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This compact, lightweight omni-directional microphone is made specifically to be clipped onto the earpiece of your headphones, and includes specialized clips for clean installation. Its high-sensitivity performance is perfect for your gaming, VOIP, and voice chat needs. Just plug into your soundcard, clip onto your headphones, and you're ready to go!
High-sensitivity Headphone Microphone The compact and attractive ZALMAN ZM – Mic1 is a high-sensitivity headphone microphone that creates more voltage and therefore needs less amplification at the mixer or recording device for superior sound quality.
Omni-directional The omni-directional ZALMAN ZM – Mic1 picks up sound virtually from all directions, providing the ultimate flexibility without compromising sound quality.
Pros:
* Sounds good through loopback when placed correctly, and no complaints from other parties
* Long cable is useful
Cons:
* Quiet (Asus X470 onboard audio), as some others have commented. Attached it to a zip-tie boom instead of the headphone cable, which seemed to help.
* Would have been nice to have a spring clip instead of a friction clip.
Overall Review: Useful to know: specs on the packaging state that it requires 2 V DC power.
Pros:
works
clips on to any standard headphone wire
quality is good
cheap
exactly what i wanted , very satisfied with purchase
Cons: none
Overall Review: bought 2 just encase this one breaks but havn't had any issues with it yet.
Pros:
Works with windows 10
Cost
Cons: doesnt record voice real loud, but certainly workable for me
Overall Review: Had issues with older headsets on windows 10. Have a great set of klipsch headphones and just put this on the headphone wire close to my mouth as could. Had to wind some black tape around the headphone wire so the zalman clip would hold it there. Mic is not super loud, but I am happy not spending big bucks on a full headset.
Pros:
-Lightweight
-Clear sound. It didn't pick up as much ambient sound as I thought it would. Had a desk fan and ceiling fan going but nobody noticed.
-Great price
-Insanely long cord
Cons:
-No clip to connect to a shirt.
-The grip that is supposed to go on another cord to keep in place has no adjustment. It's too large to attach to mine so I had to improvise.
Pros:
-Small
-Has a clip (read Cons)
-Long cord
-Inexpensive
-Does the job as a gaming mic
Cons:
-Quiet, must crank up the mic settings and have close to your face
-While there is a clip, as stated by other reviewers, it is more-so a little plastic crevice that you can try to jam your headphone cord into.
To be more specific, this mic will ONLY work with certain headphone cords, so Beware!
If your headphone cord is very thin, like that of earbud cords, it will not clip on, rendering the mic completely useless
If your headphone cord is very thick, (like my old ath-ad700's) the clip will break off, rendering the mic completely useless
I now have a pair of ath-ad900x's and this mic works great
Overall Review:
Despite the possibility of getting burned, where else can you find a mic for 8$?
Just make sure your headphone cord is the right thickness (about or a little less than 1/8')
Pros:
The sound quality is good, but not perfect.
3.5 mm connection. USB microphones are fine, but they don't play nicely with games, particularly if the cable has a kink in it.
The build quality's decent (except for the con below). It doesn't rattle when you shake it, and the mic itself is rather sturdy.
There's 3 'clips' (read: plastic bits) that allow you to keep the microphone's cable attached to your headphones. They work just fine, though they are prone to sliding. Not sure how well they work with thicker cabling, but it could be worse.
Cons: The 'clip'. So, instead of having a normal clip that allows you to put it on your shirt, it's basically some plastic that you can stuff cables into. It's meant to be attached to your headphones' cable, but it only works as intended with thicker cabling, or if you put your cable on the narrow end of the clip. If you do that though, the mic will slide down your cabling when you bump into it. An alternative is to double-back the mic's own cabling, but that's asking for it to kink.
Overall Review:
It's a cheap mic with good audio quality, so it gets a pass.
Next time though, I wish Zalman would spend a pinch more money and add a proper clip.
Pros:
- Cheap
- Good Quality
- Crisp and Clear Sound
- Extremely Long Cable
Cons:
- Extremely Long Cable
- Needs to be really close to mouth
Overall Review: Thanks /u/Sen7ryGun for your guide.
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Pros: Passable recording quality. Good sensitivity. Long cable.
Cons: The "clip" is two semi-rigid flanges - you need something about 3.5 - 6 mm wide to hold it in place. The cable to my headphones is thick enough, but that isn't the case for most such cables. Not a con, just a consideration.
Overall Review: It's sturdier and works better than the price would suggest. Good value, would buy again.