hi. i ordered this. recieved it. and the big issue is thet it has too much background noise. do you have a mic with noise cancellation?
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In order for the mic to be sensitive enough to pick up sounds at a distance, there is no avoiding background noise. This is very different than a mic that is kept close to your mouth, for example. Your best bet is to put in sound deadeners, like carpets and curtains, as it is the reflected sound that really increases the noise.
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i have a mic but cant get it to work :( sorry i can not help they did tell me though that if the mic was to close to one of the cameras that may happen try putting it in the center of the room .. any feedback on how to get to work would be helpful lol...
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Hi Jobin - You know, I really don't use them much, so I really can't comment. I went back and see if they work, and they do, and there doesnt seem too much background noise. Hope that helps.
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Hello Mike, I do not like the microphone.. You can hear the people talking to you but the people on the other end cannot hear you like your mike is muted. If you unplug it from your computer for 15 seconds the mike will work for another couple of hours then unplug it again then will work again. I wish this was a different answer for you but its how it works for me.
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Haven't used the microphone yet. It's integrated on the ear bud line. I can't believe there's any noise cancelling. The sound on the ear buds is great. I've been using the buds to listen to audiobooks.
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I have same problem and sick and tied of this microphone. It is not worth a penny to spend for it. Very much frustrated and I do not know what to do.
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i just received it, and my sister could not hear me at all. Please help, if you know how. I don't think that the microphone works!
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The sound quality is pretty decent for a headset mic and is better than most mics people use online. It does not have built in noise cancellation as far as I know, but most apps and games you would use it with have some form of noisegate to account for it. It is a dynamic microphone, so it doesn't pick up a crazy amount of noise by default.
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Mine is like the picture, without the microphone, i dont know why. only for playing music. it sucks
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No. I boaght this becuase i heard good things about it. After only 3 uses it shorted out started getting static noise and 0% voice pick up. Even when it did work, it could barely pick up any thing. My advice: skip it, spend the extra money get a good mic so it will be worth your money at the end of the day and you won't be disappointed like me.
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Sounds like your mic is too close to the radio speaker. Not sure what else it could be. You're getting feedback for some reason.
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If you attach a 2nd mic to filter background noise you will get excellent quality sound. By itself it's pretty good but, it will pick up any background noise so just don't podcast where there is a lot of that.
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If you've got your sound settings adjusted correctly then you shouldn't have to worry about too much background noise. I never had any issues with background noise while using this mic.
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I have the same issue. The noise cancellation on this headphone is substantially inferior to the Sennheiser PXC 250 and the QuietComfort 15--both of which I've owned and used for years. There is virtually no difference in noise reduction between "Normal" and "Bypass" modes, and Talk Through introduces more noise than is present without the phones. I just cannot accept that Sennheiser would create such a poor product; certainly my set must be defective.
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I bought a lapel mic at Radio Shack to use with ours, but couldn't get enough sound. I don't know if it was a microphone issue or the voice amplifier that was the problem though.
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This is the XLR version (as Matthew pointed out, the USB version says it in the title). I haven't had any problems of hissing or background noise with this mic, the internal noise of the mic is actually superb. In Matthew's case, maybe it could be a defective mic (that should be exchanged under warranty), or a poor quality or damaged pre-amp, which is often the case.
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It depends on what settings you have set to your computer. I'd definitely recommend headphones or disabling real-time playback of what the mic picks up.
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I wish I could help. Unfortunately, I never had much for problems with my mic. What type of program(s) are you using that's picking up the noise? And what's your operating system? I've used mine with things like Skype and Bandicam and it works fine (both on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1). I did notice I tried it with Steam before and it was picking up noise from my headphones, so not sure if that's related (but Steam seems to do this a bit with other people and their hardware as well).
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This isn't the best of quality mic. Phantom power may have something to do with it. Are you using it for video in camera recording? If so don't record in camera alway use external recorders. I have this mic, I don't totally hate it but I know a better quality mic would get me better sound but for the price I paid for this I'm not mad...