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I've owned a Yeti mic for several years, and when the pandemic hit and we went home to work, it was my time to shine. I knew that I would have the best-sounding

I've owned a Yeti mic for several years, and when the pandemic hit and we went home to work, it was my time to shine. I knew that I would have the best-sounding audio in meetings. And then the complaints started rolling in. I don't know if it's the mic or just that my desk setup at home was not proper for audio calls, but I got to the point that I stopped using it. Now I stick with my AirPods, and no one complains. Not that I'm saying one should use AirPods (or equivalent) for high-quality audio, but I was shocked that the Yeti turned out to have a lackluster performance.

kadoban 4y ago
IMO it's a pretty good mic _for certain situations_, but those situations are rare and it does not set you up for success in actually achieving them. You need a quiet, ideally treated room, and you _definitely_ need it closer to your mouth than the included stand could possibly achieve, and away from your desk noise which again the included stand can't do. By the time you consider all that's needed, you're almost certainly better off with a different setup entirely.
- rumblestrut 4y ago
  I did end up buying a boom stand, but the mic is kind of heavy for that and kept getting in the way. Now I'm learning toward getting rid of the Yeti and shopping for something more versatile for my home setup. No big deal; live, learn, and implement!
teilo 4y ago
There are several issues that can come up. It can pick up so much background noise, that you need a high and low pass filter, and maybe even a noise gate. Further, a lot of meeting software has issues with echo cancellation when the mic and the output are on different interfaces. In my home office I use an LCT 441 Flex, but my office is dead quiet.
david38 4y ago
Yeti is the opposite of what you want. I use the RE320 which is perfect. The properties of the mic make it naturally pick up background noises only faintly.

kadoban 4y ago

IMO it's a pretty good mic _for certain situations_, but those situations are rare and it does not set you up for success in actually achieving them. You need a quiet, ideally treated room, and you _definitely_ need it closer to your mouth than the included stand could possibly achieve, and away from your desk noise which again the included stand can't do. By the time you consider all that's needed, you're almost certainly better off with a different setup entirely.

rumblestrut 4y ago
I did end up buying a boom stand, but the mic is kind of heavy for that and kept getting in the way. Now I'm learning toward getting rid of the Yeti and shopping for something more versatile for my home setup. No big deal; live, learn, and implement!

teilo 4y ago

There are several issues that can come up. It can pick up so much background noise, that you need a high and low pass filter, and maybe even a noise gate. Further, a lot of meeting software has issues with echo cancellation when the mic and the output are on different interfaces. In my home office I use an LCT 441 Flex, but my office is dead quiet.

david38 4y ago

Yeti is the opposite of what you want. I use the RE320 which is perfect. The properties of the mic make it naturally pick up background noises only faintly.