Mic ideas.

Swi1ch · 10 Mar 2010 at 17:09

So since BC2 I really want to start playing in a team again, so obviously I need a mic. Problem is I already have a set of very nice headphones with excellent audio quality and comfort (The now unavailable Sony MDR V6's) so I need a standalone mic.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Hank_Marvin · 10 Mar 2010 at 17:12

elara clip on mic, get some for about £4.

i use 1 with my sennheisers. pretty much everyone who uses headphones suggest them, thats why i got one. it does pickup background noise quite easily though, say if you have a tv on in the background. if you search the sound city section of forum you will see that mic refrenced a lot.

Swi1ch · 10 Mar 2010 at 17:19

Hank_Marvin said:
elara clip on mic, get some for about £4.

i use 1 with my sennheisers. pretty much everyone who uses headphones suggest them, thats why i got one. it does pickup background noise quite easily though, say if you have a tv on in the background. if you search the sound city section of forum you will see that mic refrenced a lot.

Just what I was looking for. Just trying to find a place with them in stock.

86JR · 10 Mar 2010 at 17:36

Im going to use one of those logitech USB ones. Just waiting for stock really.

Mahnsikir · 10 Mar 2010 at 17:38

Yeah I'm needing to get something like that as well. Picked up a similar £5 supermarket clip on mic, which while surprisingly good doesn't quite pick up my voice well enough some times and you have to kinda angle you mouth at it more than is easy to do to be 100% clear.

Also have to laugh must be a lot of 'good headphone' users getting these, the first link i found to one had 'other people also bought with this' Sennheiser 595s and 555s

Chaos · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:32

The logitech desktop mics are ment to be good, or you could try a mic mod -

http://www.halo3forum.com/pc-hardwa...alitys-audio-technica-ad700-boom-mic-mod.html

Goldfingers · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:43

Chaos said:
The logitech desktop mics are ment to be good, or you could try a mic mod -

http://www.halo3forum.com/pc-hardwa...alitys-audio-technica-ad700-boom-mic-mod.html

That mic mod looks a great idea, will any old boom mic do then?

Chaos · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:54

Goldfingers said:
That mic mod looks a great idea, will any old boom mic do then?

Never tried it but was going to give it a bash, I think that mic is recommended because its easy to hacksaw and has pretty good voice quality.

Goldfingers · 10 Mar 2010 at 23:54

McPhee · 11 Mar 2010 at 01:15

I just use the mic in my webcam. Never thought it'd be any good, but when my headset broke I tried it out and it works fine. I can now wear a decent set of cans instead of the rubbish in most PC headsets.

uv · 11 Mar 2010 at 07:56

twoblacklines said:
Im going to use one of those logitech USB ones. Just waiting for stock really.

The Logitech USB mic is great - very clear sound, ultra easy to set up, and an on/off switch on the base

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 11 Mar 2010 at 08:11

I used to own a logitech headset. All i'l say is… its worth paying the extra money for a good bit of kit. There is nothing worse than having a bad mic used on vent... you literally scream down the line no matter how to change your settings.

I changed from these:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-055-LG&groupid=702&catid=1058&subcat=

To these's:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-003-PT&groupid=702&catid=1058&subcat=

Best thing I ever did. (granted I’d already bought the Logitech) However the extra £20 would have got me 5.1 dolby, perfectly clear mic when using vent (almost hides my rubbish welsh accent) and most of all gives me a good advantage over others as i can hear if some1 is running up behind me! Just wish I’d paid the extra £19 first time round!