Richard Lee

If your team is still propping a laptop at the end of every conference table, you’re losing the meeting before it starts. After spending 90 days testing the best conference cameras for small meeting rooms with two engineers, a content lead, and a remote guest joining from a flaky hotel Wi-Fi, I can tell you […]

Looking for the best wireless presentation remotes? After testing 10 clickers over three months across classrooms, boardrooms, and hybrid Zoom calls, we have strong opinions. A wireless presentation remote is a small handheld device that sends slide-control commands to your laptop through a 2.4 GHz USB dongle or Bluetooth connection. It frees you from your

When I plugged my Stratocaster straight into my laptop’s built-in audio jack years ago, the result was a thin, fizzy mess of latency and hiss. That moment sent me down a research path. I spent the next six months testing USB audio interfaces in my home studio, running identical guitar tracks through each one and

I spent the last three months testing ten of the best USB audio interfaces for podcasting with my usual mix of dynamic broadcast mics and condenser workhorses. I ran each one through solo episodes, co-host conversations, and remote Zoom interviews on both macOS and Windows. If you want a USB audio interface that makes your

I spent the last three months testing portable audio interfaces on an iPad Pro M4, an iPad Air M3, and an older Lightning iPad to find the best portable audio interfaces for iPads you can actually buy in . I tracked preamp noise, phantom power stability, battery drain, and how each unit behaved inside Logic

I spent six weeks testing ten podcast mixers with USB-C in my home studio, plugging each one into my MacBook Pro, an iPhone 15, and a Windows rig to see how they handled real recording sessions. The short version: USB-C has quietly become the default on every modern mixer worth considering, and the gap between

I have spent the last six months recording in the same untreated spare bedroom, and I can tell you from raw experience that a bad mic choice in a bad room is a nightmare you hear on every episode. After testing 10 of the most recommended podcast microphones for untreated rooms in real home setups

I spent 90 days testing ten XLR microphones in my home booth and a treated studio, recording narration, animation, and commercial reads for real-world casting calls. If you’re searching for the best XLR microphones for voiceovers, you already know why USB mics fall short: they lack the clean preamp gain, low self-noise, and balanced signal

If you have ever streamed from an untreated bedroom with a mechanical keyboard clacking three feet away, you already know why a dynamic microphone matters. I have been testing audio gear for over a decade, and I can tell you without hesitation: the best dynamic microphones for streaming are the single biggest upgrade you can

I spent the last three months testing microphone shock mounts in real podcast and streaming setups, and the difference between a clean broadcast and a rumble-filled mess almost always comes down to this one piece of gear. Whether you are running a Blue Yeti, an AT2020, or a Shure SM7B, a shock mount is the