CAD Audio U9 USB Omnidirectional Condenser MiniMic, Black

I tried this both in Linux (using drivers built-in to the Kernel) and Windows (using the provided drivers).In Linux I was able to adjust the settings so I could get clear sound quality from everyone (7 people) in a 20' x 12' room. It wasn't nearly as flexible I've had issues with other 'conference microphones' where voices would get horribly scrambled and people on the remote end couldn't make anyone out if there was more than one person talking at a time. This generally isn't an ideal situation anyways but the remote people reported they could make out two or three conversations at a time and generally complained less about the quality (definitely a good sign with these folks).The Windows software wasn't as flexible as Linux and was quite a bit quieter, we had to cluster everyone around the Microphone fairly closely for the remote end to hear everybody. This isn't a problem for me as our conferencing system is based around Linux but may be good for other people reading this to know.The build quality is great with the top being made out of a rigid metal mesh, the bottom has a rubberish plastic that keeps it from moving around which is also helped by it's heft. This is definitely solid and I'd recommend it.

The instructor is clear and the students are serviceably clear if they speak up at all. Great so the instructor can move about.

I'm a former audio engineer, so I know a thing or two about microphones and audio quality.I purchased this mic as a smaller and simpler alternative to lugging around a USB mic preamp and separate mic for location recording of interviews on my laptop.Overall I'm impressed - the sound quality is very good, the mic is small and unobtrusive. I was able to get it running without much on my mac under Mac OS and under Windows via Parallels. Windows required a few extra steps to recognize it, but hey - it's Windows so there's rarely such a thing as true plug & play.The blinking blue LED is a laughably bad design choice - in all my years of recording I've never seen a microphone manufacturer deem it necessary to add a blinking LED to a microphone. Seriously, I want to smack the person responsible for this decision. However, as others have noted it's easy to overcome this by sticking a little gaffers tape or electrical tape on the LED.Bottom line: very good sound quality in a small package, USB powered, and easy to use.

For my win10 PC connected to my flatscreen in my living room (lets call it a HTPC+), I love using Cortana with this microphone. My constraints were that it had to perform like the amazon echo (eg. omni-directional, work from a large distance, etc), but it needed to be much cheaper than the echo dot itself. At the time of writing, echo dot was ~$50 and this mic was ~$25In my opinion, the mic works great. For example: I spoke "hey cortana ...show me images of el conquistador in puerto rico" (which, by the way, is an awesome place) as well as other visually interactive phrases ("...start subnautica", "...how do I fix a toilet", etc) and it picked up every word of my very american voice from 15ft away from center. The mic is advertised as omni-directional, but it has a swivel head which makes it seem directional. Regardless, I stood 15ft away then 7 feet off from center (ie. 25 degree angle from the mic according to some trigonometry) and cortana was also able to interpret what I was saying without issue. The device also "looks" wide, but fit comfortably into my usb hub without interfering with my other plugs.Some caveats: 1) this device has a 3.5 jack for headphones; if you use it only as a microphone, be sure to disable this device as a speaker in device manager. 2) be sure to use a powered USB hub. I received the error "USB controller resource exceeded" after I plugged in the mic, even with my powered USB hub. I have an xbox wireless receiver, a keyboard dongle, and a bluetooth dongle plugged in there already. After a bit of research, I realized I was plugged into a USB-3 port on the PC; indicated by a blue-colored USB port. I moved the USB hub over to a USB-2 port on the PC, indicated by a non-blue-colored USB port, and everything seemed to work ok eg. keyboard, xbox controller, mic. Admittedly, I never really stress all peripherals at once.Next step for me is to try some cortana scripts. Happy New Year!

Loud , too much sensitive , great for chating and allI dont use it , tried to record some songs , didn't work.

Un peu encombrant pour l'usage que je souhaitais en faire. Cependant, le son transmis est clair, même à distance (raisonnablement). Attention cependant, un éclairage sur la base du micro est présent et ne se voit pas sur les photos.

Handy little device that doesn't take up much space and seems to pick up sound very well.

good

Perfect very good quality