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we've all been there

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you're settled into your groove you got your doritos and

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you're finally ready to break out of silver and overwatch comp and then you

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jump on comms and you're greeted by

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keyboard clattering staticky garbage from that one teammate

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okay so we were playing it up a little bit most people don't have potato

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headsets these days but that's not to say that there aren't tons of options

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that straight up slap around even a decent all-in-one

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gaming headset even if it does boast high quality

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communication and built-in premium noise

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canceling features because as appealing as all of that

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sounds in writing in the real world appealing is probably the last word you

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would use to describe the sounds coming from something like this one

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but before we get into the microphones it's

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important to note that unless it's a potato audio is

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highly subjective so while i might

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choose one microphone over another one my voice isn't yours my ears aren't

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yours and it's ultimately up to you to decide what sounds best so i would

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highly recommend taking advantage of return policies where necessary to try

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out a couple of different mics to find the best fit our first microphone is the

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samson meteorite coming in at 40 bucks a

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purchase that i actually hesitated on since it completely lacks

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any mounting options which means it'll likely sit right beside your keyboard

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other best cheap mic roundups featured it though so we decided to give it a go

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and my suspicions were immediately confirmed it is literally just a ball

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with a usb cable so unless you plan on getting creative

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with your hot glue gun it'll pick up every keyboard clack

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desk bump and a ton of other background noise but wait it gets worse because of

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how far the mic sits from your face you'll have to pretty much crank the mic

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gain amplifying the issue

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so i'm not sure why other people are recommending this thing

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we don't let's move on to something a little more enticing

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this is the fifeine k669 usb microphone

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aside from its excellent name it sports a nice brushed pink exterior with

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physical gain control on the front unlike our previous mistake and it comes

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with a stand to keep the mic in a prime position to capture noises from your

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mouth hole rather than from your keyboard platform but the most amazing

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thing about this thing is the price it's the least expensive microphone we tested

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coming in at just 28 less than you might spend on loot boxes

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in a month if you're one of those people overall sound

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really good but it's a bit lacking in the noise isolation department so you

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might want to invest some of the money you saved on a different mount to keep

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it further away from your keyboard next up we've got a mic from blue yes

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that blue the one of yeti fame but this one is significantly less expensive the

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snowball ice comes in at 50 bucks or as low as about 40 dollars on sale and it

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includes a little plastic tripod with standard threading so that you can use

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the snowball with a third-party stand its odd shape though can make it tricky

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to shock mount without buying their expensive first party solution

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as for quality though the snowball is very clear with solid noise isolation

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thanks to its almost entirely foam padded internals

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however if you have a soft voice you might have some trouble with it as the

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padding also seems to absorb some of the incoming vocals

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it does work to the advantage of us squeakers though so uh

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i'm pretty much liking this one pretty well

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it's pretty too

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but Linus what about xlr

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i'm glad you asked so we tried a few different xlr setups based around

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behringer's you euphoria um2 xlr

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interface at just 30 bucks it might not be glamorous but it's an awesome gateway

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drug into the xl audio game on the cheap

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and we're able to do it without using one of

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these please don't use these

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now sadly since it's basically impossible to

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stay under 50 without buying some stuff

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used or already having a little bit on hand this is a more premium option

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but if you already have an xlr cable and a

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microphone stand you can pick up the xm

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8500 also from behringer for just 20

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bucks which would have you sitting right at 50

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this setup is basically a usb mic killer

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in any environment thanks to the excellent background noise suppression

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that dynamic microphones have not to mention that you can easily

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upgrade this setup in the future with a mic like the sure pga 48 or sm48 for 34

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dollars and 43 dollars respectively

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so then what should you buy

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well if you're looking for the best bang for your buck it's hard to beat the fi

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fine k669s sleek design and excellent

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sound quality at just 28

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but if you're rocking cherry mx blues in your keyboard or if you're a buckling

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spring aficionado i'd go with the blue snowball or the behringer xlr setup as

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they both give you exceptional noise isolation

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just don't buy the meteorite that thing

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is terrible i'd pick it up and you know what i'm gonna pick it up

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taking it out of the crater could get it because it's a meteorite

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mobile and they offer service on two nationwide lte networks so the phone you

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