MXL AC-404 USB Boundary Condenser Conferencing Microphone – Black
$69.90
Price: $69.90
(as of Jan 13, 2025 22:32:08 UTC – Details)
The AC-404 is designed to capture crystal clear speech intelligibility for Houses of Worship, web conferencing, court reporting, and more with easy plug-and-play USB connectivity. Three microphone capsules in a surface-mount boundary design delivers an amazing 180 degree pickup pattern with a 25′ range making it ideal for podiums, conference rooms, courtrooms and connected classrooms. The low profile design is now available in white and black, and is designed to simply rest on any flat surface so it’s both discrete and convenient for every day use
Outstanding sound quality even in noisy environments
Turn any location into a conference room
Built-in headphone/speaker monitoring jack
Reccomended for Zoom web conferencing software
Durable all metal construction
Delivers outstanding sound quality even in noisy environments
Turn any location into a conference room
Built-in headphone/speaker monitoring jack
Includes 6 foot USB cable, headphone/speaker jack.
Customers say
Customers appreciate the microphone’s clear sound quality and ability to pick up conversations clearly. They find it works well for videoconferencing, small conference rooms, and classrooms. The microphone is omnidirectional, ideal for conferences. It’s well-made and reliable, with a high-quality headphone/speaker output on the back. Customers find it easy to set up and use.
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Love Long and Prosper Photography –
Exceeded all expectations
I hope this helps others, but I got this purely for Twitch streaming. I’ve so far used it in several different environments, first for a conference room roughly 20×20 (possibly bigger) in which it had to pick up everyone’s voice clearly even in the back rows, and 2nd at my own house on a table to hear people talking at a table roughly 3×6. Here’s how it worked in both environments:In Conference Room:Ok so for a USB device this thing is RIDICULOUS. I tested this against the Jabra Speak410 speakers and the MXL blows it out of the water for several reasons. First it’s smaller, it’s simpler to use, it can be concealed much more, and the sound is MUCH better. This device was able to pick up everyone’s voice in the room surprisingly well and honestly it probably did just as well as serious audio equipment that will cost you x3+ more than this single device. To top it off for my instance of using this I needed to use this through a skype session and I was still able to hear everyone clearly even with the downgraded sound quality.In a room at a table:I’m able to pick up everyone in the room clearly as if they are right next to the mic. In fact this mic probably works TOO well for this situation. Simply because it can pick up everything around it, probably even better than my own ears. Roommates sometimes will have on a TV roughly 15-20ft away and it will hear EVERYTHING going on on the TV clearly, it’ll even pick up when the front door opens and closes and that’s a solid 20-30ft away around several corners. So like most great audio equipment it will pick up the sound clearly, but you gotta make sure you put yourself in the right environment to use it so it doesn’t pick up background noises. If you are running a podcast, I would only suggest using this if you need to pick up voices from a crowd, or if you have a large amount of people on a single podcast. But in general I would stick with the other mics such as the Yeti devices
Brandon –
The best conference room microphone I’ve found so far
I’ve got to say, the clarity sensitivity of this microphone is far better than most, and the best micrpohone I’ve tried so far. This is, so far, the winner for our company conference rooms that hold 8-10 people.Here’s how it stacks up in my book:- Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920, 1 star. Decent video but the microphone is terrible. Wouldn’t recommend it to anyone!- Acoustic Magic Voice Tracker II, 2 stars. Great noise cancelling, but the audio is muffled and only good for 2-3 people in a room.- Phoenix Condor Beamforming Array Microphone, 2 stars. Audio is weak, tinny, and sounds like you’re talking to someone on an old cell phone. Pretty lame for a $1000+ microphone.- Sound Tech CM-1000USB, 2 stars. Pretty crappy audio, wish I would have kept the box so I could return it. Lots of ambient noise pick up compared to the MXL.- Jabra SPEAK 510, 2.5 stars. At just $100, this has better audio quality than the $1100 Phoenix Condor. The problem is that it only has one microphone, so compared to the MXL it sounds quiet, muffled and generally pretty bad. Still better than a few of the others listed here.- Blue Microphones Snowball, 2.5 stars. I’m not sure what all the hype is about. The MacBook Air’s microphone was far better than the audio from this thing. Returned it.- ClearOne Chat 170, 4 stars. This has pretty decent audio but compared to the MXL it sounds muffled and it chops in and out. The advantage is that since it’s also the speaker it has perfect feedback prevention, meaning the person speaking through the ClearOne doesn’t hear their own voice feeding back to them at all. I’d recommend this for 4-5 people in a conference room.- Blue Microphones Yeti USB, 4 stars. This is my second favorite compared to the MXL. Audio is pretty clear and it has decent range. The MXL still sounds better and has better full-room pick up though.- MXL AC-360-Z, 5 stars. This is basically four AC-404’s put together into a single nice looking package optimized for Zoom Rooms. If you’re using Zoom Rooms and have a room where you need to pick up speakers from any direction this is a *great* microphone package!Let me know what you think. These were all compared by myself during company meetings. At each meeting I’d have someone at the office connect 2-3 microphones to our conference room PC and then switch between them during the meetings.
Michael Chan –
Solid conference microphone.Used it for my discussion book club’s in-person meetup where everyone except 1 person was there in my living room. Said person was participating online, hence the reason for this purchase.Worked like a charm. The online participant could hear everyone’s discussion clearly in a 180 degree cone. Good sound quality. All went very smooth.Recommended.
Louisa Moran –
Caro pero supongo que es el precio de calidad. Sirve muy bien para skype con mis padres que tienen “dificultades tecnológicas” ya que se enchufa al ordenador via USB y no con bluetooth. Lo único es que tienes que seleccionar este micro en la configuración de audio dentro de Skype.Capta muy bien sonidos sin demasiado ruidos de fondo, para tener conversación con 2+ personas a la vez.
Hajee A P Bava & Company Constructions Private Ltd –
Overall Good….
Danieln –
lo utilizamos en una sala de unos 7m por 6m para un grupo de 12 personas en video conferencia y funciona muy bien
Moritz Mentzel –
Wir haben lange ein Konferenzraum Mikrofon für unsere Firma gesucht und sind hier fündig geworden.Alternativen von Logitech etc sind hiermit nicht vergleichbar, dies ist ein professionells Mikro, dass alle Anforderungen erfüllt.Unser Raum fasst etwa 20 Mitarbeiter.Plug and play USB, skype meeting, windows, im raum frei bewegen und in normaler Lautstärke sprechen, alles wunderbar.Nach 4 Jahren und diversen Malen vom Tisch Runtergefallen ist das Schutzgitter nun abgegangen, aber das Mikro geht immer noch.