Sorry for the confusion. I was responding to your statement: " I use audio hijack pro now for everything from microphone recording to daily alarms" and wondering what you were using for a microphone with your iMic. Scott mentioned wanting to try recording podcasts. This is generally limited by the quality of the microphone, and the built-in microphone of the iMac and the PowerBook and iBook laptops isn't really designed for this.
The Samsung microphone review I came across was something a couple of computer magazines mentioned for budding podcasters wanting a good microphone. That model happens to have a USB input connection. The reviewer intrroduces it: "Samson Technology, well known for its audio products, recently entered the Mac market with a unique USB microphone that bridges the gap between Griffin's inexpensive i Mic USB audio adapter at the low end and the far more expensive microphones and audio interfaces used by audio professionals." The concluding paragraph was making the point that, although at $79.95 this unit was about twice the price of an iMic, they thought it was a good deal because you'd get superior audio quality and you'd have to buy a separate input microphone for the iMic, anyway. So that, short of getting a more expensive recording setting, this gave good results. The larger excerpt from the concluding paragraph: "We weren't sure what we'd get with a product this innovative at a price this low, but the Samson C01U lived up to the high expectations set by its specifications and description. If you need to record high-quality audio into your Mac on a tight budget, this is a great solution. The C01U is far cheaper than a USB or FireWire audio interface in conjunction with a high-quality microphone. Ditto for an analog pre-amp and microphone, which can suffer from issues with the quality of Mac audio inputs, laptop power supplies and electrical noise generated by the Mac. And a Griffin iMic may look cheaper than the C01U, but it's not in the same league sound-wise, and you have to buy an additional mic to go with it (despite its confusing moniker)." Hope that covers things. I've only used my iMic to record from tape, or from an external CD source in the case of a problematic audio CD. I haven't used a microphone at all. Read the macintouch review if you're interested in more performance details: http://www.macintouch.com/samsonc01u.html Cheers, Esther On Friday, January 13, 2006, at 04:55AM, Cheryl Homiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >An iMic is not a microphone in the first place; it just provides the >input so you can put in a microphone. so I'm not sure how you are >comparing the imic with this samsung microphone; is the samsung model >you mentioned also a sound card or just a microphone? >-- >Cheryl >"Where your treasure is, >there will your heart be also". > > > > >
