V-Moda BoomPro Microphone | for Gaming & Communication | Wired - 3.5 mm Jack | Flexible Boom | Clip-on Controller with Mute Button & Volume Wheel | Black

I bought the V-MODA BoomPro (non-X) because I do not want a dedicated mic on a stand or boom arm, and I wanted to repurpose my Sony WH-1000XM5 instead of buying another gaming headset and adding clutter. Once it is working, the mic is solid for gaming and voice chat, and the inline mute and volume are convenient. The main issue for me was Windows compatibility with the included adapter. It would not work properly on either of my Windows PCs and only worked on my Mac. After a lot of troubleshooting, the only reliable fix was using a dedicated TRRS USB-C adapter. The one that consistently worked for me was the StarTech 5-inch USB-C to 3.5 mm TRRS headset adapter with a 32-bit DAC. I also tried a Creative Sound Blaster Play! 4 USB-C DAC that people recommend, and that still did not solve it. Once I used the proper TRRS adapter, the BoomPro worked fine on Windows. Important clarification: I originally tried the BoomPro X and returned it because it did not work for me. I later learned something else that is worth mentioning for buyers. The BoomPro X’s cardioid mic rejects background noise better, which can be great if you have roommates or a noisy room, but the voice sound quality is noticeably worse in many comparison/review videos. I personally prefer better mic sound and let software (Krisp) handle background noise, but if you need strong noise rejection for voice chat, the BoomPro X may still make sense. Just expect the audio to sound worse. One small tip: adding a cheap foam windscreen helped a lot in Discord. It improved consistent voice pickup and reduced the “choppy” or dropout-like sound my girlfriend and I noticed during testing. Bottom line: the BoomPro is a clean, minimal way to turn compatible headphones into a headset, but do not assume the included adapter will be reliable on every Windows PC. If you are on Windows, budget for a proper TRRS USB-C adapter, and consider a foam windscreen for better voice pickup.

This thing has been great. It is very difficult for microphones to be loud enough when they are sitting on your desk and your mouth is far away, but with it attached to your headphones it picks up everything and is very clear. Great for voice calls. Now I can use my comfy headphones and have a good mic at the same time.

I initially bought these for my Astro A40's because the microphone is horrible. Turns out the A40's don't work because Astro decided to use a longer 5 pole 3.5 jack which didn't work with this product. A shame I couldn't find an adapter either. So instead I am temporarily using the mixamp with the original Skullcandy Crusher wireless. I tried using the Crusher ANC, but the 3.5 jack is on the right side of the headphones and I didn't like having to rotate the microphone boom like that. The jack fits nicely though, it doesn't feel loose and it doesn't swing around. So far the sound quality is good, it does utilize the bass drivers in the Crushers. I mainly bought these because the microphone is incredible. Most programs I use such as Discord or Xbox party chat have filtering, but it does let a lot of background noise through normal voice recordings. Here are my cons so far: The braided cable makes a lot of noise and transmits into the microphone which can be heard with Astro's sidetone (feature that lets you hear yourself) enabled. There is no indicator when you are muted. The mute slider is not that good, I thought the logo was a giant mute button. You have to use a stand or be careful while laying your headphones down as this mic doesn't flip up or retract. There is some hiss noise at higher volume. The boom arm doesn't seem to have a lot of retention to hold it's position, might be an issue in the future.

The audio quality is great and there is no discernible hissing. The cable is braided and feels like a quality cable. It has a 45 degree jack on the end which is also nice. Included is a PC Y-adapter with separate jacks for audio and microphone use. The microphone works well and is easily adjustable. However, I do have one issue with the BoomPro. The in-line volume control/mic mute switch has an issue with the volume control wheel. If the volume wheel isn't turned all the way up, it will only output either left or right channel audio. If you push against the volume control wheel then you'll get stereo audio, but as soon as you stop pushing against it, it will revert back to mono audio. I've registered my product with V-Moda using their easy to use QR code system and have submitted a support ticket. Other than that it seems like a great product that should work well with any headphone that supports a 3.5mm input jack. I'm using my V-Moda BoomPro with the Philips SHP9500 headphones http://amzn.com/B00ENMK1DW. I use them for music, console gaming (Xbox One: I have the Elite controller which has a 3.5mm jack so there is no need for an adapter) and for PC gaming. I will update this review and revise my star rating once the problem has been fixed to my satisfaction. UPDATE: I received an email from V-Moda Customer Service on 12/24/15. They requested that I destroy the product by cutting it up and that I provide pictures as proof of destruction. I emailed them today (12/28/15) and I sent proof, along with my address. They are going to send me a new BoomPro Mic free of charge and I'll update the review once I receive my replacement unit. UPDATE 1/10/16: V-Moda Six Star Service has been great, albeit a bit slow to respond. I guess they had been dealing with illness at the office and my support ticket wasn't transferred to the next person in line. However, the agent I spoke to (David) did come through and I received my replacement unit yesterday 1/09/16. I am happy to report that this unit has none of the volume control issues that my first one did and I am satisfied with how V-Moda rectified the problem. I assume that this was a limited QA/QC issue and I do hope that no other issues arise. So far I am very happy with this product and I will update this review if that changes.

I'm writing this review as an update because i notice most of the other reviews seem to be a little old and didn't really address the questions i needed answered before I purchased. after hours of research, i still felt like i was taking a risk by buying this, so here goes my attempt to help some people before buying it: First and foremost, I purchased these to use on an XBOX ONE with my brand new BEATS PRO HEADPHONES that i bought a few days ago at a black friday sale. I have BOTH microphone adapters for my controllers, that is to say, I have the adapters with and without the keyboard. I figured since my Samsung Galaxy headphones worked great, a pair of Beats would be even better. i was wrong. I was sorely disappointed to find that the original microphone cable would not transmit the sound of my voice, and it felt like i had just wasted a few hundred bucks. Especially after i asked around at best buy and the associates told me that beats headphones wouldn't work with anything besides a Beats brand cable. That seemed odd, so i did more research of my own... which brings me to the meat and potatoes of my review. after viewing a few videos on YouTube, i stumbled upon this cable. Let me tell you right out the gate that IT WORKS PERFECTLY WITH MY BEATS AS IS. the quality is actually much better than I had even anticipated and I didn't even need to buy any extra adapters. Just plug and play. that's why I'm giving it 5 stars. Definitely worth the 30 dollar investment to make good use of a set of headphones you already have instead of buying another set of Two or Three hundred dollar headphones to achieve the very same quality. Now that we've got that settled, I'd like to address some questions I had that i couldn't find an answer to. Here's what I found for those of you who may be wondering the same things (Please keep in mind, this my experience with BEATS PRO. outcome may vary depending on whatever headphones you're looking to augment with this microphone:) The Y cable that youtube and amazon recommend you purchase alongside this microphone is NOT NECESSARY because it plugs into the xbox controller perfectly even without it. The microphone is built with a regular jack that has the THREE BANDS on it, just like the microphone that came with my Samsung Galaxy. I should also note that it comes with a Y cable that converts the jack for use with a computer or anything else that might need that sort of thing. Something else that was recommended to purchase alongside this microphone is an adapter for the jack that plugs into the headsets themselves. it's supposed to convert the TWO BAND jack into one with THREE BANDS. This is also NOT NECESSARY. I bought the adapter and tested the microphone with and without it.Turns out the headphones worked perfectly with and without the adapter. there was no real sound difference that I could notice, so it seems to just be a waste of 5 bucks for me. whatever though, better safe than sorry when it comes to these things. As for sound quality, this cable seems to be just as good as the original Beats brand cable that came with the headphones themselves. I'm super impressed with these, and I hope this review helps somebody looking to convert their beats into an awesome pair of gaming headphones.

I'm sitting here outside and I figured that I would actually give a proper review to this microphone because I've seen it getting praised and this is not deserve that one star that I had to give it and I'm going to explain why and this will save you the trouble and hassle of buying one and perhaps exchanging it and trying again like I did. The build quality is very flimsy you can tell it's made to break very easily but that has nothing to do with it I'm very careful with my stuff trust me I mean there's a lot of stress points on there and I didn't stress a single thing out and I had the first one for 28 days and I had my replacement for one night I got the same amount of use of the both the first one I bought I tested it it sounded great probably use it for about just an hour just to test the levels and see how you know basically what I did was I wanted to use it on my Mobius headset because it's just not worth buying a Penrose just to get a USB key so they strip way too much out of it and they used like a really terrible chip set so I mean if you're looking at the Mobius don't be enticed by the Penrose because it's just a Band-Aid version of the Mobius for example well anyone who has a way to connect Bluetooth I guess you can use dongles but my LGC too and I can hear everything beautiful wirelessly over Bluetooth so I was like well I might as well get a boom mic and it sounded amazing when I bought one last month and March of 2023 and then I tried it like 28 Days Later two days before you can return it and I could I tested it I want to go send like a message without actually sending the message so I was like I play it back and hear my voice and my voice was like all loud and staticky as if like you tuning a radio dial and you're not quite a the right Mark for the station and I would say probably got an hour and a half of use same thing happened in one session cuz I wasn't going to go weeks without using it this time the very first night the same thing happened so I'm leaving to see the point in recommending the windscreens I got for him somebody recommended really good windscreens on here but I mean the boom X pro I was not enticed to buy a lot of reviews are said it wasn't as good as the first one microphone wise and I heard how it sounds this thing is really good it doesn't pick up any fan noise or any of that kind of stuff the problem is I feel like a couple hours of use with no tension no stress on the cables anything it's just craps out it sounds so good though at first but it's really really flimsy you can't even put like you know the slang term you can't put like a furry dead cat on the end of it it looks different than it is it's not I'm telling you I handled it so delicately I mean I even clipped the you know the controls not right on my neck cuz you don't need to but like above my you know my pack like right on just I just you know pinch my shirt and it had plenty of Slack there was no way it could you know get messed up from showing your head it did what it was supposed to do however it only sounded and did it properly on the microphone side of it was is that that's the whole point of it I mean so the other people can hear you and you know anyone nowadays with a lot of smart TVs I know this dongles and stuff like that Bluetooth but the best the easiest way at least for me that I've come across simply if you're headphones can connect to your TV then you're already feeling sound to it and I was really enjoying the fact that I can just you know use the Bluetooth cuz I've done it before like watch movies and stuff so it was an alternative so that I'm getting rid of the optical cable and all that and also you're not getting the cheaper headset and by the way I did get a pen Rose against my better judgment first at one time and they're complete you're getting under those last but you're just paying for that key I would imagine the same on PS5 Mobius is what I wanted and actually I want one more pair from them and that's the LCD X's like $1,000 ones I don't a consumer doesn't need higher than that to be honest you know someday I'll buy them cuz I like I really like the drivers and they do a better job than the steel series or whatever that they loan them out to if you will or whatever so but no stay away from this microphone seriously don't even bother cuz you're just going to get mad if you don't if I waited two more days it's only $20 so I wouldn't have been mad about that I probably would have bought another one anyway but I had two days because I mean I tested it it was fine I never touched it I didn't wrap it up funny or anything like that I just got very loose and just kept it off to the side where it never even got touched I just wasn't playing my Xbox where I was talking to people and I wasn't playing my Xbox a while so I can Nintendo switch and other things so I mean all I can tell you is the when I got the next one I didn't get any more use out of it in the first time it's just I used it for the same amount of time the first night I mean normally so these people that are reviewing it like especially like YouTubers are only reviewing it probably after they just put it like just started using it you know what I mean I see a couple people said there's after 5 years so they must have got really lucky but based off my experience their track record you know it's made in China it's very flimsy I'm telling you I had the perfect wind screen on it you would not believe it and I think the only directional Mike will sound better I can't speak on behalf of the boom Pro X but I would assume it'll crap out the same way on you I know it doesn't sound as good and also you can make sure you block the sound if you like have a air conditioner or fan running by since it's on the directional you can turn it up and down like instead of left and right just slightly you know what I mean you instead of having it the microphone pick up cuz it's only in two sides and that'll insure no nothing gets through that windscreen all you need is it's just a little black windscreen you don't need anything heavy nothing you can't even put some heavy on if you wanted to hang out behind your chin all I'm saying is you know it's up to you ultimately in the end and I just saw why not leave a review and I'm talking to my phone so I hope it came out legibly I don't want to type all of this because I am actually looking for something else but I'm not using Amazon I'm using the internet and you know maybe I'll buy it off Amazon but maybe not Amazon is typically I mean nothing's not everything passes a plus quality control I don't believe in my heart that Amazon sells you a plus stuff like Aretha sort of Best Buy probably does Walmart and other services like Lowe's is a little bit better than Home Depot I know this for I just do trust me you know it's just like like I wouldn't buy a battery like I bought a cream of batteries yeah 12 volt and you could have got it for $37 for you know free shipping here I paid a $57 and got it from scooterpro.com or whatever and I bet you wouldn't probably already had the acid in it I mean you know what I mean some of the tents might be a little incorrect cuz I'm talking I'm not looking at my phone it's it's enough for you to understand just don't buy the microphone don't do it this is going to keep making more of them put it let him go out of business because they suck they really do who cares if they have a one year warranty you're going to take it back to Amazon if you use it for a couple hours of First day it's going to break on you probably you know maybe not the very first day like it did for me but like both times it would have broke the first day if I use the other one didn't wait like 27 days in between it would have broke at the same exact time so I mean and I can tell because when I send the message you can see the the sound wave and I listen to it back and it was just all scratchy and staticky and extra loud and not the way it's supposed to sound then that's not how it sounds when you first plug it in and try it and I haven't so you know maybe you'll get lucky I don't know how that one person had a review so they had it for 5 years but I'm not I'm not saying that they're lying but I'm not saying you're going to break in an hour and a half but two of mine did I bet you it breaks you know if you use it regularly it will probably bring for the 30 days I'm sure of it it's crap it's it sounds awesome it that does everything you want to do but but it's made like crap and it turns into crap really fast BUYER BEWARE. I returned like literally 45 seconds later just to clarify when I was talking about ratings and products and whatnot I didn't have anything to do with this mic this might sucks buy it from V motive it's going to do the same thing I guarantee it it does sound crisp clean and clear like someone says but it doesn't last it does not last it'll just for most people I would assume or just about everyone advise it is going to frustrate him especially if they decide to give him another chance and get another one does the same exact thing that's why I'm leaving the review it's a safe other people that hassle there's other Mike's out there that cost a little bit more I want to look into the mod mic and stuff take it easy

I use this for remote work customer service and it works very well with my Beats Studio Pro. I was concerned about voice clarity due to the reviews my voice comes through clearly on the Salesforce soft phone and in Zoom meetings. I even set the voice input to the lowest setting on the computer sound settings to ensure no other noises are picked up and my voice is still CRYSTAL CLEAR. One con so far is that volume controller barely affects volume - turning to the lowest setting doesn’t mute volume and barely lowers it. I was using the original VModa mic attachment for the last couple months since the mics on the Jabra headsets my job sends us keeps malfunctioning, and it worked well but it picked up everything even noises from shifting around in the chair. This newer version still picks up extra loud noises that are up close but it’s much more muted, plus it doesn’t pick up slight noises (like my partner doing dishes in the background) at all. So happy with the purchase and would definitely recommend for others using Beats headphones for soft phone calls through work and Zoom meetings. My partner now uses the older version for gaming and it’s prob the best option for gamers but haven’t tested the new one for gaming yet to say whether it’s good for gaming just yet.

I initially bought a different inline boom mic, because it was slightly cheaper and had better reviews. I guess the reviews on that one must have been fake, because after looking into it it seems they change the product name every few months once people inevitably realize that it's garbage. That one failed within two days, so I decided to give this one a try. I did have to buy a 3.5mm to 2.5mm adapter to get it to work with the M50x, and slightly modified both the headphones and the adapter, but now everything fits together perfectly. I was hesitant about buying this one considering a lot of reviews seem to say it rarely lasts a year, but from what I've heard the customer service and warranty are pretty good (plus the additional $4 4 year warranty I bought off Amazon), and the absence of literally any viable alternatives meant that this is what I went with. It's been perfect for my use. The cord itself is a braided cable that feels high quality, and it's so long that I usually keep it coiled up in the little velcro loop it comes in. The inline volume/mute controls are super nice to have, and basically not optional when it comes to gaming for me, because it takes about 30 seconds and 5 menus to change the volume through the PS4 software. The mic is very high quality; when I tested it on the Mac compared to the built in "studio-quality three-mic array" this actually sounded better, and didn't pickup much/any fan noise nearby. The audio quality through the cord seems to be identical to that of the cord that comes with the headphones. I'll probably take away a star if it does end up breaking anytime soon, but even if I have to deal with replacing this every six months I'll probably keep using it considering the next best alternative is a dedicated gaming headset or USB microphone with a boom arm, both of which would cost upwards of $150 to get similar quality to this one, and would be much less convenient. I'd definitely recommend it. EDIT: Removed two stars After a few months of use the mute switch has stopped working completely. For a while it would just make me mostly silent instead of muting me completely, and now it does nothing at all. Their warranty probably covers this but after filing a claim their website says I'm supposed to ship it to them, wait for them to attempt to repair it, then wait for them to ship back the repaired or replaced microphone and that it could take 6-8 weeks, which sounds ridiculous to me. I've emailed them requesting an advance replacement as the mic still works mostly fine and I don't want to go two months without anything, so I guess I'll see what happens. Otherwise the product is still pretty good, but this issue drops it down from the original 5 stars to 3 or maybe 4 depending on the customer service.