Microphone review thread

[bkev]

I am wondering, does anyone know what the quality of this Dynex microphone is? I'd like to have more than six opinions from bestbuy. link!

[l2agnarok]

What's everyone's opinion on this item?
I use it but I don't know it's quality as it's really the only mic/headset I've ever used.

http://www.madcatz.com/Default.asp?Page=277

[Zeix]

What's everyone's opinion on this item?
I use it but I don't know it's quality as it's really the only mic/headset I've ever used.

http://www.madcatz.com/Default.asp?Page=277

Judging by its price and its intended-use, I would say that's not the way to go if you want to be a voice-actor. You might want to go with what Rabids was looking at, it's a good mic with a good price range.

But, I mean, if you want to go REALLY pro, use an Audio-Technica mic, like I do.

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

I picked up an Audio Technica DR-CX1 Side Address Studio Condensor mic around summer last year. I haven't had much to do with it save for fooling around. But the fooling around I've done with it has produced crystal clear results.

Despite being in a house bedroom with two running computers and a ceiling fan, (as well as the air conditioner's main system on the other side of the wall) the mic picks up exceptional vocal sound, and I get little to no clutter noise from the fan hums.

At the same time, the mic's exceptional sensitivity detects things as tiny as mouseclicks with clarity, and will even detect me plopping down in my chair. (Squeak.) The polarization is probably the main reason. It cuts out sounds that don't come from the primary direction.

Details here:
http://www.music123.com/Digital-Refe...26617.Music123


As far as purchase went. I got mine on sale for $60 (new) from the local Guitar Center... Unfotunately, not knowing anything about mcs, I ended up spending nearly $150 for the whole thing because I didn't know what 'phantom power' was at the time... I ended up, for a first time buyer, getting two cables, a phantom power supply, a mic stand, and a pop-filter... and a cable end converter because my mixer, an old OPTIMUS SSM-1750, didn't have that input jack. (My father gave me the mixer years ago... I had it collecting dust forever until I started writing music.)

For a bargain buy, it's a good piece of equipment.

Be sure of course, if you buy one, that you factor in that you'll need at least two cables and a phantom power supply for it. $40 bucks, and $20... plus, if you go for overly expensive but in your oppinion, proffessional parts... a *laugh* $15 pop filter. (Which I recall, you can duplicate with stretched pantyhose.)

But hey, self taught people learn from this kind of thing.

[InuKai]

My turn.

I finally got this mic I purchased off of eBay. I bought it for two reasons:

1. It only costed me $8, and that's with shipping and handling included.

2. No one had done a review on it yet, so I thought I'd do one. Then again, who has ever heard of the company "Essocom"?

Anyways, it's a good mic. It's modeled after a classic mic from the past. The only downside I have with it right now is that it's 20 Hz to 20KHz. It's pretty low-quality compared to my Skype headset. Oh well. At least, or so I hope, I no longer have a noise problem.

Anyways, the site for the company is at www.essocom.com. Not much help, considering it only shows the picture of their mic and their fan. Long story short: good for it's cheap price.

By the way, I think it's called an Essocom MIC-388

[Sheepy]

Anyone have an opinion on the C03U? I'm getting one for Christmas (SO PSYCHED), and I've heard a lot of good things about it. I was a huge fan of the C01U, and while I never did get to owning one, the little time that I had using it was wonderful.

[bkev]

I recently purchased the Logitech, and - while I have trouble with its levels at times - its good for practice if you don't wanna get a fancy expensive microphone.

[Namiko Nakamura]

After just buying my new mike, I'm never going back to Logitech again.

I just got a Blue Snowball tonight, and it sounds so lovely and clear. It comes with a lovely instruction manual which I am hyped to read. The mic is spherical and goes on a little stand...I love it. O3O

[ShadyVox]

I use the MicroSoft LX-3000



Around $50 but AMAZING.

No background noise, no fuzz. So amazing.

[S.J.]

I used to use a headset similar to that microsoft LX-3000 – it was by logitech, blargh. It was the worst thing that I ever bought, a good waste of money on something that doesn’t allow you to record wihtout a loud freakin’ buzzing noise it would emit.

So, what I did was conduct a test and bought several microphones of different brands (odd thing to do when your on a limited income), but what can you do? And found that labtec desk mic 534 worked best, for some odd reason. Ironically, it was the cheapest of them all. And it took me a while to find it.

I’m surprised that the quality of my voice work isn’t killed when I use it. More over, it helps if you know someone who can teach you how to use it in a way where you don’t have to spend more than 10 dollars at a time to replace something like that.

I mean, having an awesome microphone for this kind of thing is good and all, but some of us can’t afford hundred of dollars on a single piece of a equipment, let alone 50 or 60 dollars more in order to replace it.

I might invest in something later on when I get more experienced in voice acting though. Right now, I’m still learning, so, I don’t think it really matters. God, without my ODS techs, I'd be so lost. I love you guys! xD;

This little piece of equipment at least helps you start out, I would think.