Product review (3 stars): Good, but with flaws
I just received my snowball and set it up. The instructions are pretty limited. Though there is not a lot to setting it up. The stand is not mentioned at all in the instructions, which is my main question. The stand does not telescope much, which Im not a fan of. I will have to buy a better one that goes higher. This one sits way to low to catch my voice. Guess that is what I get for being tall. The stand telescopes about 2 inches. The thumb tightener does not tighten well at all.

The USB cord comes straight out the back. I would prefer it come out the bottom so I can wire tie it to the stand so it stays out of the way. There is no power button on the mic that I can find. So when its plugged into the USB port, it comes on instantly. While this might not be an issue on PCs, it is on Macs because I have to reach around the back of the computer to unplug the USB cable. Very inconvenient.

Follow up review.

I tested the mic. It does sound really good as long as you are close to it. If you are further away from the Mic, the sound quality is not that great. Up close though its really good. So I would say that this mic is good as long as you talk close into it. But this is not really easy to do since its on a desk stand. In order to do that, what you need is a boom. Not sure if a boom is made for this type of mic. I will to look into it.

Still not much luck with the stand that came with the mic. The thumb tightener does not work very well, so at some point, the ball Mic just drops back down to the original size. Since I am taller, and the stand is short, it is not in line with my mouth. Either the stand needs to be taller, or the mic should pivot to point up toward my mouth.

The next issue is that the mic pivots on the stand. It was designed this way, but it an issue. The USB cord that comes out the back is thick, pretty rigid and heavy. The actual ball mic is light. So what happens is that the USB cable pivots the mic around. Putting the connection at the bottom of the mic and wire tying the cord to the stand should revolve this. But since the connection comes out the back, this is more difficult.

I decided to order a boom. I will revise this review after I get the boom/