Razer Seiren X USB Streaming Microphone: Professional Grade - Built-in Shock Mount - Supercardiod Pick-Up Pattern - Anodized Aluminum - Classic Black

This microphone is good for amateur streamers or youtubers, you can place it on a boom arm with a suitable adaptor, and it has a good capture area. It only has a mute button and a volume control for the built-in audio output. However, the volume control doesn't control gain. Build quality is above average at most, standard Razer quality, but it gets the job done really good.It does pick up noises and it still requires a pop filter. Also you can't use it with every boom arm. I only managed to use it together with my arm screwed in, provided an adaptor.Not quite the best at price/quality, but not too overpriced either.

This is the second Seiren X I buy. The first was for myself as an entry level streamer and the second for my son. Setup is plug and play, no software or drivers are needed in Windows 10. It will show up both as a mic as well as speakers due to its built in sound card which you can use to monitor yourself when speaking into the mic. There’s a headphone jack located below the mic next to the USB port and 5/8 mounting hole. Sound quality is good and mounting options are plentiful. I love having the built in mute and sound level controls right on the mic for those times when you need to quickly mute the mic or turn down your headset (if plugged to mic)I’ve used the mic on both PC and Mac and on each it works perfectly without need for adjustments. Streamlabs OBS which I use works perfectly with it. Below is a photo of my setup to highlight the attachment to my microphone arm. As long as your mic arm has a 5/8 threaded mount, the Seiren X will screw in easily.

Pros:-Easy set up. Nice to know this mic doesn't require Razer's software to work-Small, compatible with most mic arms-don't let the size of the mic fool you, the sound quality is fairly decent-I compared the audio quality with a Blue Yeti USB Multi-Pattern Electret Condenser and they're IDENTICAL! The only difference is that you can select more than one polar pattern with the Yeti. The Seiren X has only supercardiodCons:-You can adjust this via 3rd party software, but this mic picks up EVERYTHING. If you have a mechanical keyboard, you might want to invest in Cherry Silent switches-there is no gain control or options to select more polar patterns other than cardiod-despite being advertised as having a "built-in shock mount"..... I suggest you get a shock mount. This thing picks up everything, including micro-vibrations from your desk (if your Seiren X is on the desk)-not exactly compatible with most boom arms-the stand that this thing stands on doesn't allow you to angle the mic far enough to be pointing at your voice (if placed on the desk-for a mic that seems to pick up EVERYTHING (even little sounds in the background), you have to sort of be close to the mic to get your voice's details and tone, weirdSuggestions: To maximize this product's worth, I'd highly suggest suggest investing in some pop filters.-metal base adapter to make it compatible with most microphone arms can be challenging to screw on. Also, if you use this on PC, using Nvidia Broadcast or OBS's noise canceling features would be helpful. Even though this mic is advertised as "supercardiod", it's a very sensitive mic. It picks up everything.Conclusion: This is a great mic if you just want to plug it in to your platform of choice and go. There is no adjust knob for gain but straight out of the box, the audio is fairly decent. Slightly muddy sounding. Compared to my HyperX Quadcast S, the audio quality for the Seiren X is competent (not great, but not bad either). If you're looking for an upgrade from a headphone mic, this is sufficient. But if you can spend a few more dollars, I would do it.

Sound quality not as great as say a blue yeti, but the noise cancelation makes up for it. Use it mainly for gaming and discord and it does the job well. Would not recommend for anything like music, but for voice recording it does great. I live right next to a street with cars constantly passing and with the noise cancelation properly adjusted it works awesome.The stand is adequate, but I would highly recommend a mounted arm of some sort with a shock stand. I have found that drastically bimprobes the performance of most mics.I picked up a used blue yeti to compare. In summary if you have no background noise the yeti wins hands down; however, the yeti will pick up any noise especially if you have a clicky mechanical keyboard.In short, if you like to game or do online calls while using your computer and keyboard this is a great like for you.PS the passthrough works awesome as well.

I got this for around $60, which it still is at the time of writing this. This is an absolute STEAL, if you're in the market for streaming, video recording, and or just talking to your friends on a budget. I tried another microphone on here and it was a random brand for around the same price, it was so bad I returned it a few days later. I also like that it's compact, for people who don't like huge mics right in front of them this is a great go too. Sleek design as well and very durable, I dropped it like 2 times and not even a dent or change in mic quality and also great stabilization and no janky movement or weak thin plastic wires. Easy to setup and practically plug & play. It can even sit this baby at around 12 inches away and it still picks up great mic quality. This is so good for $99.99, but even 10x better at $59.99.