Is the mic really as bad as some people are saying?
153432
Not that I have found. I have used it several times to call my wife and she was able to hear me perfectly well. But then, I did not buy them for the mic.
1111286
I personally don't use the mic,I bought it for my son. He however says that it is pretty sturdy. He's dropped it off his desk a couple of times and it still works like a champ.
1143451
Yes, but the mic is horrible you're better off paying more for a better one.
506924
If you've got your sound settings adjusted correctly then you shouldn't have to worry about too much background noise. I never had any issues with background noise while using this mic.
1703038
There is a mic and it doesn't work really well with hearing though I can say that after using it for chat on Skype, Yahoo, Gmail, and on my mobile phone... That the quality of my voice is not very good. No matter how I hold the mic up to my mouth in any angle that I can, it doesn't change the quality besides being louder when my mouth is closer. The mic is attached to the wire, it isn't attached to the headpiece itself. As for listening quality though, it is worth it and has an amazing noise-reduction.
708588
I bought it for my son who had taken my more expensive ones for his online gaming. He tried it and said the sound quality was good (which it is) but the mic was terrible and people were complaining that he sounded distorted and full of static.
1596779
The mic is actually a little two powerful. It picks up everything and seems to amplify it. My cat meowing in the other room is often extremely loud to the person I am speaking to. Any noisy area and the person you are talking to is sure to complain. They are pretty sturdy and nice for the price but if call quality / clarity is your concern I'd look for something targeted for that.
446857
Good luck with that, this mic quality is horrible. I've tried everything they suggested and still ended with the same result. Bad mic quality.
2087014
Yes,just plug it into Mic/Ext In.it distorted because you didn't set the format high enough. I set it at 128k in the beginning,it distorted bad.after i set it to 256k it sound very good.
2054599
Yeah the quality is pretty bad. I don't know what your using it for but I used it for a work application in a noisy environment and we moved to an over ear headset. That worked much better.
1876731
I dont know I only have windows 7 but just for your information, the mic sucks. It is very low.
1438447
I've only used the mic once. I'm not sure because I primarily use this only for music. Sorry I couldn't help.
1574078
I have these mics. My issue is that each mic sounds progressively worse than the other. The first two are pretty good and 3 and four are bad. I can't even use #4 it sounds so bad. Throw them in the trash and buy some GTD's
335021
I use the mic close by also, and when I play back through my external speakers (or even the speakers built into the laptop), I have not had any feedback. This really is the best mic I've found out there. Hope this helps!!!
110538
No, my mic works fine... Sorry to hear about your mic. As for the radio, I think you will really enjoy it.
1585576
I think most of your feedback issues will come from stage monitors pointing back at you. I sometime play with a guy that used a mic and he has no problems at all.
1368851
No,however there are 16 little holes in the bottom over the mic and I have had no issues w/ the mic like people saying that the cannot hear me. As I indicated this is the best one yet!