# Electro-Voice RE20

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/electro-voice-re20
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/xlr-microphones
- Placement: #4 of 18 in XLR Microphones, A tier
- Brand: Electro-Voice
- LP on this board: 749
- Last researched: 2026-09-23T18:27:17.300Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Decades of broadcast service, field-replaceable parts, and a failure reputation close to zero make it the safest long-term owner in the category.

## For

- Famously still in service decades after purchase
- Field-repairable with replaceable parts
- Design has barely needed to change in half a century
- The broadcast industry's default dynamic
- The broadcast standard for decades

## Against

- Extended frequency response can expose sibilance

## Evidence

Consolidated from 22 cited sources across 20 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Podcast Host | - | - | https://www.thepodcasthost.com/equipment/the-best-podcasting-microphones-on-the-market/ | fetched and confirmed |
| r/microphone | - | - | https://www.reddit.com/r/microphone/comments/1tzbvwo/rode_nt1_electro_voice_re20_upgrade_worth_it/ | outlet blocks automated checks |
| Higher Hz | Brandon Schock | S | https://higherhz.org/reviews/equipment/electro-voice-re20/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Riffs, Beards & Gear | Riffs, Beards & Gear | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX7QoQZ-RYU | fetched and confirmed |
| Jack Murray | Jack Murray | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-iNWnked4 | fetched and confirmed |
| Fal Gear Lab | Fal Gear Lab | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxZhEK4qI3w | fetched and confirmed |
| Danny Lightning Audio and Reviews | Danny Lightning Audio and Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nScp8U2jH0 | fetched and confirmed |
| the greatest song | Ted S. | B | https://thegreatestsong.com/best-dynamic-microphone/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Sweetwater | Sweetwater | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwrY2EyZsgE | fetched and confirmed |
| Andrew Chapman Creative | Andrew Chapman Creative | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVLb7s2YEo8 | fetched and confirmed |
| Randumb Tech | Randumb Tech | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmjKH1uJ6Mw | fetched and confirmed |
| phototristan | phototristan | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEfeKa1eIQ | fetched and confirmed |
| NINESIXINDIE | NINESIXINDIE | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIoTC_UKus | fetched and confirmed |
| Home Brew Audio | Home Brew Audio | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJf4OW6GA1c | fetched and confirmed |
| phototristan | phototristan | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqesu94awE8 | fetched and confirmed |
| phototristan | phototristan | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PNhxjtPh3c | fetched and confirmed |
| CLK Video Productions | CLK Video Productions | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Wi9I5fKSQ | fetched and confirmed |
| Current Overviews | Current Overviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNVx477Ot3w | fetched and confirmed |
| Engineered | engineered.network | B | https://engineered.network/blog/ | fetched and confirmed |
| 12NOTEZ | 12NOTEZ Music Studio | B | https://12notez.in/blog/shure-sm7b-vs-electro-voice-re20-india-2026 | fetched and confirmed |
| Blog Recode | blogrecode.com | B | https://blogrecode.com/best-microphones-for-voiceover-work-top-picks/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Frank Hudson | frankhudson.org | B | https://frankhudson.org/2026/08/ | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Rode NT1 | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/rode-nt1 |
| 2 | Shure SM57 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/shure-sm57 |
| 3 | Rode PodMic | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/rode-podmic |
| 5 | Shure SM7dB | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/shure-sm7db |
| 6 | Shure SM58 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/shure-sm58 |
| 7 | Shure SM7B | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/shure-sm7b |
| 8 | 512 Audio Limelight | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/512-audio-limelight |
| 9 | Beyerdynamic M70 Pro X | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/beyerdynamic-m70-pro-x |
| 17 | Logitech Blue Sona | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/logitech-blue-sona |
| 18 | Aston Origin | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/aston-origin |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/xlr-microphones.

## What this tier means

- A: Excellent. Strongly recommended, beaten only by the very best.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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