We had to make a trip to the nerd shop over the weekend—Computer Alliance, way out in the boonies. Jane needed a new monitor for her setup, and since I love a good visit to the nerd shop, I was more than happy to tag along.
While we were there, it occurred to me they might have a solution for a problem I’ve been dealing with these past couple of weeks. See, I’ve been using my AirPods for dictation so I can walk around the office yammering to myself like a madman. It’s convenient, for sure, and really helps keep my steps up, but because they’re Bluetooth, the error rate has been frustratingly high.
Even a shitty old Logitech headset plugged into a USB port was giving me better results.And I already own a great microphone—my trusty Yeti Blue which I’ve had for years. I rarely use it though because it’s so unwieldy and takes up a lot of desk space.
Perhaps I thought, as we entered Nerdvana, it was time to invest in a boom arm to make life easier! Turned out they had a pretty decent microphone arm for a price that matched anything I’d seen on Amazon.
I’d much rather spend my money at a local brick-and-mortar store than hand it over to the Beast of Bezos, so I whipped out the folding stuff and took home an MDS06-1 boom arm.
It wasn’t too fiddly to set up, though I did have to crawl under my standing desk to attach it. There were also a couple of extra parts left over afterward—a bit IKEA-like—but that’s because I decided against drilling a hole through my desktop as the instructions suggested. The setup feels sturdy enough without it, so fingers crossed it holds up.
Now that everything’s in place, I’m pretty pleased with the result. I’ll give it a proper test drive this week as I power through the last couple of chapters of this commissioned piece I’m working on.
What I really love, though, is not having to shuffle that heavy-arse microphone around my desk every few minutes. It’s the little things that make, uh, a little difference.
If you don't need to buy new, I believe Alex Jones should be selling some soon
That's pretty golden era of radio journalism looking, sure you won't be tempted to project some of the great broadcasts? Suprised you can't buy a drone equipped with a microphone that follows you around as you dictate.