I am pretty blown away by this mic! The sound quality that you can produce, with some tuning from any 3rd party software, is crazy! Do you need to tune it with software? No, not at all. It sounds good by itself. But if you download any popular audio software, use it to clean up the small amount of background noise it may pick up and to make your voice sound even clearer than what it already does out of the box. It's plug-n-play, no hassle setting up. The entire thing is plastic except for the grill and filter, which are metal. it's pretty clean and minimal looking. The touch responsiveness can be a little too sensitive, for the RGB and Mute areas. It's nothing that is too worrisome though. Sometimes when I pick it up, I accidentally change the color of the RGB, which is the only thing, but that's just due to how I pick it up and am a bit more cautious now. The base/stand is all plastic as well but has a decent amount of heft on the base, so you won't just tip this thing over if you bump into it by accident. People in-game WILL notice how clear you sound. Every time I speak, teammates always mention how good I sound. I was using my built-in mic on my headset for the longest, but I always knew that it didn't sound good. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't that great either. It was just... ok. I originally bought this based on a reviewer on YT. The price wasn't bad and I was able to get it cheaper than what the reviewer paid for it, so I decided to get it. Initially, I was just going to try it and if it was on par or just slightly better than my headset's mic, I would have returned it. But the sound quality between the two was drastic! So I decided to keep it and have been using it for the past 2 weeks now. I don't have a boom arm yet, but now I plan on getting one, just so I can keep my desk clear and have it out of the way. This is truly a great budget mic and would recommend it as a beginner mic. I don't feel the need for an upgrade or a more expensive mic, I don't stream or create content. I only play games and chat on Discord, and for that, it's perfect! If you're going to use PTT, you honestly won't need any software to clean up the background noise. But if you have your game or Discord settings to Auto or "always on", then I recommend using some type of software to make it stop picking up some of the background noise. The background noise that it does pick up isn't much, but if you listen to yourself, you'll notice it when you stop talking. I use Voicemeeter, just the basic one. Not Voicemeeter Banana or Potato. Those are more complex and for more serious/production things. 10/10 would recommend!
