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- Works as well as a cheap microphone
I purchased this so that I could use my own headphones and a good mic with Skype and MS Onenote (audio notes). Since I use Vista on my laptop, I could not use the software that came with the product. The Vista driver is dated to 2006 so its old. I tried recording audio in Onenote and the mic performed as well as my cheap microphone headset combo, which means that it performed badly. Yes, I did follow Samson's Vista instructions and it still worked poorly.

I also tried installing it on my XP desktop machine and got an error while installing SoftPre software. The error stated that MSVCP71.dll is missing. I did a search and apparently I'm not the only one that has had this problem. I uninstalled the software and tried testing with the basic XP drivers and it performed badly.

I returned this product for a refund and I would not recommend this product to anyone looking for a desktop microphone. Why Scott Hanselman recommends this mic is beyond me.

Rating

- Great mic - bad driver
First off don't use the included driver! It has been a while but I still remember the grief. Just plug it in and let XP set it up.

I record with an inexpensive Windows XP laptop and get fantastic sound quality. I have had this mic for over a year using it to record our church choir and related musicians, all have been impressed with the sound quality.

I also find the free Audacity software easier to work with than the provided Cakewalk software it came with.

Rating

- average
annoying upper mid frequency being emphasised for acoustic guitar. Not as transperant as I had hoped. Might be good for spoken word. I would not recommend it for acoustic instrument recording.

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