Review on MAONO AU-902 USB Microphone: Professional Cardioid Condenser Mic for Recording, Streaming, Gaming, Podcasting, with Zero Latency Monitoring, Mute, Volume & Mic Gain Control - Plug & Play for PC, Mac, and Computer by Beth Westra

I have two microphones; one when I'm at home and one when I'm at school. Home Alone is the Blue Yeti, which is by far the best USB mic I've ever used for a variety of reasons, most notably the sound quality and overall flexibility. At school I use this one (Maono Fairy AU-902 Cardioid Condenser Microphone) and I have to say that the sound quality of the latter is indeed comparable to my Blue Yeti. Yeti is obviously superior to this one, but the fact that Maono Fairy doesn't sound that far from Yeti is mind blowing. The only downside to the Fairy compared to the Yeti is that it picks up noticeably more noise, requires me to apply more noise reduction with editing software when recording vocals or instruments, which I'm pretty sure can't do with that unfortunately over Skype - or Zoom calls. I've been using Maono Fairy for a long time. now and have been using the same settings since the day it arrived at my door. However, I've noticed lately that there are click/pop issues when recording. I've tried unplugging and plugging it back in and fiddling with the settings to no avail. It seems to be failing lately, which is the only reason I'm not giving it five stars overall. Don't get me wrong, it still works and generally does its job, but when I'm recording music the constant clicks/talk on playback doesn't go away, literally every 0.5-2 seconds. Overall this is a fantastic mic but thought I'd share this as a possible warning. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but if my above issues with that don't bother you, do yourself a favor and invest in this wonderful microphone.