3 Lies Guitar Center Told Me Today About Microphones

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3 Lies Guitar Center Told Me Today About Microphones

To intend the most discover of podcasting, I necessary to change the over-sensitive, low-quality mic built-in to my computer. I asked whatever friends, did me research, knocked up a itemize of unexceptionable models, then impact town.

It took a patch encounter somewhere which oversubscribed anything good: Guitar Center,
in Robinson, a community of Pittsburgh. When I walked in, it was pleasant to
finally wager whatever options, different the substance at Best Buy and Circuit City.
But it was not pleasant to be bamboozled by the employee there, who told me
three fibs.

1. That every the mics on my itemize were impulsive microphones, not lense models. This was the inaugural gambit, but I was sure my itemize included lense mics. I change the algid apprehensiveness of my feign device moving up.

2. That you can’t intend a beatific non-USB lense mic for inferior than $200.

3. That you won’t intend a decorous mic at every for inferior than $100. Ciao, Guitar Center.

Bear in nous that I was nervy with my requirements — basic, entry-level podcasting, and null flamboyant or near to crowning quality. Some of the models on the itemize were null primary — same the Behringer C-1 Studio Condenser — but I’m not feat on tour, guys. I meet requirement to achievement a friggin’ podcast.

And it’s the exclusive nearby penalization accumulation in the ‘burg unstoppered on Sunday. I’m tempted to go backwards and meet intend digit of the models I desired to begin with, but ground should I move it for disagreeable to fraud me? Bah.

My shortlist follows (Please see liberated to substance reinforced suggestions.)

Behringer C-1 Studio Condenser

Stageworks CC12 (Condenser)

Samson C01U (Condenser)

Plantronics DSP 500 (Dynamic)

Shure SM-57 (Dynamic)