engadget.com - 11/7/2008
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To be honest, we were a little skeptical when we first saw Blue Microphone's Icicle. Isn't the USB audio adapter a little played out? But after a quick look at the specs our inner audiophiles came away quite interested. This XLR-to- USB audio interface offers 48V phantom power, an analog ...
musicradar.com - 11/7/2008
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Icicle XLR-to-USB in-line interface from Blue Microphones
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... your traditional microphone. It works with dynamic or condenser mics equally well, has 48V phantom power, analog gain, and CD-quality (16-bit/44.1kHz) fidelitiy.
Easy peasy — and while a bit pricey, I'd rather have this than a dedicated USB microphone, especially since older XLR mics of high quality are widely available used. It's going to be sixty bucks and launch before Christmas.
Icicle adds USB compatibility to any XLR microphone [MusicRadar.com via Engadget]
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