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There's a reason the Blue Yeti is considered antiquated by modern standards. Audiophiles steer clear of it, as it's an all-encompassing microphone that tends to pick up just about everything in the room. Without some heavy-duty touch-up in post or when going live, there are simply better options out there now. This is particularly pertinent now that Blue Yeti has been effectively subsumed by Logitech and isn't exactly the same brand as when it was coming up.

Logitech has actually just recently followed up on the Blue Yeti with the "Blue Yeti 2," an AI-backed (sigh) microphone with tracking audio and a denoiser. As the original 2009 Blue Yeti and a few of its follow-ups were known for letting it all in thanks to a sensitive condenser microphone, this is a welcome change.…