Audio-Technica AT2020USB+V Cardioid Condenser Studio Microphone (NA, Silver)

Excellent sound quality. Very easy to set up and use. I have been having fun with the mic and it's use.

LIMITED EDITION CHROME Heads up, this version does NOT come with a tripod stand, only with the shock mount. You will need to have or buy a separate microphone arm with a stand or a clamp. There's a bunch on amazon to pick from, a random Neewer brand desk stand worked perfectly with it for me. Also, it has a fairly bring blue light on at all times. For those reasons, I'd give the product a 4.5 if I could, but they're not major enough to dock a whole point for. Otherwise, it's pretty much perfect. I'm not an audiophile so I cant comment on specifics, however the product worked out of the box on my Windows 10 (2020-11 version 1909 update). The microphone is solid metal, including the grating. The chrome color itself is reflective and feels very premium.

This microphone works a lot better than the one I had. It is a condenser cardioid microphone that does not pick up all the ambient noise the previous dynamic microphone did.

Great sound and build quality.

Product is just not as advertised. To begin with: All instructions arrive in Chinese. The plastic microphone holder is very cheap and fragile, it's also packaged in a superfluous faux-leather pouch that had to increase cost of goods but provides no utility. The microphone holder will break VERY easily, handle with great care! It provides NO stand or ability to use the microphone as-is. Unless you have a screw top microphone tripod, you can't use the microphone as it cannot stand up properly on its own AT ALL, in one of the dumbest designs in history. The microphone is UNUSABLE as-is you MUST purchase additional items just to make the microphone stand up to receive sound. Then you finally plug in the microphone, download the drivers (I had to download mine manually) and then try it out AND....actually not much better AT ALL than just my regular laptop microphone! There is NO tone control, or mixing abilities at all and the sound is largely FLAT and the microphone must be very, very close to catch full sound. Adjusting recording volumes just creates hiss. IT'S JUNK. IT'S A TOY. IT'S NOT A SERIOUS PRODUCT. THE SOUND QUALITY IS LOUSY. Cheaply made, mass-produced and arrives largely unusable unless you buy other accessories. When trying to assess sound quality you have NO SUPPORT. No customer service line, no web site and all instructions in Chinese. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT.

I use this every day for video conferences along with a boom mount, and a pop filter. This is the first thing everyone should do to improve their online meetings. Note: If you ever plan on using more than one mic (like a podcast w/ a guest), get something with an XLR connection, not USB.