But, since most high-quality microphones are either expensive or too big to fit on the desk, people tend to overlook them.

We're attracting top gaming brands from around the world and bringing fresh new gaming gear to the UK, with a mission to make it accessible to everyone nationwide. The NT-USB Mini also features built-in DSP that allows it to run the complex processes in RØDE Connect in real-time. In our tests, the JLab Audio Talk Go and Talk Pro microphones didn’t perform as well as their sibling, the Talk. However, for the majority of our panelists, it rated lower on our sample-based audio-quality tests than all other mics, and the stand felt less stable, as well.Simply download and open RØDE Central, plug in your NT-USB Mini and the prompt will appear for permission to update your microphone firmware. Ready to be used straight out of the box, the Blue Yeti can be customized to pick the sounds in different polar patterns. Josh Strid, sales engineer for Sweetwater, told us that a good-sounding room makes a larger difference in the quality of recordings than microphone choice does.

Over the past eight years, an ever-changing group of panelists in Wirecutter testing has consistently rated it the best or one of the best. Choose Pay in 3 at checkout where PayPal is available, and enjoy the power to split your purchase into three interest-free payments, with no set up fees or charges. The Blue Yeti has been our pick since 2013, coming out on top during every retest of available microphones. The new model we tested is nearly identical to the one we loved the last time we updated this guide (shown in the photo above), except it now has important features that were previously missing, namely a headphone jack, headphone volume control, and gain control.

Once you have your replacement mouse skates in hand, it's now time to remove your old ones from the base of the mouse.

You can use it directly in a USB port or grab one of our USB extension cables to give you a bit more flexibility on placement.I spent a lot of time looking for a decent USB microphone, and checked out many reviews on the subject. In previous rounds of testing, it scored well with our panelists in voice recording quality—some panelists even ranked it better overall than the Blue Yeti. Connect up to four NT-USB Minis to a single Mac or PC without the need for complex routing or complicated software.