Blue Snowball iCE Condenser Microphone, Cardioid - Black

best microphone value ever?

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canteenfamily

September 19, 2017

Color: Whitestyle: Microphone onlyVerified Purchase

I LOVE this microphone. And even though I already loved it, it got 200% better when I got a boom arm that clamps the desk and puts the Snowball mic next to my face. Got a pop filter too. Now I can record super clear sound... it even sounds pretty good with my laptop fan running and AC running the background (I remove background noise with Audacity). Also... in the video recording I did I have a major cold. Sorry. Earamble Professional Studio Condenser Microphone Suspension Boom Scissor Mic Arm Stand with Table Mounting Clamp Suitable for Blue Yeti Snowball and Earamble Studio Microphone Pop Filter Round Shape Mic Wind Mask Shield Screen

47 people found this helpful

Best budget condenser microphone.

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Carter Pielow

January 30, 2018

Color: Blackstyle: Microphone onlyVerified Purchase

This is a legitimate review of a product I bought with my own money. Just putting this out there.

This is honestly the best PC microphone you can buy on a budget. I haven't found any better condenser microphones for a cheaper price that actually work well with a PC.

Pros:
- Crystal clear sound
- You plug it into your PC and it works out of the box, no setup needed
- Only $40 - best mic in the price range

Cons:
- Picks up some background noise, but you literally just adjust the microphone sensitivity on your computer and you're fine.

I would definitely look into this mic if you are trying to get into doing YouTube or streaming. There are obviously better options out there, but if you are on a budget, this is definitely what you want to be getting. This microphone also works well with all PC games that I play (CSGO, PUBG, Overwatch), so if you would rather not have a headset mic when playing games, this works well.

I would definitely recommend this microphone!

35 people found this helpful

Looks Great In Some Places, Bad in Others. Sounds Wonderful

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Patrick

August 29, 2016

Color: Blackstyle: Microphone onlyVerified Purchase

This is without a doubt the best and most fun to use microphone I have ever used. When I received this, I tested it on the Skype thing that lets you hear your own mic, and for some reason it sounded much better than reviews on here and YouTube lead me to believe. I do very much like this mic, but it does have a couple design flaws that are just really annoying.

Pros:
The stand is very nice. I've seen some reviews giving the stand a bad rep, but that's kind of..dumb. It's a stand, it works, it has rubberized feet so it doesn't scratch up your table. What else do you want it to do, preform back flips or manipulate time and space? The legs are made of steel and the body is made out of a very nice and thick plastic. It's not made of solid gold and you're only paying $50.

The snowball can be easily disassembled. You can very easily screw the snowball onto a boom stick if you so choose. I like the fact that I can just unplug it very easily after I'm done using it. I'm a little paranoid and feel safer when I don't have the mic on and someone potentially listening to me.So being able to easily remove the power cable and again, easily, put it back in when I need to use it, is wonderful.

The device itself is gorgeous. Opting to pay $10 more for the black version (I do feel like I was scalped, though) was a great choice since it easily fits in with everything else on my desk.

The audio quality itself is pretty gosh darn great. I've very glad I opted for this instead of getting one of those XxxM0nTaInD3wxxX pro elite mlg gaming headsets, like what Razer makes, where you get poor headphones and a rather poor mic for $100. I'd recommend my route and get great headphones and this microphone. I plan on doing voice overs eventually for mods so this is going to be good for many things. But for the time being I use it for communicating with friends when playing games.

Cons:
The red LED. It looks terrible and is very intrusive. Yes, it lets me know that it's on. Know what else would've let me have this information? Any program that I'm using it for. Or, even, the microphone section under Recording Devices when you right click on the speaker icon if you're using Windows. I guess putting electrical tape over the light would work, or just not putting the light there in the first place would be even better.

The power cord. The cable you get in the box to power the snowball doesn't even match the device. In my case, I got a brown cable. Brown. Cable. Doesn't match a single thing, it would match my desk itself but it's such an odd and ugly tone that it doesn't even match that.

Overall, I really do like this product. If it ever dies, I will be using it to play catch with my friends.
4/5

69 people found this helpful

It’s a good mic but my only issue is the stand it comes with is very small I would get a mic stand but that’s just me

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