Microphone for Youtube Recording


Hello,
I have been trying to research this a little but not finding what I need so far.
What kind of microphone should be used if I am say reviewing my system for YouTube and I play a few tracks and want the best possible sound to come through to the end user, so that they can get a feel for the quality of the system?
I realize you cannot fully realize the quality of a system through Youtube but i am referring to something better then the Mic on a cell phone or my DSLR.
I have seen some Mic's that are referred to as Shotgun Mic's, would those pick up in Stereo?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jay


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Showing 1 response by magnetoserge

Or you can use the technique used to record guitar amps. Put a Shure SM57 in front of your speaker, so 2 SM57, 2 stands, a field mixer, do the mix and equalization through uncoloured headphones and feed the camcorder/camera. You should be pretty close... :) The SM57 are cardioid mics with great response but this is not the only ones. After that you will have to suffer the YouTube compression that will ruin part of your hard work. So I don't think you can demonstrate anything this way.