What is the difference between these two types of microphones?

[Martin9744]

What is the difference? Except the looks ofc..

 

[uplink-svk]

The "foamy" one catches better Your breathing patterns, and isolates surrounding noise, the thin one needs technology in order to remove these unwanted interference. But with most of the onboard/dediacted soundcards, the DSP can handle both very well.

P.S.: The "foamy" one hides something like the thin one

 

[Martin9744]

The "foamy" one catches better Your breathing patterns, and isolates surrounding noise, the thin one needs technology in order to remove these unwanted interference. But with most of the onboard/dediacted soundcards, the DSP can handle both very well.

P.S.: The "foamy" one hides something like the thin one

Which one should I go with for if Im going to skype/stream etc..

 

[uplink-svk]

Depends on the parameters of the microphone, not on it's coating. The "foamless" microphone can totally destroy the "foamed" one if it has better hardware. Among which models do You chose?

 

[Martin9744]

I'm not sure yet
But I will make an example: G35 vs Hyperx Cloud, which microphone would be better?

 

[uplink-svk]

Hyperx Cloud is housing these specs:

Transducer type: condenser (back electret)
Operating principle: pressure gradient
Polar pattern: cardioid
Power supply: AB powering
Supply voltage: 2V
Current consumption: max 0.5 mA
Nominal impedance: ≤2.2 kΩ
Open circuit voltage at f = 1 kHz: 20 mV / Pa
Frequency response: 100–12,000 Hz
THD: 2% at f = 1 kHz
Max. SPL: 105dB SPL (THD≤1.0% at 1 KHz)
Microphone output: -39±3dB

And logitech these:

Microphone Operation Mode mono
Sensitivity -42 dBV/Pascal
Response Bandwidth 100 - 10000 Hz
Audio Input Details Uni-directional - 100 - 10000 Hz, Uni-directional - 100 - 10000 Hz

There's a lot of specs missing in logitechs headset, so it's hard to determine. But overall, I'd go after Kingston.

 

[Martin9744]

What about HyperX Cloud Microphone compared to Sennheiser G4ME ONE/ZERO, I know it's a massive price difference, but still, which microphone is better?

 

[uplink-svk]

Sennheiser is heavily superior, also price-wise, what about technologies. So the answer is pretty much clear, sennheiser.

FREQUENCY RESPONSE (MICROPHONE) Microphone: 50 Hz - 16,000 Hz
PICK-UP PATTERN Microphone: Noise Cancelling
SENSITIVITY Microphone: -38 dBV at 94 dBSPL

They also missed some of the specs, but in those they did mention, they rule. And the pick up pattern of the mic is "noise-cancelling" in an active way, so that's a huge plus.