Custom condenser capsule: Powered by Blue’s custom condenser capsule, Snowball iCE microphone delivers crystal-clear audio quality that’s light-years ahead of your built-in computer microphone.
Cardioid pickup pattern: Captures your voice with clear, focused sound for streaming, podcasting, broadcasting, Skype calls and Zoom meetings.
Stylish retro design: Record or stream in style with a classic recording equipment design that looks great on your desktop and on camera.
Adjustable desktop stand: Allows you to position the condenser microphone in relation to the sound source, improving sound quality and saving space on your desktop for the optimal broadcast setup.
Skype and Discord certified: Whether conducting interviews over Skype, streaming live gameplay on Twitch, or communicating across the globe, you’ll be heard loud and clear on leading VOIP platforms.
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Specification: Blue Microphones Snowball iCE Plug ‘n Play USB Microphone for Recording, Streaming, Podcasting, Gaming on PC and Mac, with Cardioid Condenser…
13 reviews for Blue Microphones Snowball iCE Plug ‘n Play USB Microphone for Recording, Streaming, Podcasting, Gaming on PC and Mac, with Cardioid Condenser…
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Fernando Gohl –
Fácil instalação e boa qualidade na captação.
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Soggy –
The mic was amazing! Awesome sound quality and everything abt it was easy and wonderful! Definitely recommend
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★★★★★
Azura –
This could be the cheapest branded mic. But there are several non branded mics at far lower prices with good reviews. If you feel branded is safe, go for this.
Design is a matter of taste.
Sound quality, recording and noise cancelation is obviously excellent.
One issue you’re gonna come up against is a lack of availability of spare parts.
Please bear in mind that you’ll inevitably have to buy a separate stand for this. The stand that comes with this isn’t that sturdy and actually too small for any practical use. You will either have to always hold your mic, which means hand ache and an inconsistent sound; or you will have to put a pile of books or some such in front of you to raise your mic to your mouth level, which means danger of the mic falling over. You cannot bend down at an impossible angle to speak into this mic. Nothing works. I’ve even tried sitting on the floor and keeping the mic on the chair. You’ll inevitably have to buy a separate stand.
Now you’ll realize that very cheap stands are a danger to your mic. I bought a stand with 500 bucks but reasonably good reviews. Then I hit upon a new problem. Most mics can fit any mic stands. But not this one.
The screw hole for this mic is a unique dimension that mic stand screws don’t adhere to.
I didn’t find any floor mic stands or longer desk stands. I just found boom arms. You’ll have to buy one of those.
You will then realize that you also need to buy a screw adapter 3/8 inches to 5/8 inches in order to fit your mic stand to your mic.
You will then realize that no seller at your nearest electronic stores is selling this screw adapter. You will find exactly one Amazon seller for this screw adapter, after searching all over the internet.
This seller can take down this product at any time. So you’ll have to quickly buy this screw adapter.
You’ll notice that this seller does not even specify what metal this screw adapter is made of. He just says metal. But you’ll buy it anyway, because you have no other choices. This little component costs Rs.500 by the way, and the seller claims it is imported without specifying any details about the product.
Your other option is to buy more expensive boom arms that already come with this connecting screw and various other components and accessories.
No such option is available on Amazon or any other Indian platform.
Your only option is to import this item from platforms like ubuy. Customs, shipping, etc. Included the cost will come at least to Rs.7000. Not to mention the documentation and follow up hassles you will have to endure through the whole process. Ubuy doesn’t clear customs for you. All that is your job.
Bottomline: if you buy this mic, you will either end up spending far more on an imported boom arm or you will buy a cheap boom arm and a cheap untrustworthy component from a shady seller. But you’ll buy a boom arm for sure.
Great mic though. You could still find that you’re in love with its design and performance.
Totally your call.
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★★★★★
Jair Hernández –
Excelente producto, tiene muy buena forma, material bueno, solo la base no tanto pero está bien. Graba muy bien el audio.
Cons Stand is not good enough Boombaam is so costly near about mic price.
My advise: buy if you have no problem of stand because it’s sound quality is overpowered (op)
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★★★★★
Thomas Mcdonald –
The blue snowball is a great microphone for anyone who is looking to talk online via discord, skype, or even voice chat in game. I personally use it to talk on discord with buddies, and record my YouTube videos.
This thing starts working the second you plug in the USB cable, and the simplicity of just plug in and start talking, is really great. No software needed, no browsing set up guides, no fuss, just plug and play.
The voice quality is perfect for this budget and price range. My voice will still get picked up even if I’m leaning back in my chair, or if I step away from my computer to pick up something in the room. It is definitely an upgrade compared to my last microphone, which was my laptops included microphone that would always pick up the laptop fan, and wouldn’t grab my voice unless I spoke directly into it.
Finally the size of the snowball is fantastic. Even when only mounted on the included tripod it doesn’t take up much space on my desk, and is out of the way enough to not bother my gaming experience.
If you need a microphone for gaming, recording, or just talking to friend online, this is a fantastic option for the price, and you will not regret buying this at least as your first microphone.
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abdullah –
this mic is great for streaming, gaming, discord, zoom meetings, google meet. I personally use it for all of the above and it goes without saying that no matter what price range Blue always delivers professional Mic quality in its mics. If you are confused between the Yeti and snowball don’t waste your money and go for the snowball because if you can afford the Blue Yeti might as well go for a Shure Mic. I stole one star because you have to either buy a Mic Arm or pull the mic close to you so that it delivers optimum sound.
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Kundan –
Good mic👍 Built quality as well as recording quality both are good👍 I use it for singing👍. It might not be as good as professional mic but trust me it records very well considering that it costed me less than half the price of any large diaphragm condenser mic at that time.👍 I even dropped it a few times😁
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Arun Kumar –
Good 👍
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Rohan Das –
I am a content creator, so I have wanted a good microphone for a long time. And this is the best value-for-money microphone I purchased till now. Although it is a good mic, it also has some pros and cons though:
PROS: 1. Good Audio Quality. 2. Plug N Play (No extra software required). 3. Average Noise cancellation. CONS: 1. The Build is plastic (Its good, but still, I’m not too fond of plastic builds) 2. The wire provided has USB Micro B to USB Type A ending. But it should have a USB Type B to USB Type A cord, as per the photos. 3. Sometimes, you will hear a little humming after recording. I still have no clue where it comes from.
After all, it is a budget Microphone, and it stands out to its expectations. That is why I am giving it a 4 Star Rating.
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★★★★★
Ashish T. –
I usually do not write reviews. The only reason I am writing this review is because of what happened 10 minutes ago. I was being lazy with the ball and I dropped it from my hand sitting on my chair. It hit my concrete floor, bounced three times and rolled. I thought it was over. I plug it in and check. This boy is working just as smooth as before. So yes it has a strong body.
About few other things: The noise cancellation is decent. You have to be pretty close to it for audio to sound crisp, for me generally thats not a problem as I bought a stand for it.
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Roxana –
Grabo diario con él durante media hora. Hace dos años compré el mismo micrófono de color blanco y ahora lo compré negro. En promedio, el micrófono blanco duró 2 años (usandolo de lunes a viernes). Al final comenzó a despegars ya que efectivamente es plástico con pegamento. Por el precio, la calidad del sonido es muy similar al Blue Yeti con la diferencia de que no llega a ser omnidireccional ni tiene botón para silenciar , y evidentemente los materiales son difrentes, pero da buena batalla en la calidad del sonido, bastante competente para grabar videos y podcast.
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shubham kamble –
I Love This Microphone Because of the Below Reasons : 1 ) Earlier I Had Maono AU-04 Which was a trash . I was very disspointing because i purchase for content creating. But this one make me crazy 🔥. 2 ) blue snowball looks funny 🤣 but features and quality are too good. 3 ) I search Entire amazon site for mic but in this price u dont get any mic better than this. Pros : 1 ) Black edition looks suer premium 2 ) sound quality , noise cancellation , and every features is 🔥❤️❤️ very good 3 ) Best Thing I like About This is Tripod Very Comfortable to record.
Conc – 1 ) Little Heavy so you need to be careful cause one dropped it . It may be give permanent damages. 2 ) Tripod stand are not so good because u cant adjust quiet angles
Fernando Gohl –
Fácil instalação e boa qualidade na captação.
Soggy –
The mic was amazing! Awesome sound quality and everything abt it was easy and wonderful! Definitely recommend
Azura –
This could be the cheapest branded mic. But there are several non branded mics at far lower prices with good reviews. If you feel branded is safe, go for this.
Design is a matter of taste.
Sound quality, recording and noise cancelation is obviously excellent.
One issue you’re gonna come up against is a lack of availability of spare parts.
Please bear in mind that you’ll inevitably have to buy a separate stand for this. The stand that comes with this isn’t that sturdy and actually too small for any practical use. You will either have to always hold your mic, which means hand ache and an inconsistent sound; or you will have to put a pile of books or some such in front of you to raise your mic to your mouth level, which means danger of the mic falling over. You cannot bend down at an impossible angle to speak into this mic. Nothing works. I’ve even tried sitting on the floor and keeping the mic on the chair. You’ll inevitably have to buy a separate stand.
Now you’ll realize that very cheap stands are a danger to your mic. I bought a stand with 500 bucks but reasonably good reviews. Then I hit upon a new problem. Most mics can fit any mic stands. But not this one.
The screw hole for this mic is a unique dimension that mic stand screws don’t adhere to.
I didn’t find any floor mic stands or longer desk stands. I just found boom arms. You’ll have to buy one of those.
You will then realize that you also need to buy a screw adapter 3/8 inches to 5/8 inches in order to fit your mic stand to your mic.
You will then realize that no seller at your nearest electronic stores is selling this screw adapter. You will find exactly one Amazon seller for this screw adapter, after searching all over the internet.
This seller can take down this product at any time. So you’ll have to quickly buy this screw adapter.
You’ll notice that this seller does not even specify what metal this screw adapter is made of. He just says metal. But you’ll buy it anyway, because you have no other choices. This little component costs Rs.500 by the way, and the seller claims it is imported without specifying any details about the product.
Your other option is to buy more expensive boom arms that already come with this connecting screw and various other components and accessories.
No such option is available on Amazon or any other Indian platform.
Your only option is to import this item from platforms like ubuy. Customs, shipping, etc. Included the cost will come at least to Rs.7000. Not to mention the documentation and follow up hassles you will have to endure through the whole process. Ubuy doesn’t clear customs for you. All that is your job.
Bottomline: if you buy this mic, you will either end up spending far more on an imported boom arm or you will buy a cheap boom arm and a cheap untrustworthy component from a shady seller. But you’ll buy a boom arm for sure.
Great mic though. You could still find that you’re in love with its design and performance.
Totally your call.
Jair Hernández –
Excelente producto, tiene muy buena forma, material bueno, solo la base no tanto pero está bien. Graba muy bien el audio.
Robo –
Pros
Sound quality: 5 ⭐
Noise cancellation 5
Build quality 5 ⭐
Cons
Stand is not good enough
Boombaam is so costly near about mic price.
My advise: buy if you have no problem of stand because it’s sound quality is overpowered (op)
Thomas Mcdonald –
The blue snowball is a great microphone for anyone who is looking to talk online via discord, skype, or even voice chat in game. I personally use it to talk on discord with buddies, and record my YouTube videos.
This thing starts working the second you plug in the USB cable, and the simplicity of just plug in and start talking, is really great. No software needed, no browsing set up guides, no fuss, just plug and play.
The voice quality is perfect for this budget and price range. My voice will still get picked up even if I’m leaning back in my chair, or if I step away from my computer to pick up something in the room. It is definitely an upgrade compared to my last microphone, which was my laptops included microphone that would always pick up the laptop fan, and wouldn’t grab my voice unless I spoke directly into it.
Finally the size of the snowball is fantastic. Even when only mounted on the included tripod it doesn’t take up much space on my desk, and is out of the way enough to not bother my gaming experience.
If you need a microphone for gaming, recording, or just talking to friend online, this is a fantastic option for the price, and you will not regret buying this at least as your first microphone.
abdullah –
this mic is great for streaming, gaming, discord, zoom meetings, google meet. I personally use it for all of the above and it goes without saying that no matter what price range Blue always delivers professional Mic quality in its mics. If you are confused between the Yeti and snowball don’t waste your money and go for the snowball because if you can afford the Blue Yeti might as well go for a Shure Mic. I stole one star because you have to either buy a Mic Arm or pull the mic close to you so that it delivers optimum sound.
Kundan –
Good mic👍
Built quality as well as recording quality both are good👍
I use it for singing👍.
It might not be as good as professional mic but trust me it records very well considering that it costed me less than half the price of any large diaphragm condenser mic at that time.👍
I even dropped it a few times😁
Arun Kumar –
Good 👍
Rohan Das –
I am a content creator, so I have wanted a good microphone for a long time. And this is the best value-for-money microphone I purchased till now. Although it is a good mic, it also has some pros and cons though:
PROS:
1. Good Audio Quality.
2. Plug N Play (No extra software required).
3. Average Noise cancellation.
CONS:
1. The Build is plastic (Its good, but still, I’m not too fond of plastic builds)
2. The wire provided has USB Micro B to USB Type A ending. But it should have a USB Type B to USB Type A cord, as per the photos.
3. Sometimes, you will hear a little humming after recording. I still have no clue where it comes from.
After all, it is a budget Microphone, and it stands out to its expectations. That is why I am giving it a 4 Star Rating.
Ashish T. –
I usually do not write reviews. The only reason I am writing this review is because of what happened 10 minutes ago. I was being lazy with the ball and I dropped it from my hand sitting on my chair. It hit my concrete floor, bounced three times and rolled. I thought it was over. I plug it in and check. This boy is working just as smooth as before. So yes it has a strong body.
About few other things:
The noise cancellation is decent.
You have to be pretty close to it for audio to sound crisp, for me generally thats not a problem as I bought a stand for it.
Roxana –
Grabo diario con él durante media hora. Hace dos años compré el mismo micrófono de color blanco y ahora lo compré negro.
En promedio, el micrófono blanco duró 2 años (usandolo de lunes a viernes). Al final comenzó a despegars ya que efectivamente es plástico con pegamento. Por el precio, la calidad del sonido es muy similar al Blue Yeti con la diferencia de que no llega a ser omnidireccional ni tiene botón para silenciar , y evidentemente los materiales son difrentes, pero da buena batalla en la calidad del sonido, bastante competente para grabar videos y podcast.
shubham kamble –
I Love This Microphone Because of the Below Reasons :
1 ) Earlier I Had Maono AU-04 Which was a trash . I was very disspointing because i purchase for content creating. But this one make me crazy 🔥.
2 ) blue snowball looks funny 🤣 but features and quality are too good.
3 ) I search Entire amazon site for mic but in this price u dont get any mic better than this.
Pros :
1 ) Black edition looks suer premium
2 ) sound quality , noise cancellation , and every features is 🔥❤️❤️ very good
3 ) Best Thing I like About This is Tripod Very Comfortable to record.
Conc –
1 ) Little Heavy so you need to be careful cause one dropped it . It may be give permanent damages.
2 ) Tripod stand are not so good because u cant adjust quiet angles