HyperX SoloCast – USB Condenser Gaming Microphone, for PC, PS4, PS5 and Mac, Tap-to-Mute Sensor, Cardioid Polar Pattern, great for Streaming, Podcasts, Twitch, YouTube, Discord,Black

Update: Leaving my previous review in case it helps someone else. After a weekend of troubleshooting I figured out how to get it to work. It took a bunch of back and forth between my Windows 10 (W10) machine and my Windows 11 (W11) machine but it is now working.W10 installed a different driver than W11 was installing. On a whim I uninstalled the driver and I plugged the mic into a USB 2.0 port and it installed the same driver W10 installed. Now it works. If I plug it into a USB 3.0 it will stop working and all I get are pops and clicks, the original driver gets installed again.It's working so I don't have to return it. Sound is much better as well, overall crisp, clean and what I expected. In spite of the hassle of getting it to work I'm changing my 1 star to a 5 star, because I think in the end it is W11 causing the headache and not the mic. As for the sound quality, for some reason W10 defaults to the lowest quality, I didn't notice that before, if I bump it up to studio quality it sounds awesome! (Well as awesome as my voice can sound). On my W11 machine I bumped the audio quality up and it also sounds good.Old review (feel free to ignore) It's 2025 and I feel like I'm in the 90s trying to troubleshoot this thing.On windows 11 it will not work. I have spent hours trying to get it to work and it jut won't. It'll detect just fine. Mute button turns on and off the light. It just won't pick up any audio.I have spent so long looking at Windows Task Manager uninstalling and re-installing drivers it really isn't funny. Uses generic drivers so there isn't even any software that will help trouble shoot it. I've tried different USB ports, nothing.I got it to "work" randomly and got pops and clicks out of it on an audio test with OBS/Discord/Windows settings when I spoke into it. Keep in mind my voice was only coming through every few syllables, but the pops and clicks were pretty constant, even when I stopped talking.Thinking I was dealing with faulty hardware I used a second machine (My Windows 10 Test machine) and it worked first try. Sound was significantly less quality than the ~$5 no name mic my kids use, but it did work. This was supposed to augment my Logitech headset for streaming and podcasting but it is unusable on my main Windows 11 machine. Just to make sure it wasn't my machine I plugged my kids mic in and it worked first try, no hassle.A semi pro/hobbyist mic should not require this much troubleshooting in 2025. It just shouldn't.I don't know much else I can try to get this thing to work with Windows 11, but after perusing forums until 2 AM last night I will spend some more time today and tomorrow over the weekend and if I can't get it resolved, back it goes.It blows me away that a cheap no name mic I bought for my kids works better and easier out of the box.

great quality for the price, and very sturdy. the cord is just a usb to usb-c, so thankfully that's easy to replace if needed. the touch to mute is so much more convenient than i expected, i don't have to switch tabs and mute in my programs when i can just touch the button. plus it helps me guarantee i'm not heard on voice chat games when i don't wanna be (roblox used to bug and unmute me when i'd select mute, so i get paranoid lol). only issue is that, if you just use the stand it comes with, it picks up on every single time you touch your desk. whether you're typing, setting something down, or just put your hand there, you'll hear a bassy thud. the person who recommended this to me did buy a separate stand for it, and that resolved the issue for him!

My son loves this mic he says it’s easy to operate, his friends say he sounds clear, there’s no background noise, he’s crisp and clear when he speaks not like his old mic that was muffled and sounded like he was in a tunnel. He is so grateful we found this mic he wants me to buy a back up one to have just in case anything happens to it. Lol

My sound quality really good only downside is that it picks up a lot of noises you can kinda nog fully but hear my fan not bad tho but the downside is if I like tap my desk you can hear it from the mic my friend said sound like I’m tapping the mic but I love it easy to setup cord is a great length maybe around 5-6ft idk per say but really well color options only black and white so I went for white voice control is well depends on your system it also sounds pretty crisp even when I whisper or talk low from 3 feet away but that’s also an issue it pick up sounds easily it’s overly sensitive my fan which is 10ft away at low can be heard I slide my hand softly on the desk it can be heard easily

Debo admitir que el primer producto me salio con una falla, duro 1 mes. Luego me hicieron el reembolso y este si salió perfecto.El mute sensible al tacto.Cable largo para ponerlo donde desees en tu escritorio.Puedes ajustar el filtro en OBS o cualquier otro capture de sonido.Debes si o si comprar una base para este micrófono.HiperX saca buenos productos y económicos

This microphone does everything you need it to. I have mine on a swivel arm. The only downside is you have to unplug it if you're not using it because there's no way to hide the red light that says 'hello I am active'.Which isn't much of a downside. I just plug it in when I need it and it just works.

I got this Mic for my podcast and my sound comes through so clearly! It fits perfectly on my desk, works extremely well at picking up my voice, and super easy to use. I love the mute button on top. Great Mic!