Griffin Technology Ne-Mic Audio Adapter

by Griffin Technology

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067V8G
• Item model number: 0267-NE1
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,238 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 1, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Griffin's Ne-Mic audio adapter allows Mac users to take advantage of any microphone on a Mac OS system. In years past, people were restricted to the Apple PlainTalk microphone and a few more expensive professional models. But with the Ne-Mic, users have access to a wide array of inexpensive microphones, multimedia displays, communications devices, and headsets manufactured for both the PC and consumer markets. The Ne-Mic adapter plugs into the Mac's microphone port, or, in the case of computers released without a microphone port, into an external sound card. The device also incorporates a low-noise amplifier and requires no setup or drivers.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The little adapter that could, January 24, 2005

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This review is from: Griffin Technology Ne-Mic Audio Adapter (Personal Computers)

I have a B&W tower that's been upgraded with a G4 zif processor. Naive as I was, I went to the store and bought some headphones to use with Skype. Thought they should work fine with my Mac - said right on the package that it was "Mac compatible." Wrong. Like many Macs, mine has a Plaintalk audio input. The only known microphone that works with Plaintalk is Apple's own microphone. Sure, it's powerful, but it gives you 360 degree sound (not good for Internet phoning) and it's fairly difficult to use with a headphone.

I'm not aware of any other solution other than the Ne-mic. (The same company makes a USB adapter, but it's double to triple in price.) You plug it in the Plaintalk input, plug your regular headphone mic cord into the adapter, and voila, you can use any headphones intended for Windows on your Mac.

Although the manufacturer doesn't promote this feature, it's a biggie: This adapter allows you to input audio from other sources such as a stereo or tape recorder. You could even use it with a VCR with some additional cheap cables. Along with appropriate software (e.g. Ambrosia's AudioX) this means you can cheaply digitize audio and put it on your web site or send it as an attachment to your email. This will allow you to convert old tapes to MP3s or create your own interview shows on tape and then post them to the net. Sure, you can buy audio equipment (e.g. the Olympus DM-10) to record digital audio. But it will cost you. This little adapter allows you to use inexpensive equipment you likely already own - like a tape recorder.