Logitech USB Desktop Microphone (Black/Silver)
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Customer Review: Far surpassed my expectations!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was a little bit concerned while reading some of the reviews about the sound quality. I needed a microphone for my audio class, and didn't want to spend a lot of money because I really wasn't sure how often I would use it after the class. I received the microphone yesterday, and plugged it in. My Dell Ispiron laptop recognized it right away. I was exited to play with my microphone, until I realized it show that it was recording, and the track was there, but there was no playback. I got pretty frustrated and thought for sure I would be sending the mic back. Today, once I was less stressed, I checked all my settings, and realized the input volume was very very low. Once I maxed that out, I opened up Adobe Audition, and was absolutely blown away by the sound quality of this mic! It was amazingly crystal clear! Easily CD quality. I am a firm believer that when it comes to electronics, you get what you pay for, but not with this piece of equipment, this mic is an unbelievable steal!Customer Review: Goodbye headsets!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had bothered with headsets for a while and finally got fed up with poor quality so I decided to go the cheaper route of buying a standalone mic that was half the cost of a headset. What a brilliant decision! The mic's build quality is head and shoulders above the quality you get in a headset at this price. This feels like a "real" piece of equipment: a reasonably weighted stand, and a rather pleasing design. The "on/off" button feels well made and it lights up nice and bright so you know when its "hot".
Set up was stupidly easy: plug it in, hit the button so the light is on and start talking. In Windows 7 you can tweak the gain so you can sit pretty far back and have it easily capture your voice (it seems like the default is set fairly low). Tried it on my Macbook pro and it worked there too with just as much ease, though due to design its only home will be connected to my desktop.
After all the headaches I had with headsets, this is a delight.
Customer Review: Works naturally and wonderfully with Dragon Naturally Speaking
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this Logitech USB specifically to go with my Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 10. Although the software came with a headset and microphone, I found the headset to be uncomfortable, poorly built and unnecessary. When I am dictating with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, I am not listening. I simply needed a convenient microphone. The Logitech has an on and off button that is lighted, easy to access, and I use that to turn the microphone on or off. It can be positioned in any position forward or backward, and seems to do an extraordinarily good job of recording my voice. Once I had trained Dragon NaturallySpeaking, this using the headphones supplied with the software, I had no issues converting directly to the microphone from Logitech. I simply hitch the microphone to the USB port, it was immediately recognized in Windows Vista, and I began using it in perfect compatibility with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Highly recommended for this purpose.Customer Review: Works Great With Vista and Speech Recognition!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had some trepidation because of the few reviews that said this was not compatible with Vista. But there were also a few that said it worked with Vista, so I took the plunge...
It does, in fact, work fine with Vista. It's USB, does not come with a CD, nor is one required. Installation and use couldn't be easier.
I went into the Control Panel and configured it through the "Sound" icon. After, I saw an icon for Speech Recognition and decided to see what it was about. I had not played with this before, but I took the tutorial (which also trains the computer for your voice) and I was pretty impressed with all you can do with voice alone! For the record, this has been the most fun I've had with Vista (I'm not a huge Vista fan, imagine that)...
I am looking forward to using this for real-time chat and making audio sound clips, and would highly recommend this mic to anyone.
Customer Review: Quick test
Summary: 5 Stars
This USB mic has decent noise cancelation & high sensitivity. If you don't want a mic that you need to have sitting 5" infront of you, this Logitech works great. I keep it behind my monitor so there's no wire tangle & it picks up my voice with no problem and I can speak softer than normal.
The only downside is that it is a USB mic. So if you wanted to connect it directly with a higher end sound card... well I don't think you can. But if you have a higher end sound card, I'd think about getting a higher end microphone to match. Also, it comes with instructions, but as most people throw them away, there may be just a touch of difficulty getting it to work with some audio applications.
I bought this mic to replace my junky Plantronics .Audio Desktop Mic. I would also highly recommend this microphone over the Koss M-18.