The naysayers must have got a defective one. It does the job very well for my home setup, which involves spoken work.

Ausleadjohn

Vancouver, BC

I use this for youtube. Great audio quality. But i does not sound good in voice chatting apps.

ThatGuyBOb

Md

The packaging was lackluster at best. In windows 10 the mic had a terrible time of trying to configure. I ended the test right there because in today's age of plug and play this is considered unacceptable. Spend a little more to get quality.

Drew

Jacksonville, FL

It's a great Product Ive had it for a little over eight months now, I honestly will say It's built like a tank, there is no way you would break it unless you threw it at a wall. Its not hard to use, simply plug it into a USB port and make sure its the enabled device on your PC and you will be set.

Cayman

Nor Cal

I've used this mic for a few months to replace my Blue Yeti (since the Yeti was way too big and heavy for the equipment I had). I normally used it for Let's Plays on YouTube, and up until a week ago, it'd been serving me fine. Unlike most who bought this, the desk stand wasn't the problem... it was the mic's USB-B port. I had this hooked to an arm and when I was rearranging the mic setup, the USB cord fell out and I noticed that there was a part embedded in the cable. Turns out a part had snapped within the port and now the prongs were unusable alongside the rest of the mic. I'm hoping I can either get this repaired or replaced by another mic of the same price and/or quality.

Catjackdi

S San Fran, CA

You can't scream into this microphone from close distance, otherwise the audio quailty is fantastic and can be compared to the AT2020. The only reason not to buy this would be if you want more flexibility with an xlr mic. Oterwise there is no reason to buy any other usb mic than this one. A lot of people complain about the build quality which I have has no problem with. The stand is not good, but you can just get a boom arm, and besides, the stand does work.

ThorinEk

Småland

HORRIBLE. DO NOT BUY! LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE AND DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.

Julian Jackson

San Francisco, California

love this product. please make more mic's like this one.

kenny

greenville sc

Microphone was fine for awhile. Now recently it has stopped picking up frequencies above 600-800 Hz. In the attached image you can see the spectrum for a voice clip I recorded. (Played back in foobar2000) It sounds extremely muffled, like I'm speaking through a door. Hoping AT will stand behind their warranty.

Nick Name

Canada

The Pros here really don't outweigh the cons. This product has poor durability, so bad that I think the one that I bought was manufactured improperly. I'm not exaggerating when I say that after 4 months of light usage, the stand provided with the microphone literally broke at every joint. When I opened it up, I was confused as to why the setup didn't work properly, but then I realized that the grooves inside the base of the microphone weren't cut deep enough to screw into stand, so it had to be balanced very precariously on my desk whenever I used it. The flickering blue light is a bit irritating, and was inconsistent when recognizing whether or not the device was functioning at any given time. The USB 2.0 type B port in the base that was used to connect microphone to the cable ended up putting the mic out of usage when the prongs in the port ended up bending after being plugged in. I got the port repaired, but unfortunately, now no device will even recognize the microphone as a microphone. The Microphone promised limited interference, but the only way to prevent it from being overwhelmingly present in my recordings was to put a stocking over the Mic, or to use a pop screen. The sound quality is generally good, but I could easily find it in another product for cheaper. It was easy enough to use, but what with all the problems I encountered, I wouldn't even recommend this product to someone new to recording.

RJ Lambert

Boston, MA