Good mics under $20?

[OcramBro]

Topic. I'm in college in a super tight budget for gaming and just need something

[lh99]

neewer nw700/800 bm700/800 whatever is available in your country

[GreezyJeezy]

under 20, i remember i went to target and it was $20 for a really bad headset that you could snap so easily 

[GreezyJeezy]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cyber-Acoustics-USB-Desktop-Microphone/26840297

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gear-Head-Universal-Multimedia-Headset-Universal/16451777

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/ENHANCE-GX-H4-Stereo-Gaming-Headset-with-Adjustable-Microphone-and-Noise-Isolating-Earphones-Universal/47741645

 

idk why i looked at walmart

[Weak1ings]

While it might sound contrary to what you want, if you can go higher, do go higher and buy something that won't break.  a CAD U37 is pretty decent, but nearly double the budget...  it would work under the thoughts of "I can't afford for this to break." and so, spending more so that it doesn't, makes sense.

[LAwLz]

Zalman ZM-MIC1

For 8 bucks, the sound quality is great.

 

Here is what it sounds like:

 

[The Flying Sloth]

32 minutes ago, lh99 said:

neewer nw700/800 bm700/800 whatever is available in your country

Would need a phantom power supply for half decent audio.

Go for a SADES headset, maybe a 701, haven't checked there lineup in a while but it should sound good

[lh99]

19 hours ago, The Flying Sloth said:

Would need a phantom power supply for half decent audio.

Go for a SADES headset, maybe a 701, haven't checked there lineup in a while but it should sound good

nooo not rly they are okay with the 3.5mm jack power, watch the techsource video he did about mics under 50 dollar, you barely hear a difference

[Brennan Price]

Letton G3 headset. I use just the mic when it is around my neck and I use external speakers too. Not too shoddy for a cheap headset.

[VortexS]

Get one of those cheap Zalman mics. I use a webcam as microphone, since that was my cheapest option (none of those cheap mics are available where I live).

[The Flying Sloth]

5 hours ago, lh99 said:

nooo not rly they are okay with the 3.5mm jack power, watch the techsource video he did about mics under 50 dollar, you barely hear a difference

I own one, there is a massive difference in the sound quality. I use a M-Audio Fast-Track and I use the phantom power from either that or my beringher xenyx 802 in my studio to record vocals. Phantom power is used to minimise the amount of gain required (and therefore static/background noise) to hear the mic. Cheap phantom supplies have ground buzzing as well. please learn something about XLR mic's before trying to recommend them. I stand by my previous recommendation of a SADES headset.

 

[lh99]

On 17.5.2016 at 2:45 AM, The Flying Sloth said:

I own one, there is a massive difference in the sound quality. I use a M-Audio Fast-Track and I use the phantom power from either that or my beringher xenyx 802 in my studio to record vocals. Phantom power is used to minimise the amount of gain required (and therefore static/background noise) to hear the mic. Cheap phantom supplies have ground buzzing as well. please learn something about XLR mic's before trying to recommend them. I stand by my previous recommendation of a SADES headset.

 

wait what u use a 20 dollar microphone on a 150 dollar amp? and just to be real, he wont use sennheiser hd 8 or m70x to listen to it, neither will his friends, on ts3, and i can t imagine, that a 20 dollar mic headset combo will have better audio than a standalone mic

[The Flying Sloth]

On 5/18/2016 at 6:07 AM, lh99 said:

wait what u use a 20 dollar microphone on a 150 dollar amp? and just to be real, he wont use sennheiser hd 8 or m70x to listen to it, neither will his friends, on ts3, and i can t imagine, that a 20 dollar mic headset combo will have better audio than a standalone mic

it does believe me. Clearly you do not understand how condenser microphones work. It will sound ok for gaming but a headset will sound much better. http://steamcommunity.com/id/imdasloth/ see that if you don't believe me :P. I would actually recommend plugging it into a mixer, to a dac, to PC. 

[lh99]

Maybe a cloud 2 or so will sound better, but the sades headset doesn't look very promising, and overall nearly every gaming headset(only sennheiser game one in my eyes sounds good) has a really bad audio. The mikrophone will may not be on level with an akg condensor pluged into a focusrite scarlett but i generally think it is the better option, also he will most likely have headphones so a headset is a bit unpracticall, but of course he would have to get a boom arm, to place it somwhere near his face.