The internal mic of my laptop, earbuds/headset that came with my iPhone, and an expensive Plantronics Bluetooth headset all had static and/or picked up background noise

Truly amazing what a rich sound this has, and with no background noise.

Minimal background noise, to the point it's essentially non-audible (Even without a backing track or anything), barely visible if you use it on audacity or something

Though I use a push-to-talk VoIP program, my guild mates have said they don't hear any background noise around me when I hold the button down, and I don't come in sounding garbled, too distant, or too loud

Down-Background noise does get picked up

I recommend getting a stand and pop filter because it picks up a lot of background noise

and it's propensity to capture too mic background noise made it less than ideal for travel

Tested the sound quality and it's exactly as clear and sharp as I've heard in reviews on youtube