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21 of 22 persons found the following review helpful.
Beware!
By zaria
I love the snowball microphone. It does all that it is supposed to do. The Ringer is a sharp looking item which also does what it is supposed to do. The problem I have had with the Ringer is the thumb screw on the side. It is made of a soft metal and broke easily. All I need to make my Ringer work is a new thumb screw. I have REPEATEDLY emailed and explained the problem and requested a new thumb screw, which they have happily consorted to send me. But closely six months later, I still do not have the simple thumb screw and I still am unable to use the Ringer with my Snowball. Recently, I have necessitated another microphone and I thought I would get the Baby Blue Bottle condenser mic, but after the aweinspiring experience I have had with Blue, I won’t buy one. A company may have a outstanding product but if they can’t deliver on basic client service, then they may not get my repeat business. I would not even be making this review if I had plainly received a thumb screw so I could use the Ringer. Therefore, if you buy this product just be conscious that if you have even a little problem you will be on your own to solve it.
20 of 22 humans found the following review helpful.
Blue’s Ringer Shockmount is Very Cool!
By Agent Blue
Blue’s [[ASIN: B000H18RYS Ringer Shockmount for Ball Microphones]] is all it’s cracked up to be. It is well-designed, well-constructed and does a fine occupation of isolating a microphone from extranious origins of noise. As suggested in Blue’s product literature, the shockmount may be applied with other microphones in addition to Blue’s Ball, 8-Ball, Kick Ball and Snow Ball, for which it was designed. It even worked fine with an AKG C1000S, though it took a great deal of careful fingerwork to get the AKG clip screwed down in the Ringer and it looked a little askew. Blue’s Ball microphones and the Ringer Shockmount are larger than I’d imagined and look perfectly cool together: retro and modern all at once. What a shame the shockmount was given a mediocre rating by a person who reviewed it without taking it out of the packaging (for lack of a mike stand, no less). At least he brought up how well the 8-Ball worked. (There is a joke here, somewhere.) I wish I could make up for that grossly off base review by rating the Ringer Shockmount seven or eight, but five is the top rating available. I would suggest using a good quality stand with the Ringer; it might be top heavy paired with a heap of of the cheap, flimsy mike stands presently on the market. Thoughtful counter-weighting using a solid boom will resolve most troubles and facilitate originative mike placement possibilities. Note that these are studio and performance rather than desktop considerations. Although I find no reason to doubt their compatibility with the Ringer, I have no experience with the Snow Ball, Blue’s tripod stand, or for that matter, with podcasting. As far as the Ringer Shockmount, as with all Blue merchandise I’ve purchased to date, I’m very pleased and impressed!
5 of 5 humans found the following review helpful.
The Rattler
By Brian J. Buehler
This looked like a good product and a great match for the Snowball microphone. However, upon fastening the Snowball to the center ring microphone mount, I noticed a rattling noise anytime the assemblage was moved. Turned out the metal bracket that the microphone mounts to was wobbly in the center (isolated) ring and would make a rattling sound if the shockmount was moved in the slightest. Tightening the screws that hold the mount to the inner ring seemed like a good idea except that the design kept things from clamping tighter together. Adding shims would have solved the problem but seems undesirable given the price of this shockmount.
Since zero stars is not an option, I rate this product a one star and have returned it.
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