In the spirit of the season, we pit mic against mic in a grueling not-so-scary comparison of the Samson dynamic [Q1U], the new Samson condenser [C03U] and the unique Blue Snowball. The common bond between all of these are that they are inexpensive USB microphones. …no mixers allowed

Each of these mics were easily detected on my laptop running Windows XP with no need for external drivers. All 3 mics were recorded uncompressed and unaltered in my office.

You can get a feel for the sound of each mic by listening to the show. However; if you’d like a completely uncompressed and unaltered WAV sample from each, just click below…

UNCOMPRESSED SAMPLE OF THE BLUE SNOWBALL

UNCOMPRESSED SAMPLE OF THE SAMSON Q1U

UNCOMPRESSED SAMPLE OF THE SAMSON C03U

Street Prices are:
Samson Q1U - $49
Samson C03U - $129
Blue Snowball - $159

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