Plantronics Audio 300 Skype/Voip Computer Microphone

Mic Build Quality:Pretty good i guess. Stands up, never have any issues with stability, comes with an additional stand with a double sided sticky pad on the back in case you want to stick it on a wall or somewhere not flat. You lower or raise the mic due to a hinge in the base. Nothing wrong with the wire. I have no real issues with build qualityMic audio Quality:Average, asked multiple people how it is, they said its not good, but not bad. So its functional for communication but nothing more really. Once again, I have no real issues with the quality here.Mic Sensitivity:Sensitivity is where i do have issues though. I took a chance hoping the sensitivity wasn't as bad as people were saying, but its pretty bad. I normally have my mic beside my monitor, and people cannot hear me. I have to move the mouse ON-TOP of my mouse mat, or keyboard, for them to hear me. I measured the best distance, at about 30-40cm, which for me sitting at a pretty standard desk is in top of my either my keyboard or mousemat. Even then i have to go into the "recording devices" menu and adjust the mics settings, this helps, but causes MASSIVE feedback above 35% volume, to the point where i have to slam either the sleep or mute button because my ears drums were about to burst.Roundup:I guess I've gotten used to moving it, and the quality isn't that bad. I didn't pay much so i wasn't expecting anything out of this world so its not worthy of anything <=4 stars, but its not a hopeless 2 stars. It does what its meant to, even if its maybe a little weak. I would consider getting a new mic in the future.

People who have heard me via this mic have remarked that it seems to have a mind of its own. In exactly the same conditions, position and orientation, it can be either crystal clear or very muffled, or even have a weird wobbly gargling effect. The gargling effect happens probably about 50% of the time, which isn't great.The sound quality is better the further away you sit; about a foot/30cm seems to be optimum. I've never found a way to correct the gargling problem though. If you're having the odd Skype chat, that might be annoying but not a major problem. For sustained use, though, it's probably worth looking elsewhere.Too flawed to recommend, but an adequate cheap mic for occasional use.

Couldn't get this to work, waste of money

Brought this specifically to use with Skype and multi player gaming. The people I am talking to have told me my voice is crystal clear and loud. This microphone is great value based on their comments and mu usage. in daily use I keep the microphone plugged in but not switched on, tucked away behind my monitor. In use, I simply bring the microphone out and have it at the side of my monitor. I have a large 27 inch monitor and a large desk, so the microphone is probably about 2 feet away from my mouth, isn't obscuring my screen in any way, yet as mentioned above, am told my voide is crystal clear. My Tower PC is actually situated on top of my desk and the fan noise can sometimes get quite loud, but I specifically asked my frends if they could hear an y fan noise and all said "no" they couldn't. Highly recommended.

Pros: Excellent sound for VOIP such as Skype or Teamspeak with a mute switch which is very useful when gaming etcCons: This Mic claims to have noise supression but it does pick up keyboard key clicks quite easily, I found that the Agc enable/disable button is the same as Mic boost which in most cases must be checked for anyone to be able to hear you on voice applications.A bit fiddly with the monitor mount supplied, takes a bit to work out where to put it, as it seems to be designed for old fashioned CRT Monitors and not flat screen Monitors. However I used the base that it comes fitted to and it's OK.Quite heavy in fact so should not move too much on ones desktop.Summary: An excellent low cost Mic sound is great very clear indeed and believe me over the years I have tried many different Mics from expensive ones to ultra cheap, this is easily the best one so far.

Tricky. I note other people have given it a good review. I think the problem is that I expected too much of it. I record in my office and the sound quality is terrible and echo-y, so I bought this hoping it would sort it out. It didn't. But then, perhaps that should have been obvious.

Found that using a cheap PS3 bluetooth earpiece on my desk with wireless headphones on wasn't very clear across skype.So instead of buying a headset with a mic since I had perfectly decent headphones I opted for this after checking out reviews of quite a few other options. Testing with windows sound recorder found that the output was a lot clearer than the bluetooth earpiece. Quite happy with the sound quality for the price. Confirmed with friends that it is considerably better over Skype than previous microphone. Would buy again if I needed another cheap desktop microphone.

This microphone is next to useless. I use a mixture of Skype, Cisco IP phone, WebEx audio and GoTo Meeting audio - I found that friends, colleagues and customers all reported severe audio quality problems when I used this microphone - it was unusable. I had previously been using a headset with microphone boom, however a TMJD issue means that I am no longer able to wear a headset as it triggers discomfort for me. I have now found a digital microphone, more expensive, but the audio quality is great. Basically I think you get what you pay for and cheap in this case just does not work - do waste your money on this Plantronics Audio device, spend a bit more and get something with USB digital quality.