Review on 🎙️ Pyle PDUSBPP10 XLR-to-USB Signal Adapter - Universal Plug and Play Mic to PC Adaptor for Digital Recording with Mix Audio Control, Phantom Power, and Headphone Volume by Steven Jackson

Works as intended. I had to connect an XLR mic that requires phantom power to my PC and that helped. The sound is clear and low-noise. Mute works well, with no audible clicks, and the glowing ring on the adapter lets you know when it's muted. Contrary to intuition, however, it glows green when the audio is muted instead of red, and glows blue when you're "live". Not a big deal, but red, yellow, or orange would be your best bets with the sound off. Conveniently, it's bi-directional, so you can plug in headphones and listen to PC audio while using the mic, which can come in handy for a variety of scenarios. The item description implies that this feature allows you to mix the mic with the audio playback, but I haven't found that to be the case. The audio playback did NOT play when recording the USB feed, which was actually desirable for my purposes - I want to hear cues on my headphones but not receive them on the mic. However, if someone wants to buy this for karaoke mixing or something like that, as far as I can tell it won't help you with mixing. I tried different volume levels on the mixer and never found anything other than a microphone. I only had one small problem with this item - I tried connecting it via a USB 3.0 port first. The sound was distorted and "sped up", which also changed the pitch. At first I thought I had a bad block, but I tried it on another computer and it worked fine. After realizing that the second computer only had USB 2.0 ports, I went back to the first computer and tried the free Legacy 2.0 port. It worked fine. Just a warning in case anyone else encounters this problem.