Memo app works good enough. If I needed to record something with the highest quality, I'd do it in Logic Pro.

Overall, I love this mic and really can't say enough about it.

[End Address] I was a little skeptical before I bought it. Once I bought this mic, I realized its so good and easy to EQ that all other mics are way behind in the queue. So smooth and warm, doesnt suffer with the deficiencies of a Dynamic microphone, so easy to drive and excellent to EQ.

[Solid-State] I'm a voice artist and record loads of long form projects (Audiobooks, articles, eLearning, etc.), and this mic works just brilliantly for that use case. It responds incredibly well to EQ, which I apply to brighten the top end frequencies a bit, and with that on the recordings the mic sounds just as good if not better than my Neumann and MKH-416 on certain jobs and auditions. I would even say that it might be the most like me a mic has sounded in my studio.

Not to mention it's a beautiful mic to have in front of your face for hours at a time.

[Black] At the new price point, this is one of the best broadcast/vo mics in my arsenal, hands down. Crisp, focused, and more portable than an SM7B (or another new favorite of mine, the BP40), the Ethos is a fantastic mic. Avoid the Icon, hoard the Ethos.