Customer Ratings & Reviews

excellent micrphone easy to install Steve Burdick

The Samson Satellite iOS/USB Broadcast Microphone is one of the latest from Motu ( a maker of audio devices and software.) The first thing you will notice when you take it out of the box is that it is an attractive piece of equipment. Compact, solid and well built. Of course, the visuals and feel of electronic device are not a true indicator of performance but it is good start when you can tell that it is high quality. So let’s take a look of the pros and the cons of this microphone : Pros - Decent sound quality. There are better on the market, but they are all more expensive and much less portable. Easily portable. This is one of those microphones that you can easily just carry it in a laptop bag or similar. It requires no other stands as the there are retractable feet built in. Capacitance touch mute button. This is one of those well thought out features. For those that never really used a microphone much, those microphones with a physical button for the mute almost always make a pop or click sound when you mute them. Capacitance touch does not do that . Solid top notch build quality. Mostly metal and high grade plastic. As good as microphones that are much more expensive Headset input with a volume control built in for the headset . Both Windows and iOS compatible. No drivers required. Plug it in and go. It should be noted that for Windows 10 , it shows up as a headset so you do have to go into the audio settings. Threaded mount on the bottom of the microphone if you want to put it on a stand. Great value for the money. Cons - Samson includes both a USB and lighting cable. They are 3 feet at most. It would have made much more sense to include a 2 meter cable. I can see many scenarios where this would be more that 3 feet from a computer. No sound control on the microphone, it is all software controlled. I hate when manufactures do this and maybe Samson was trying to keep it as portable as possible but if you can put a volume control for the head set, it does not take much to come up with one for the volume of the microphone. This does not include a pop filter. Now I know manufactures expect you to buy one ( which Samson does sell) but it is unclear which one will fit best . You definitely need one, there are a lot of popping and extended “s” sounds when using. This is especially true if you are talking too close ( as in using the included short USB cable.) Overall , this is a great portable microphone that will do the job in most cases. It has all the basic features you would expect in a quality microphone and is a great deal for $100. Recommend.

Overall a good microphone however considering its daily deal price it’s a great deal.

Great microphone only lasted me about a year until it went out on me .

This was a wel purchased gift.and come to find out is the beat gift at the time

The microphone has worked very well! It has made video chats work with ease.

Works very very well for the price youreally get your moneys.

I bought it for my son but he didn’t like that he could only connect it to the apple computer I guess he wanted or that he can connect to everything but I think it’s worth it if you no exactly what you need it for.

Microphone worked great in a room with 3 participants over a Zoom Meeting. The microphone picked up all 3 peoples voices even after practicing social distancing of 6 feet.

So I was hoping the sound quality of this mic would fix my issues with using a headphone with a mic in my iPad. The sound quality is terrible and I still can't figure out if it's the mic or the tablet causing the issue. It captures so much sound around me, I can literally hear my internal organs working inside my body. I could hear a leaf dropping to the ground like a collapsing building. The mic is intense. I wish it would capture my voice without it blowing out my eardrums in the process

Bought this for my nephew who is just starting his youtube channel. He is 13 years old and very talented, he loves the Samson microphone.

Great qulaity however when its plugged in i can't hear audio when I play back. I think I'm doing something wrong.

It was okay. Decent quality sound but the directional features didn’t really work

This microphone is working very well. I would recommend it.

Bought because it is compatible with iPhone through lightning connection. Thought it would be better than internal mic, not true. Might be ok for voice recording, but we were recording musical instruments and they were too loud for the microphone. It kept cutting out and recording a buzzing sound.

Excellent value for the money. Was able to record audio for a commercial project. Highly impressed.

Needed a mic for simple iphone recordings of acoustic songs i do. Works perfect

This has the best feature of giving talk that can be used. Glad I bought it.

This product is good for the money. It is not a yeti but it’s decent for what it costs.

This is better for podcasts not music me personally