Need a desktop USB mic recommendation
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@JaredBusch said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@scottalanmiller said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
Art beat me. The Snowball is supposed to be one of the best.
We have the older white one, and never had a single issue with it... even in Africa. I think that one might not work with Windows 10 or something, though. I can't recall.
I have heard that they are great, but it seems overkill for a single office user for limited gotomeeting participation.
Could also use it for your DnD nights
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@DustinB3403 said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@JaredBusch said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@scottalanmiller said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
Art beat me. The Snowball is supposed to be one of the best.
We have the older white one, and never had a single issue with it... even in Africa. I think that one might not work with Windows 10 or something, though. I can't recall.
I have heard that they are great, but it seems overkill for a single office user for limited gotomeeting participation.
Could also use it for your DnD nights
Not for me.
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@JaredBusch said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@scottalanmiller said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
Art beat me. The Snowball is supposed to be one of the best.
We have the older white one, and never had a single issue with it... even in Africa. I think that one might not work with Windows 10 or something, though. I can't recall.
I have heard that they are great, but it seems overkill for a single office user for limited gotomeeting participation.
Then why not just use the mic on a headset or something?
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@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@JaredBusch said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@scottalanmiller said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
Art beat me. The Snowball is supposed to be one of the best.
We have the older white one, and never had a single issue with it... even in Africa. I think that one might not work with Windows 10 or something, though. I can't recall.
I have heard that they are great, but it seems overkill for a single office user for limited gotomeeting participation.
Then why not just use the mic on a headset or something?
Logitech has a really nice headset with an amazing mic for like 20-30$. Plantronics has a very similar one for a few dollars more. Let me see what the model number is.
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@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@JaredBusch said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@scottalanmiller said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
Art beat me. The Snowball is supposed to be one of the best.
We have the older white one, and never had a single issue with it... even in Africa. I think that one might not work with Windows 10 or something, though. I can't recall.
I have heard that they are great, but it seems overkill for a single office user for limited gotomeeting participation.
Then why not just use the mic on a headset or something?
That is obviously an option being discussed. I wanted something a bit better. Just dunno if $45 better is more than they want to use to deal with it.
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@JaredBusch said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@scottalanmiller said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
Art beat me. The Snowball is supposed to be one of the best.
We have the older white one, and never had a single issue with it... even in Africa. I think that one might not work with Windows 10 or something, though. I can't recall.
I have heard that they are great, but it seems overkill for a single office user for limited gotomeeting participation.
I would think so. It's mostly aimed at like semi-pro podcasters or similar.
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@JaredBusch said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@JaredBusch said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@art_of_shred said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
@scottalanmiller said in Need a desktop USB mic recommendation:
Art beat me. The Snowball is supposed to be one of the best.
We have the older white one, and never had a single issue with it... even in Africa. I think that one might not work with Windows 10 or something, though. I can't recall.
I have heard that they are great, but it seems overkill for a single office user for limited gotomeeting participation.
Then why not just use the mic on a headset or something?
That is obviously an option being discussed. I wanted something a bit better. Just dunno if $45 better is more than they want to use to deal with it.
Ah, so this is for a "someone other than yourself" use case.
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Plantronics has the Audio 648, I had one of the earlier models and really liked it. Doesn't look like Logitech sells their version of it, that I had, anymore. I preferred the Logitech version it was much more comfortable and the cable was longer. But the Plantronics one had a much better mic.
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Last job I bought a Samson C01UCW and it was great for recording people talking during weekly meetings. Incredibly clear. I think this one is out of production now but they have the Meteor/Meteorite which look quite good, and probably perform well.
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Blue mics are the way to go. Snowball, Yeti, whichever one you can afford, but go w/ Blue. They used to be all hand made in Latvia by artisans who used to work for Neumann (noi-man, say it right). The USB ones are Chinese made, but the designs are the tits. I have a snowball and 2x Yetis, all awesome.
FFS, no Samson, no Plantronics, no Logitech if you are actually seeking a real microphone. If budget rules, then I no longer give a f@ck what you use, and you obviously hate good sound (snowball mic is like $50).
edit: skip the Blue "ice" snowball... get the real one, $69.99 https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Snowball-Microphone-Textured-White/dp/B000EOPQ7E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1488490633&sr=8-3&keywords=blue+snowball+mic
