K669 USB Podcast Condenser Recording Microphone with Tripod Stand

For this price tag really a awesome product, noise cancellation needs to be improved.

Sound quality is best

Works as expected. Able to record songs

Product is not as good as it appears , bad performance

I bought this FiFine because of the great reviews and I'm on a budget. I was looking for a nice USB mic that would be durable and portable for my vagabond lifestyle and while the sound quality is great, it's not exactly wonderful. What do I mean by that? Well ...... from what I've been able to hear, it has a sound output very near to my own voice. Which is good. Just like the Gatekeeper, I have a lovely singing voice. However, it doesn't sound all that different than when I'm using my JBL E55BT headset. In fact, there's a little something worse than my headset's audio pickup: the FiFine picks up a lot of ambient noises.A lot. I first tested the audio out in an enclosed room in a busy office. The mic picked up my voice from as far away as I could run the USB cable, even if the output was significantly lower in volume. But whether the mic was 5 feet away or 5 inches away, it picked up the goings on outside my door. It even picked up road traffic from about 40 feet away. And that's not all! It also picked up the rustling of my clothes and my keyboard typing - pretty much everything.For the rave reviews I was expecting better.So, I went to the FiFine website and read up on this. Turn the volume knob down on the device. Check. Turned it down to about the 1/3 area. Turn the volume capture down on my computer. Check. Turned it down, as well. I played with a number of settings trying to find the right set-up to capture my voice without capturing everything else as I'm almost never in a soundproofed room or have control over my environment. I finally settled on 1/3 on the FiFine knob and about 1/4 on the computer.Is this perfect? No. For two reasons: it means I have to have the mic in my face in order to pick up my voice and I don't like things that close to my face unless we're being intimate or I'm eating.And from perusing the comments and reviews here, I can see this ambient sound issue is par-for-course. But, people with far more experience in vocal recording seem to think it's great, so I don't know if there's something I'm missing or maybe I'm just expecting too much.On a positive note: I like that it comes with it's own stand and the full metal construction makes me believe it will be durable. Granted, other reviewers indicate that may not be the case. And it worked in my Chomebook. I tried using Audacity via the built-in Linux on my Chromebook, but apparently sound recording via Linux to Audacity is still hit-or-miss and I missed. Through the Chromebook itself, though, there don't seem to be many problems. If you're using a Chromebook and can't get it to work, you might want to check all the USB ports and they're not all the same. At least on my ASUS.

Recently I have been using the microphone on my laptop more and more not only just for social media but to also record short tutorial videos on different crafts that I do. The pre-installed microphones that come with most computers these days are very poor in there recording quality so I started shopping for an external microphone. When I came across this microphone I read the description and it sounded much easier to use than others I had looked at so I decided to give it a try. I am sure glad that I picked this one. While I am not challenged when it comes to technology, I would rather keep it simple so that I can spend my time using new equipment than setting it up. I was a bit skeptical that it would not be as easy as it was but it is. The only thing you really need to do is pull it out of the box and plug it in. It connects via a USB cable so for those of us that have laptops with only one multipurpose jack this works perfect because there are no complications or adapters needed to be up and running. I plugged it into my laptop and opened up my voice recorder to put it to the test. My computer had already defaulted to the new microphone and all I had to do was adjust the volume. The recording quality is clear and crisp in normal speaking voice with no need to yell or raise your voice. I set it up just to the right of my laptop and didn’t need to lean over to directly speak into the microphone as it has that good of a quality. There is a volume knob on the unit itself so that you can adjust the volume to what you need at the time so the recording quality is just perfect. This particular microphone also had a great appeal to me as it is the square design with a shiny pink metallic body which appealed to me being pink is my favorite color. It comes with a mini tripod that you attach to the base of the microphone. The head of the microphone can adjust up and down and the tripod sits at the perfect speaking level. No additional drivers or software is needed to be installed, it is that simple. With an all metal construction including the tripod you know you are getting a good quality product.

Did not do an ideal job of filtering out background noise for voice recordings. Introduced a faint hum to the recordings even in a quiet room. If you want a better mic for voice recordings for Youtube videos and the like, go with the FIFINE K688 model. It's a little more expensive but the difference is very audible and it does a much better job isolating your voice.

I was trying to choose between this and a Blue Snowball, and let me tell you this was the better choice by a mile! My best friend has a blue snowball (shes had it for over 6 months) and I hear her mic glitch now and then and sometimes go in and out. I've not once since buying this (bought it 4 months ago) had her or anyone else tell me that they hear any issues in my sound quality. You can increase mic volume on the mic itself and it does an amazing job of only picking up your voice unless you increase its sensitivity on your PC settings. The sound quality is so much better than the blue snowball too and takes up a lot less room.The stand it's on doesn't tighten all the way, so even when the screw is at its tightest you can still force it to move. This is a non issue though as I have not once had a problem with it. If you tighten it as much as you can it wont move unless you force it. My cat has knocked it over and it fell on the ground. Because it was able to move a little bit at its tightest it was able to minimize damage by letting the mic bend how it needed to when It hit the ground. It seems like a downside, but it's a benefit.If you are still on the fence, which, you shouldn't be, go watch a comparison video between the two. It'll make your decision for you. Here is the video that made up my mind. This is not a biased video and the person reviewing the mics knows what they are talking about! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FFlWHWAjSYOne last thing, my Husband has a blue yeti. My mic sounds almost at the same quality as his. Not exactly the same, but damn close. We are gamers so we test sound quality a lot so we can play with our friends and it truly just can't compare to blue.And hey, even if it doesn't work for you and you think it was a mistake, it's a 25 dollar mistake, not a 75 dollar one or a 150 dollar one. ITS WORTH IT!

So I got this microphone with no particular expectations, but I did need a microphone to have at a secondary location. However, my budget would not allow me to get what I use for the content I normally correct which is Marantz MPM-2000u Microphone. The TLDR is I am beyond impressed with the sound quality of this microphone for the price of admission. So lets get into the list of pros and cons!Pros:-Universal Plug and Play- Plug in and just works (tested on MacOS Catalina, Windows 10, and Manjaro Linux)-Solid build quality (has a nice metal feel and weight to it even though its much smaller than my Marantz)-Sound quality- I could rant and rave for hours about this but my expectation were low and I have now had to readjust what my expectations of the sound quality of lower cost mics do to this one. ( I would put the sound quality just slightly behind the Blue Yeti)-Price- The barrier to entry for Podcasting, Gaming, content creation etc just got lowered. This is hands down a great starting microphone for any new content creator, or gamer looking for a low cost streaming microphone.-Physical Volume Control- This has a physical volume button on the actual microphone which is a great thing to have if you have ever done any audio recordings (this is something my 100+ dollar Marantz mic doesnt even have)Cons-No headphone jack- So you cant monitor your own audio but given the price it is understandable-USB cord- The USB cord is built into the mic so it is not replaceable cord is decent length but could be maybe just a bit longer though at this price for the microphone does it really matter?-Sound quality- I know i put this as a pro a very big one this is more for audiophiles etc. While this mic punches in a weight class 2 to 3 times its price in sound quality, this mic will pick up some background noise that those more expensive mic more than likely wont.Those are really the only "Cons" and they are not really cons more critiques for Fifine for when they do their next version of this mic. This is a quality microphone hitting well above its weight class.