My son absolutely loves this mic and wanted it so badly for Christmas, it was easily his favorite gift
My son (15) says it works as expected and that he's pleased with this microphone.
My son was VERY PLEASED with what he received, the Blue Microphone snowball was EXACTLY what he wanted & asked for., & Its was EXACTLY what he got, which pleased him immensely& THAT iswhat matters most to ME
Exactly what my son want it perfect microphone for the computer
My son loves this thing for gaming with friends and YouTube recording.
The blue snowball microphone is a very convenient yet affordable budget mic, although the stands that come with it isn't the best, you can always hook it up to a boom arm to make it a bit more useful
This is the best budget mic you can get for youtube plus more
Best budget microphone still use it in my YouTube videos
Great budget mic, for this price the quality you get from it pretty much good, i using it for gaming (talking with people on skype/discord/teamspeak) and it meets my expectations
its a great budget mic its better to get a boom for it then use the stand that comes with it tho lol.
This could be a good thing for many people, but for gaming I do not recommend it.
The thing finally killed itself yesterday and refused to transmit any audio.
Very easy to set up nice quality the only negative thing is that do not have a cute button but the voice quality is amazing definitely worth every penny
This microphone is great and the quality is very good for the price, easy setup, and the only thing that annoys me is the fact that it can pick up background noises.
That is a good thing about the mic because I ended up using my studio mic stand for recording.
Brilliant mic with very good audio recording quality, 10/10 would recommend to a friend
This is a great little recording microphone for the price
Great recording quality, and I now use it for a desktop mic.
But overall it's a very good quality microphone, would definetely recommend purchase for anyone who is looking for a cheaper, high quality recording mic
Now, it's a constant string of annoyance with the microphone shaking loose and breaking my recording with even an imagined breeze
He says the sound is much better than what he was getting using his headset mic plus the Snowball does a better job of rejecting ambient noise
Summary: all in all, this microphone can pretty much float your boat in almost any aspect, it’s cheap price should not fool you as it’s quality definitely does not reflect the low price
It picks up more ambient noise and you don't have a way to reduce the intake on the mic (like you do on the regular, non-Ice, Snowball, where you can switch it to -10db)
and i relized my mic was as good as if i was recroding it on a potato, so i went out and bought this, thought it would be a rip
Be forwarned though that it is very sensitive, so watch those exterior ambient noises when recording
It does pick up some background noise even with a pop-filter
Summary: all in all, this microphone can pretty much float your boat in almost any aspect, it’s cheap price should not fool you as it’s quality definitely does not reflect the low price
I found that not to be the case for this instance as well as I've recorded multiple videos for Youtube and I love the quality of this microphone and i'll probably have this microphone for a long time
Only complaint would be that it picks up way too much background noise.
I use it to record ASMR videos for youtube and it doenst pick up background noise so its perfect.
This is apparently a known issue with this mic and USB 3.0 - and not even a reboot seems to fix it
Does not work with windows 10 seems to be a known issue with usb mics that has been around since windows 10 was released.
Only issue I've had is a known-issue with snowball mics where sometimes blue snowballs in particular do not always play nicely with other mic devices if you have to change between default audio microphones often, and sometimes when attempting to switch back to using the Snowball (especially coming out of Sleep) will find that the audio doesn't pick up until I perform reboot or unplug replug the USB
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A "Pop Filter" stops the explosive "P" noises that you hear when you say a "P" word close up into the microphone
I recommend getting a cheap pop filter and a Neewer stand if you are streaming/recording
Another thing I want to point out is the fact that this microphone can pickup plosives (those popping/distorting sounds microphones usually pickup when one pronounces ‘P’s or other loud consonants) really easily, so I might suggest getting a pop filter as well
The only major gripe is the issue with wind and popping but a cheap pop filter would easily fix that
A "Pop Filter" stops the explosive "P" noises that you hear when you say a "P" word close up into the microphone