Trust Gaming GXT 232 Mantis Streaming Gaming Microphone for PC, PS4 and PS5, USB Connected, Including Shock Mount, Pop Filter and Tripod Stand, Black

Bought for myself a while ago, really good for the price and sound quality is great.

I am really impressed with this budget price microphone. Having just ventured in to making video content I found I needed a stand alone microphone and as this is a fledgling hobby I didn't want to spend big bucks so this purchase was made purely on price - that and I did recognise the brand name which was a bonus.Easy to assemble out of the box and I am impressed that the USB cable actually has a woven casing which makes it feel like a higher end item. The tripod is nice and stable, the only issue I have found is the pop shield (for want of a better description) is easy to knock out of place and you definitely need it in place as the microphone itself is fairly sensitive.I am pleasingly surprised at how well it picks up sound. I have is set up for my video recording which so happens to be in the Living Room so half the time my other half is there when I am recording. If he talks at normal volume it does pick his voice up lovely and clearly despite being a good 3 or 4 metres away from the mic - no weird distortion or loss of quality which surprised me. I fully expected it to be fine for close up use so the fact it gives clear, fresh sound from a moderate distance was a nice bonus (always fun to have the peanut gallery in your recordings).To be honest I am loving my new hobby and am looking at upgrading some of my equipment already. However, I am certainly NOT going to be changing this mic. Compact and is more than up to the job I have for it so why spend more when this little beauty does the job excellently?

This microphone came in handy in a pinch when my headset microphone stopped working after years of use. It's got decent audio quality for the price and was a significant upgrade over my old 3.5mm mic for voice clarity. It is a condensor microphone though which makes it very sensitive to background noise. I have to set the volume threshold in Discord and other software pretty high so it's not picking up keyboard or mouse clicks. You can definitely get a lot out of this microphone if you spend some time tweaking audio and noise reduction settings though.

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Good for the price , would have given it a better rating but set up instructions are non existent so had to search online and ended up taking a couple of hours to get everything working properly.

I love it. This mic has a very good gain and my voice sounds deep and is crystal clear, even when I whisper.It's incredibly easy to setup, and there is no need for drivers in Windows 10.It's probably the best deal you can get on Amazon for the ~£35 price range.The mic is mostly made of plastic, but this doesn't bother me, considering it's doing its job so well. I would say it is even better than the Blue Snowball Ice, as the voice is deeper and clearer using the Mantis, while with the Snowball it tends to sound weaker and a bit more washed out. There are test videos on YouTube for both mics to prove my point.The only 2 cons I could find were:- The relatively short USB cable. This mic is only new, so I'm hoping the cable will be longer with the revised model in the near future- There is no physical button on the mic for muting and unmuting. If you're using Discord, there is a workaround where you can assign a keyboard shortcut for muting the mic. I've assigned mine to CTRL+M.This is, without a doubt, the best mic I've ever had and it's great for gaming and streaming. Definitely a good buy and a bargain, at only £30 (current price 26-Feb-2019).

I spent a while looking for a mic for a decent price (I'm not willing to spend a lot on a professional-level mic, but I just want something decent. Another important thing to me, was a way of not just having it sit around on my limited desk space.I ordered this out of pretty much just 'going for it' - the reviews seemed decent enough.I ended up being very pleased - I'd also ordered an arm, having no idea if it'd even fit - but as it turns out, this mic's cradle features a universal mounting hole. I just unscrewed the original tripod that came with it, and screwed it straight into the arm. Perfect.The mic quality is very decent, good volume, no complaints from anyone I've talked to.

I bought this as a replacement for my g533 mic since it broke for some unknown reason and I had no other mic to compensate for it and I done some research by watching reviews on YouTube and I thought it was what it's worth for.As soon as I got this mic and plugged it in, I realized that It pickes up ANYTHING THAT IT CAN PICK UP. Seriously, when talking to my friends through Discord my friends are always complaining about how much fan noises cum from my laptop when playing games and how my voice (even if i talk pretty loudly) cannot override the STUPID AMOUNT of keyboard clicking. I have a Corsair K63 Red Switch which means its not the clicky type of keyboard switch which means it should'nt be that loud. But my god it is. I can hear how atrocious the sound quality is through my recordings which I regularly take for funny moments and what not. And I gotta say, I don't even want to take clips with these since it just destroys the ambient sound of the actual clip. Legit, I can hear my parents talking in the living room (10 - 20 meters away) while I cannot properly hear my own voice. It takes all of the voices in the same level, from about 10 cm from the microphone to about 10-20 meters.Please for the love of god, do not buy this michrophone its going to be a good microphone and its gonna be good for a budget. My laptop's microphone is seriously 100x better than this.