PC Microphone Suggestion/decision

TheKDub · July 17, 2015

So I've been going quite a while now with the only microphone that I have being the one from my turtle beach z11 headset (Absolute shit headset, would definitely not recommend to anyone.)

I've got a absolute max budget of about $150 USD.

So far I've been considering the Audio Technica AT2020USB, Rode NT-USB, and the Antlion Modmic (obviously the cheapest of them all)

I'd rather not get the blue yeti as I feel it doesn't capture sound quite as well as the first two mics I listed, its large and kinda difficult to find a stand for, and I also don't like the overall look of it.

And same for the blue snowball, I dislike the way it sounds and looks as well, and I doubt you can easily find an arm for it too.

Of the three I listed, which would you guys recommend I get? (It will be used for recording youtube videos and talking to friends)

I like the AT2020USB the most out of the three, though would be willing to get any of the three, or possibly a different one if there is a good one suggested.

Thanks!

Atmos · July 17, 2015

The Blu Snowball is like, really good. A lot of people use it. But if you're not much a fan of the way it sounds, then go for the AT2020. You can easily enough find a good mount or boom arm for it.

July 17, 2015

The Blue Snowball picks up a lot of background noise, partly because of a lame pickup pattern.

psychot · July 18, 2015

The Modmic has surprisingly good audio quality, and it will leave some room in your budget for new headphones, so that could be a plus.

TheKDub · July 18, 2015

The Modmic has surprisingly good audio quality, and it will leave some room in your budget for new headphones, so that could be a plus.

Already have some damn good headphones (at least for the money), so that's not really an issue, I just wanna get away from using my cheap crappy headset.

(I have the audio technica ath-m20x headphones, for the price they are amazing.)