What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[marurun]

There's a lesson in this about buying no-name products just because they're cheap. You have to be prepared for them to suck. While you don't always get what you pay for, you are definitely at risk of crap when you make risky budget purchases. Those nonsense name cheap Chinese products on Amazon are a total crap shoot, and considering how easy it is to game the reviews and ratings you cannot rely on them.

On a related note about having to pay for quality, it took me 3 cheap blenders (from companies with good names, too) to learn that if I wanted to be able to have a durable blender that can reliably grind ice AND blend soup without burning out or breaking I was going to have to be willing to pay for one. And thanks to me doing my homework I found a nice one by a major manufacturer which was also a bargain (but still pricey) and does what I need it to do for less than a Vitamix or Ninja.

[REPO Man]

I'm not completely ruling out the microphone itself until I've ruled out everything else. So unless it IS the microphone itself, that leaves the XLR-to-3.5mm cable I'm using and the USB sound card connecting it to the PC.

And I tried my old laptop, but it doesn't recognize the battery.

[Ziggy]

You should be fine. If you're really worried just turn your WiFi off.

Unless a cheap Chinese USB device installs malware.

[marurun]

Here's some advice: don't ask us for advice. You are clearly going to go your own way and have no interest in our words of wisdom or reason.

[REPO Man]

You're literally telling me to toss my microphone in the trash, spend up to 2-3x as much on a new one and hope I don't get the same results. I'm trying to say I'd rather try other solutions first. I mean, let's say I buy a top of the line microphone and any necessities I'll need, at my fellow Racketeers' suggestion, and I get the same damn results.

[Ack]

You're literally telling me to toss my microphone in the trash, spend up to 2-3x as much on a new one and hope I don't get the same results. I'm trying to say I'd rather try other solutions first. I mean, let's say I buy a top of the line microphone and any necessities I'll need, at my fellow Racketeers' suggestion, and I get the same damn results.

And say you do it, and you get better results?

[marurun]

You're literally telling me to toss my microphone in the trash, spend up to 2-3x as much on a new one and hope I don't get the same results. I'm trying to say I'd rather try other solutions first. I mean, let's say I buy a top of the line microphone and any necessities I'll need, at my fellow Racketeers' suggestion, and I get the same damn results.

No, I'm saying you go to Amazon and request a return because what you bought doesn't perform as advertised. And then when you get your refund you buy one that costs roughly the same from a more reputable manufacturer that is more likely to have quality control processes in place. Have you not bothered reading anything we've typed? You need to go back and re-read what we're saying because you're doing a great job misrepresenting our words.

[REPO Man]

I know you've all been quick to say that it's broken and to give up. Meanwhile the reviews from folks who've purchased my exact microphone have had no such problem or have had success fixing any possible problems with a phantom power adapter and/or a better USB sound card. I'll admit a small minority of reviews call it trash, but nearly 60% are in the majority of saying it works either out of the box OR after some troubleshooting.

So far, trying to isolate and remove the sound is the only viable solution I've heard on here.

[Jmustang1968]

What motherboard are you using? I had some noisy issues with my old PC set up and the motherboard was the culprit. I actually bought a DAC, to connect it to my PC via usb and did 3.5 from the DAC to the mic/headset to get rid of the noise.

[prfsnl_gmr]

So far, trying to isolate and remove the sound is the only viable solution I've heard on here.

You’re right. Exchanging the microphone is not viable. What fools we’ve been!

You do you, REPO. Let us know how that works out.