MXL AC-44 USB Boundary Conferencing Microphone - Black

Replace the earlier one after a coffee accident. This is an amazing Desk Mic. FORGET the boom and big mic for your home office, this on the desk works amazing.

For the price, this is a good boundary microphone for relatively close work. Set it on your desk while you’re in your chair and it’s fine. I wanted something for a group of 7 at a rectangular table. The person farthest away (about 8 feet) sounded the same as if using the mics built into the computer. So, if you want a mic for just you or maybe 3 people sitting fairly close together, this is a nice solution.

I'm not a sound engineer, but I have installed three of these in a noisy environment primary to voice control two computer systems. I think they are an excellent value. For conference calls they're da bomb. Voice control? All I can say is the weak link in the chain is definitely *not* the microphones.

I'm not writing a product review. I'm writing a review to tell anybody. Don't order from Sam Ash. They told me it was going to be delivered in four days. After I paid for it, it went up to 9 days. And I know exactly what they're doing. You order it from Sam Ash, then they go to the manufacturer, order it for them, and then wait for it to be delivered to them, and then they ship it to me. A complete con job. No proof, but I'm not stupid.

The MXL AC-44 grabs audio clearly even when the talker is 25 feet away. Build quality is excellent. Reasonable price. One of my favorite microphones due to its performance and simplicity.

this is better than many mics of this style, but the audio quality — volume specifically — is still too low for general table-top use. the build quality is amazing overall, tho ... too bad it's not good at the one thing it's supposed to be good for: table-top mic use ... even at 2 feet, it's still too low to use.

MXL is the microphone arm of Marshall, the famous amp, speaker and headphone manufacturer. MXL manufactures a wide variety of USB microphones, ranging in price from $75 to $500. MXL is not an especially fine manufacturer of microphones. Their mainstay is podcast quality mics in the $100 range. And that's precisely what this mic is: podcast, Zoom, MS Teams-quality in a microphone, fine for use by professionals, but not a professional microphone. MXL suggests that this be used for making medical transcriptions. That could be a good use. It is sturdily made of an all-metal frame and mesh. it's small and can easily fit in a briefcase or sit below a monitor. Basically, this is a three capsule, 180-degree microphone made to be powered and record by being attached to a computer via a USB-A to USB-C cable (included). It is also possible to use a USB-C to USB-C cable, but that must be ordered separately. Sound capture quality is good-to-excellent for non-professional purposes. The usage case for this particular microphone is tied to its diminutive size: good sound at a conveniently portable and discreet size.

This microphone is one of a kind in terms of portability. It is very compact and easy to travel with. It is extremely simple in design with no drivers or software needed for installation. It’s a simple plug and play and comes with an extremely long usb C cable. Despite the positives there are a few issues with a strictly plug and play device. It has no way to adjust the gain. There is no software or knob on the microphone. This means what you hear is what you get. Your video calling software may be able to adjust it slightly, but typically it’s not good enough. I found that i sound a lot quieter using this microphone compared to my Blue Yeti. There is a built in noise cancelling that you can’t turn off which will automatically lower all the surrounding sounds, including your voice. This coupled with no way to adjust the gain is bothersome. The sound quality is worse than the Blue Yeti, but they’re the same price (or cheaper on sale). I purchased my Yeti about 4 years ago on sale for less than 80 dollars. The Yeti sound quality is superb. This sound quality is okay compared to it. People I’ve video chatted with say my microphone sounds far away. I’ve tried moving it right in front of my mouth and they say it has the same issue. This doesn’t have that crisp ASMR quality. You can’t attach a pop filter on it due to the odd shape. It advises you to put something over it to prevent moisture from entering the mic and potentially damaging it. There’s also no way to attach this to a standard mic stand. I definitely wouldn’t use this for gaming or live streaming as the quality is only decent and there’s no way to adjust the microphone. This would be fine for your simple zoom conference calls. I’d only advise this if you are only concerned about portability. There are better options if you looking for a permanent microphone setup.

Für Praxis PC bestellt.Es funktioniert ganz gut

this product is beautiful, and easy to connected to my computer. It was working well and loved it, but it only last one week working and then cannot work any more. So I contacted amazon and they offered replacement. They picked up the broken one the second day, and I am still waiting for the replaced one coming, hopefully this time I will be luck and get one which can last at least over 1 year for me. I will keep post if there is any issue for this product.

Used it for recording of conversations in a room and it could capture the voices clearly

The input levels on this MIC are very low compared to the input levels on the built-in MIC on my MacBook Pro. Even with the MIC less than 2 feet directly in front of me, I pretty much have to shout at it even with the gain turned all the way up. This was a waste of money. What makes it worse is that I have gotten zero response from MXL Support. I waited over a week for a reply. Unfortunately, I threw out the packaging before testing it, so returning it is a problem.