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Thanks for the suggestions! the Cougar 600k is definitely a no-go purely on the fact that only the WASD and arrow keys are backlighted. the Mionix one has some bad reviews on amazon, making it look unreliable. the Cougar 700k however is a cool keyboard i haven't heard of before and sounds nice. i'll look into it a bit more. yeah i quite like the design of the K70, so much so that i might forego my MX black preference. damn you corsair for not working with MX blacks! the HyperX Alloy FPS does look like a nice compact keyboard as you mentioned, however it doesn't come in MX blacks, nor a palm rest (btw i didn't know 3rd party palm rests were an option, considering the attachment mechanism is different for every keyboard). i'm open to more suggestions!

hello forum! i'm usually the type of guy who'll invest days and weeks into research, in order to make sure that i get the best product for me. however, the market of mechanical keyboards is so over-saturated, that i thought i'd ask for help. i'm looking for a fully-sized mechanical keyboard with cherry MX blacks. i got to try them out and they felt good with nice impact in every keystroke and i like that. the keyboard NEEDS to have a wrist rest, i'm currently using a keyboard with one (Roccat Isku) and i can't see myself living without it. EDIT: backlighting is definitely a must have. doesn't have to be RGB, and doesn't need to have per-key illumination. as far as i could tell from my own research, the Roccat Ryos is the mechanical version of my Isku, and they also come with MX blacks, however, i'm really liking the design and elegance of the Corsair K70, the aluminum frame surely adds to the premium feel of the keyboard, while the Ryos is purely made of plastic. those qualities make me more interested in the K70, but as far as i know, the K70 doesn't come with MX blacks. I hope you guys can help me find "the one". and if not, my back-up plan will probably be to roll with the K70 with red switches.

yeah, i know if people reply to my post it's cuz they wanna try to help me. i just tried to make sure i don't get solutions i already know of, to save both of our precious time. i probably look like a dick now. anyways, for the time being i'm having to eat the mic, talking into it from less than an inch away is the only way i can get adequate volume out of this sucker.

Thanks, but my mic setting is on max, and the box for automatic adjustment is unticked. i hate to be rude, but in my original post i've mentioned i've done the "most generic stuff" to prevent people from thinking those could be a fix, since i tried all of those. granted, i didn't mention this in my "list"... i've done some googling, but i've only reached the most basic of solutions. i just tried to prevent that from happening to my post ">.>

No, i bought it new, and kept it in good condition, so no liquids nor did it fall on the ground since i got it. yeah, it's connected straight into the PC I've recorded my desktop as i was doing the skype mic test, and then sent it to my friends. to remind you all, there's a british lady telling you that they're gonna record your message, and afterwards the message plays back at me. so i sent the recording to my friends, and they said my first recording (raw recording) was a lot louder and better quality than how they hear me. then the message replay sounded quiet and muddy, just like they hear me when we're on a call. however, when i listen to that video, ALL of it is muddy, both recordings AND the british lady. so my drivers are faulty? also tried to talk on discord, and there everybody sounded muddy to everyone i see, i didn't know that, thanks! i bought the mic on january, so i've had it for roughly half a year. trying it on a different computer is a bit hard to do since this is my only computer. and yes, its still covered by warranty, though from the recording i mentioned above, it seems to me like a driver malfunction EDIT: i listened to recording on my phone, and i can agree that my raw recording was good, but the skype playback sounded more quiet and a bit muddy. i also did listening to tests between my PC and phone on both my headphones and speakers. my pc sounded muddy while my phone was more clear.

hey forum! I wanted to go for a bit better mic for my skyping, but the Blue Snowball ICE is just too damn quiet! at first, i just rested it on the table with it's tripod, but since it meant my mouth was far from the mic, i got a mic scissor arm to hold it closer to my mouth. The distance went from ~25cm away to ~10cm away from my mouth. surprisingly, it made VERY little difference, i don't sound much louder, my voice is just more bassy now (too bassy, sounds muddy) I tried the most generic stuff of re-installing drivers, trying difference USB port, making sure it's the default device in windows and turning up it's sensitivity to 100 under recording device > blue snowball > levels > 100 all of which you can find with just a minute's search in google. but since google didn't give me the answer, i thought there might be someone who can help me over here. the only thing i could think of is that the mic might need more juice (an amp). but if that's the truth - i would be very disappointed. i thought i would be treating my mates to better audio, but they often struggle to hear me. i think its very foolish there's no driver software to play around with for the snowball, which is supposed to be an entry level mic. P.S. as mentioned, i have the ICE version, so there are no 1-2-3 settings option. (it's the same as the 2nd option on the normal snowball i think) Thanks in advance forum! EDIT: gonna put this here in case new people miss it from the comments: I've recorded my desktop as i was doing the skype mic test, and then sent it to my friends. to remind you all, there's a british lady telling you that they're gonna record your message, and afterwards the message plays back at me. so i sent the recording to my friends, and they said my first recording (raw recording) was a lot louder and better quality than how they hear me. then the message replay sounded quiet and muddy, just like they hear me when we're on a call. however, when i listen to that video, ALL of it is muddy, both recordings AND the british lady. so my drivers are faulty?