Why are mics so fragile?

Focus · 05-10-2006

I've had the same thing happen to me. I take care of my mic (you know..not toss it around and ****). After a while of using it, if I adjusted the volume or pressed the mute button, you would hear a static sort of sound..and the volume would dim, so I would have to wiggle the volume control to the right spot so the volume would be normal. Then one day the sound completely went..I was able to talk, not hear. I wasn't even able to hear the beep noise when you hold down the talk button.

I've gotten a new mic since (same one, Logitech) and it's been doing that static sound thing now. :/

But yea, it's marketing I guess..they aren't built to last forever, so when they crap out you go out to buy a new one..thus giving the company more money.

Wolfe jr. · 05-10-2006

i go through new mice like every month at least..
after i broke my fifth mic by throwing at the the TV.. i just bought a mic for use now and then i have other mics locked away just incase my main one breaks... oh yea!! im smart

.Charlie. · 05-10-2006

Turn your volume up? I mean if the blue light comes on, and you can still talk, then maybe try the volume, I know sometimes mine goes down on it's own.

~DaFlip~ · 05-10-2006

its a technique. see they make the think fragile and crappy so in time it will break and then ull have to buy a new one.

cheese · 05-10-2006

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Originally Posted by 1SPER1

Well Ive gone through 3 mics so far, and just recently my Logitech mics broke on is own..And i mean on its own.. I actually took care of this mic i never stepped on it, threw it, spilled water on it etc..My last mics broke from me stepping on them but this one i kept perfect...The blue light still comes on but it just doesn't work anymore. I can talk but no1 can hear me nor can i hear anyone. Havent played socom since because it just sux without a mic.. I think they make these mics crappy so that they break and you have to buy a new one... Flame away

join the CLUB. i started playin in the socom 1 days and since then i've been through 7 mics

Cope · 05-11-2006

I've had the same mic since Killzone came out a long time ago... maybe 18 to 24 months. It still works fine along with my 1 ps2 that I have had forever and I leave on for weeks at a time and never had problems with that either. Sounds like yall need to get two plastic cups and a string tied to each.

1SPER1 · 05-11-2006

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Originally Posted by Dionysus

Well obviously a mic is going to break if you step on it... I'm on my second mic, and mine just stopped working one day... after a long long long time of use.... so I guess I wasn't too upset.

The mics arent that crappy... why would you say that... since this is the first time it "broke" on it's own. Its not the mics fault you stepped on it the other times.

How bout u read the whole thing i typed b4 u fu.ckn comment. I said my PAST mic (b4 the one i have now) broke from me stepping on it. And also

Reply to hauchs comment:
I know that no1 can hear me because my clanm8 kept typing to me 2 stop grabing the mic if i wasnt saying nething and i was like wtf plus i cudnt hear ne1 talk AND when i did talk i didnt hear the little beep.

And tnx for that site Relient @ www.justdeals.com they have mics from $14.95 NICE FIND!!

zacklee- THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MINE DID damn faulty mics

and .Charlie. Of course I tried turning the volume up lol im not an idiot

And my last reply..Cheese 7 mics??? wow thats a shatload of mics 7x20-30+tax thats like 160-300 depending on how much you bought the mics for, damnn glad i dont have as much bad luck as you

njreese · 05-11-2006

I have had my mic since socom 1 and never had a problem with it, and I've logged some major hours since then, not to mention I just throw it on the ground when I'm done instead of putting it up.

mezuk04 · 05-11-2006

I was using my Socom 1 mic for Socom 2 but it didnt last long and unlike you 'lot'

I really do look after my things, they are quite tacky and flimsy...Sony make their money not from the consoles but on the games and even more so the accessories so its make good business sense to make them poor quality.

madgza420 · 05-11-2006

I had the mic that came with socom1 in the box(yes socom1! where the **** were you?)lol....anyway i had that until about a year ago and was forced to get a logitech and the replacement warranty from eb games 5 bucks for a year totally worth it you can break it and get a new 1! problem solved. same name since s1 madgza420...............shoot first.