Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Logitech for Creators Blue Ringer Universal Shockmount for Ball Microphones

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2016

Awesome product. Got this package in today at noon and did not come in late. Very good at doing its job, but it's very large as you can see in the photos I have provided. It's very easy to work around but if you have a smaller area for recording then you may want to seek a way to work around the size. Overall it helps with handling the vibrations, if I hit the mic stand accidentally it takes out any ring, or if I cause any bang to my table it doesn't make the loud vibration into the mix. Overall great product after testing, despite the size and expense, it's well worth the money!

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Thoroughview

Pricey but Good Quality!

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2015

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I came across this product while in search of improving my audio quality. I frequently experienced "thuds", "rumbles" and "thumps" from various sources while recording. These were mostly from typing on my keyboard, using my mouse, and other basic vibrations. There are other mounts available at a much lower price, but I wanted something that would properly hold my Blue Microphones Snowball USB Microphone (Brushed Aluminum) and felt that Blue would have the best understanding on that.

Once I received my order, I was surprised by its size and weight. The size doesn't bother me too much as it looks great on my desk, but the weight I was not sure about. I typically associate weight with quality, and this product is in fact high quality, but I was concerned whether my stand ( NEEWER Microphone Suspension Boom Scissor Arm Stand ) would hold it. As you can see from my uploaded images, both the stand and shockmount are holding strong.

Overall, I have actually seen an improvement in audio quality. My keyboard and mouse "thuds" that were typically picked up when the microphone was on the table have been reduced, which was my primary goal. They are still present, since the microphone picks up their sound, but the vibration itself is now minimal.

Don't expect this to completely remove all annoyances, as that strictly comes down to the quality of your microphone and your environment. But if you are looking to improve your existing microphone, this may just do the trick. Plus it makes your set-up that much cooler!

I also have the Dragonpad pop filter Studio Microphone Mic Wind Screen Pop Filter Swivel Mount 360 Flexible Gooseneck Holder which is seen in one of my images in case you were interested.

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Jamie H.

Shock mount is great.

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020

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Great product at a decent price. I thought I bought silver but it’s actually gold-ish in color. Very sturdy.

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decadeindc

Really big. Check measurements before you order.

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2021

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This thing is huge and heavy. Shame on me for not paying more attention to the dimensions. The outer circle is eight inches in diameter. It doesn’t sound that big, and it might not be for studio with a floor mounted mic stand. But if you’re using this on or at a moderately sized desk for a mic dedicated to conference calls or vlogging, it’s too big to be useful. It would block the camera’s view of your face. If you’re just podcasting without the video component, I could see this being a fine solution.

I bought mine not for a Blue Snowball, but for a Shure MV5, which is another ball-shaped mic that’s just a touch smaller than the Snowball. The MV5 doesn’t have any purpose-designed shock mounts, so I thought this would be fine to attach in between my MV5 and a swing arm mount clamped to my desk. Nope, not only way too big, but the swing arm can’t hold it.

The Blue Ringer itself is extremely well built and solid. If I just had a base on my desktop and no worry about appearance on video, it would be a terrific solution.

The one star off is for not making people extra aware of the size in the product listing pictures. Plenty of competing products place the shock mount in situ and/or with measurements overlaid to get a better sense of the size. That would have saved me the hassle of returning the item. It’s no reflection of the quality of the item itself though.

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Shopper in Decatur, TX

Great service & great product

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2012

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I've had my ringer for a long time now. I love the performance is offers in my podcasting. I, like others had the thumb screw break... Not an issue! I went to BLUE's web site, filled out a customer service request form and without asking they sent a new thumb screw fed-ex at not cost! What service!!! The new thumb screw is not the same soft metal and should never again be an issue. The Snowball is a great Mic, the Ringer is a great shockmount and BLUE's service is first rate.

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Elliot J Coffey

Looks Fabulous - Didn't have the install problems of others.

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2022

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The shock mount looks really good with the snowball mic inside it. I use the mic for school events and the mic and mount have made a distinctive statement. I'm never worried if the mic is in frame for events, cause I know it looks so good. I think it was worth the price.
I was a little nervous cause I read some reviews saying they had issues installing their mic into the mount. I was extra careful during the install and didn't have the kinds of problems that some others have reported in reviews. Just be careful during the install, I say.

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ZombieJester

Good Shockmount for the Snowball

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018

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Purchased this shockmount for my Blue Snowball mic. This is my first time using a shockmount and the setup was easy. The blue snowball mic fits perfectly on the attachment area and was easy to screw in. The middle tilting option is easy to use and change the tightness of the tilt. My only issue with this shockmount is that it doesn't atrtach very well to the base of the Snowball. I may actually switch to a gripped mic arm as that would would better for my Mixer creative streams. Regardless, this is a quality product and I saw a difference in the audio on my streams.

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jason

make sure you have a good heavy stand

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2014

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let me just start by saying the shock mount did its job. it was built no parts of it felt cheap and it was over all very good for what i payed. the only gripe i had regarding its quality was the little nob you used to screw the mic on. it wouldn't always keep the mic facing me and the mic would still swerve every now and then. but that's just part of why i give this mount 3 stars the main issue i have was that it was just so damn heavy. at the time of buying it. i didn't have enough money for this and a proper mic stand. leaving me with no choice but to use the stand i had which was an OnStage brand hinge neck with a what i think was a 3lb foot to prevent it from falling over. my mic in conjunction with this mount and a pop filter could not stay straight up with out some ghetto improvised weight. system which made it hard to place my mic in a good position. if i had more money for a better stand i would have given this shock mount a better rating. but maybe still not a full 5 stars. since the little nob was still relatively annoying.

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Brad Hendrickson

Dear Blue: I expect Ringers as good as your über-excellent mics. Sincerely, Bradley D.

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2010

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(update at the bottom)
Don't get me wrong: I love--LOVE--Blue. At least their mics. This shockmount, however, is such(!) a far cry from the excellence one should expect from this company that I'm leaving this with no more than the single star it earned.

For starters, their thumbscrew--an exceedingly critical part of this whole thing--is made of two pieces. Rather than being constructed as a single, integral piece, there are two pieces crappily soldered together: the 'key' (i.e., the nickel-sized disc you grab on to to loosen or tighten it) has been stuck into a shallow trough in the remaining screw's head--almost as though the screw itself were a sort of wide-mouth flat-head screw with a nickel being used to loosen and tighten it.

Here's the deal: The design of the joint intended to be tightened BY this screw is so poorly done that, when I was hand(!)-tightening the thing until my Blue Kickball mic wouldn't tip over, the key broke off in my hand. That's right: I--no muscle man, mind you--broke the two pieces apart with my hand when trying to tighten it enough to do its job. In fact, if you zoom in on the picture here, you'll see that there's no way to tighten that large of a gap with a simple screw. It would involve bending the metal so much that the threads would no longer line up if you did. Ridiculous.

(I have since taken it to my local hardware store and three of us couldn't come up with enough washers--rubber, locking, you name it--to get the job done. I ended up slapping a hose clamp around the darn thing so that I could at least have something for that night's gig.)

Additionally: The entire thumbscrew/hinge apparatus, rather than being built integrally into the frame of the Ringer, is instead flimsily screwed to the Ringer's outer ring up under the 'cap' located just above the thumbscrew itself. After removing the thumbscrew and bottom half the the hinge just to get at them, I've tightened the two tiny, unstable screws on mine as tight as I dare go a few times now and they keep loosening back up to their previous quite-wobbly state just by looking at the thing. Maybe some super glue will do the job?

This very cool looking shockmount had a real opportunity to knock it out of the park. By its fatally flawed design, however, it shall remain relegated to little more than a lesson (hopefully) learned on their part. I have three of their mics and will be buying more; I've had very good, friendly, responsive luck with their Customer Service folks (on this matter specifically and others); I wish them the best in their future, but I would tell you to pass on this unfortunate exception from Blue's otherwise stellar quality. And, since Blue have discontinued their entire Ball line with the exception of the USB Snowball mic, this product could just be skipped altogether if you spend an extra few bucks getting their much better sounding, feature-laden Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone instead.

**UPDATE, 3/8/11: Within a week of contacting Blue about this, a replacement screw was mailed out. When that failed to address the problem, an entire replacement -- of their significantly improved overall design -- was mailed out free of charge. The good folks at Blue made everything right in a timely and friendly manner. It would've been nice to've seen their design get the proper evaluation prior to its release and thus avoid this hassle (and negative review) in the first place, but they've clearly lived and learned and significantly(!) improved their Ringer. I'm glad I own it now, and it holds my Ball mic wonderfully at all angles.

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C. Hill

Good Shockmount With Minor Issues - Recommended

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2010

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We bought "The Ringer" shockmount for use with the Blue Microphones Snowball USB Microphone (White) . We make instructional videos for my wife's small business and have recently been upgrading our equipment so we can offer our service to other companies. One of our main problems is that we are located right next to a highway and get a lot of vibration when heavy trucks pass. We bought this shockmount in the hopes that it would reduce the chances of the microphone picking up the vibration, which is a problem we have often had in the past and has required us to rerecord some voice overs. Here are my observations:

Pros -
+ Works Well; the amount of vibration seems to be very much attenuated, which was the main goal
+ Adds Height; raises the Snowball's center by about 4.5" (see picture in "Customer Images"), which is much better for us
+ Looks Professional; it really does look sharp, sort of like the old radio microphones

Cons -
- Threading Issues; neither the socket that attaches to the stand or the microphone mount could be tightened the whole way, it is sturdy, but would have liked to been able to get them all of the way

So, this works very well at reducing vibrations that would otherwise ruin our recordings and it also looks great. The minor issue of the threading does not really impact performance.

Recommended!

CFH

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