CAD U1 USB Dynamic Recording Microphone

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217 of 224 people found the following review helpful.
Read this before you believe bad reviews!!!
By Daniel C. Cronk
My girlfriend got me this mic for my birthday as I like to write music in my free time. This mic works beautifully for the price and anyone who says otherwise probably didn't read the instructions that came with the mic. There is actually a setting on your computer (for PCs) called either "AGC" or "Mic Boost" if this is enabled on your mic it will be very sensitive. I too was experiencing buzzing when I first plugged in my mic but after READING THE INSTRUCTIONS I found that if you turn off this setting on the mic it will eliminate all those extra noises you don't want to record. So I went into my mics settings in the control panel and turned of the "AGC" option and now the mic records beautifully and I have no extra noises in my recordings.

143 of 149 people found the following review helpful.
Great mic, people on here are WRITING bad reviews becuase they don't know how to use it!!!
By Mattinthebox
Okay you guys, i read many of these reviews before getting this product, and they said it picks up all these radio signal sounds and such but there is any easy solution to completely getting rid of that horid buz sound. I bought this thinking what the heck its $30, cheapest usb mic on the market. At first when recording i heard very annoying sounds, so I began to do some research online about what causes this sound. See most laptops and some desktops, actually most desktops now days have two pronged electricity power cords; it's missing the third one. The third one makes the device(computer) grounded meaning electricity can't pass through all the computer's ports and such. This electric current goes through the usb port of the mic thus causing the buz sound. Simply if you have a laptop unplug the computer and the mic will work amazingly!!! On desktop computers, if you don't have a back up battery then simply buy a three prong adapter from radioshack and add it on to the end of the desktop's power cord. This will also get rid of this buzzing sound that people are leaving horrible reviews about. The mic itself is amazing for the price it could be easily be compared equal to some hundred dollar mics!!! The plastic stand that it has works very well. Also, the usb plug is gold plated which allows more data to pass to the computer allowing better quality in recordings. Not only this, the mics cord is actual at least a meter and a half long which is absolutely awesome. Like most professional mics, a windscreen and a pop filter are very important to bring the best quality of this item. I use this for vocals and rapping and it works very well. I actually became disappointed with all the bad reviews thinking that their mic is broken or is a cheap piece of trash, so please support this review so people see it at the top, so they know how to use a usb mic!!!
thanks for reading, Mattinthebox

152 of 160 people found the following review helpful.
Works for me
By S. Fontenot
I bought this mic to record voices for some amature video games my friends and I make (and secretly for beatboxing late at night). To this end it worked well, so I got a few friends together one day and we decided to try singing into it. Again, it worked above expectations. So I decided to put it to a real test: I recorded myself playing solo bassoon at various distances, and I was surprised at how it could pick up everything from tongue and pitch alterations to the clicking of my keys in a quiet room (with the boost on).

However, the puff reduction (thing that keeps the "p" sound from squealing) doesn't work nearly as well as I had hoped, but this is remedied by keeping a fair distance away when talking. Doing so subjects the recording to room noise and echo, but it's a fair price to pay for a $40 mic. Thumbs up.

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Pyle-Pro PDMIC58 Professional Moving Coil Dynamic Handheld Microphone

Pyle-Pro PDMIC58 Professional Moving Coil Dynamic Handheld Microphone..

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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful.
Amazing results for the price.
By Ryan
I ran a mobile sound business for 8 years and owned 12 SM-58 mics. I sold the business, but now have a basement band for fun. I really wanted to buy an SM-58, but $100 is an investment. I bought the Pyle 58 mic for $13 and got free shipping. It is as durable and sounds as good as any of my old SM-58's. I like the fact that it has no on/off switch. While doing sound for less than professional bands, the vocalist would sometimes accidentally turn the mic off and that became a hassle. I am going to buy more of these in the near future.

Update,
I now have 4 of these mics, and I love them. I practice weekly and have had other people come over and plug their mics into my system and then ask why my mic sounds so much better than theirs and how much I paid for it. Jaws drop and vulgaritys fly, then they tell me what they paid and they seem upset. I'm pretty happy.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Here are some helpful things they SHOULD list before you buy this
By Kevin D. Pacheco
First there is no on/off switch. Its on all the time.

Second, the picture makes it appear that you only get the microphone. Well it comes with a 15' microphone cable 1/4".

Why don't they list these items??

69 of 84 people found the following review helpful.
Decent mic for the price
By Scott J
Again to my own fault, I failed to see if this mic had an on-off switch- it does not. For the money, its a good mic. Feels sturdy and constructed well. The audio quality is decent. I've been a musician for over 15 years so I've had my fair share of mics. To the reviewer who said he couldn't tell the difference between this mic and the SHURE SM58, well, we'll have to agree to disagree. SHURE makes one of the best LIVE/Stage mics in the industry. I simply purchased this mic as a back-up for my DJ business. I just wished I had noticed it didn't have an on/off switch on the mic body itself.

For the money- its a very good buy. You wont get much better in terms of construction build/sound quality for around $12. You'll definitely want to invest in a better mic cable, as the one that is included is really cheap. I'd suggest HOSA as they are my cable company of choice.

All in all, if you're looking for a back-up mic or a karaoke mic, this does the trick for a low price. Quality is good enough to get by, but the mic lacks the on/off switch and you'll want to upgrade to a higher quality mic cable.

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Singing Machine SMM-205 Dynamic Karaoke Microphone with 10.5 ft Cord

Singing Machine SMM-205 Dynamic Karaoke Microphone with 10.5 ft Cord..

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
A Satisfactory Karaoke Mic
By Alex U
I decided to rig up a karaoke system using some karaoke software and an old pc, but of course i needed microphones. Most importantly, these look right- this is what you want to be holding when you are singing. They sound good enough for karaoke use, but only when i ran them through a USB mic adapter. When i was running them through a mic/line in port, the volume was very low and it was very hard to balance it with the music. That's why I'm docking them one star. On the other hand, most computers would only have 1 mic port anyway, so if you want to sing with a partner you're better off getting a pair of cheap, identical, usb to mic adapters. The build quality was pretty decent and very important, they come with a 3.5mm adapter so you can connect them to most computer equipment as it uses that TRS size (its native 1/4 inch or 6.5mm). So if you want to sing karaoke at home, buy a pair of these and if you're looking to hook them up to a PC don't forget 2 cheap usb sound adapters. They're definitely worth the investment.

29 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
Great Karaoke microphones
By Dublin mom
I had looked for a while before I found the correct microphones for my kids Karaoke machine. These work great and a very reasonable price.

26 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
It works
By Wonder Woman
It works, but not much better than the cheapie one that came with the karaoke player. It has slightly better volume, but when singing higher notes, it can crackle. It is nothing fancy, but it does work. The only thing that puts this mic above other cheaper mics is it comes with an adapter for computer use. Order it if you really need one that doesn't break the bank, but if you can afford a few dollars more, look for a better one.

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