Meet the Vintage Sony C355 Condenser Microphone

The Microphone Assassin • May 6, 2025
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I'm Voice Over artist and Bestselling Author Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff. I have voiced for Marvel, Sprint, Samsung, Calvin Klein, GE, Mastercard, AT&T, Google, Bank of America, Disneyland, Lowes, FedEx, NATO, Heineken, Uber, Ford, The Coca Cola Company, IKEA, Ericsson, Crayola, Nature's Harvest, 5 Hour Energy, Vice, PepsiCo, Carls Jr., Molson Canada, Infiniti, Honda, Nestle, Papa Johns, BMW, Colgate-Palmolive, Lexus, McDonalds, The U.S. Navy, Home Depot, Waterpik, TomTom, Oracle, Citgo, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Miller-Coors, Mitsubishi, Salesforce, Volvo, Pizza Hut, Chevy, Domino’s Pizza, RE/MAX, Tony Robbins, Kia, Revlon, JetBlue, Dollywood, Facebook, Super 8, Gamefly, Volkswagon, Stella Artois, Mini, LiveNation, CBS Radio, Kaiser-Permanente, Farmers Insurance, Sams Club, Olympic Paints, Autoland, DHL, Fujitsu, Brussels Airlines, Dun and Bradstreet, Henkel, Universal Music Group and many other big brands you may know. Oh, and I am the voice of Katsuro in the hit game Fruit Ninja.

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🎙️ You've Never Heard of This Mic — But You Should. This rare Sony C-355 condenser mic from Japan is a really cool vintage microphone — and it sounds pretty great, especially for an electret condenser mic from the mid-1980's. In this video, I unbox, test, and review this hidden gem from the golden age of Japanese audio engineering. If you're a microphone collector, vintage gear hunter, or VO pro, this one's a must-see. Pre-Order My New Book Now: "The Modern Voice Over Career Owner’s Manual" Gear, gigs, grit. Everything you need to build a voice-over career that lasts. 📖 https://amzn.to/429lb7K #SonyC355 #RareMicrophone #VintageMic #MicrophoneCollector #MicReview #ProAudioGear #VoiceOverMic #CondenserMicrophone #JapanAudio #StudioGear #HiddenGemMic

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