Journal #8006

Why are you using a half assed microphone with a half assed 3.5 jack?

I recommend you to go to hell

My snowball mic fell off my desk and on the way down it clobbered my headset's output jack on the way down. Pretty much wrote off my headset.

Also, half-assed? D:

Best mic I've ever owned.

Meh, I just said that cause I'm used to using 5.25 jacks. Me Jerksta.

Wtf? It's almost impossible to bend like that a jack. That mic must have had the weight of a truck.

http://www.amazon.com/2-5mm-3-5mm-Stereo-Audio-Adapter/dp/B000GUNDIA

You could replace the jack with the one from this thing. It might end up looking ugly but it should work. Probably.
I am no good at electronics.

Lol, he can just cut the wire, buy a quality jack and solder it all together in a few minutes.

Ok, so I didn't bend the jack really. What it did do however is wrench it out of it's rubbery housing and break the already diminishing cable. The headset was getting old anyway so I've just replaced the whole thing. No biggy.

Don't own a soldering iron either.

i can solder!
but that doesnt help unless you want to express mail that to the USA

1 heat shrink connecter: 10 cents

1 soldering iron: IDK cuz it's way more then 10 cents

That's that IMO. All you need is a pair of pliers and a lighter or something to beat the previous idea.

Lighter wont cut it, it will just mess it up beyond repair.

As a man you should have a decent soldering kit in your house.
That includes:

1. Soldering iron - 5$ maximum
2. Soldering paste for chemical cleaning - 3$
3. Soldering wire/Tinol - ~5$ (depends on purity)
4. Isolation tape - 3$

Maybe pliers and a scalpel.
The whole soldering process is a piece of cake, it just takes time to master to do it fast and clean. And it helps around certain household items. Its much better to replace a toaster cable than trow it out, or replace an inexpensive headphone jack with a new one instead of buying the whole thing again (if the headphones are middle class and not cheap junk that cost less than the jack it self). Since the quality headphones have a removable jack and cable.

The first two comments on this journal perfectly encapsulate why this forum is no longer a nice place to be. Misguided elitism and offensive nonsense.

Stojke, you're clearly a smart guy - why did you think that your original reply was helpful in any way whatsoever? Just leave your (wrong) opinions to yourself unless they're actually constructive.

The Blue Snowball is a USB mic capable of quality equal to or surpassing that of a mic using an analogue jack. The difference between a 3.5mm and a 5.25mm jack is also absolutely negligible in this situation and any actual difference (which would be so slight as to not even be noticable by the human ear) would be completely countered by the fact that no PC ever has a 5.25mm jack receptor, and as such a further mixer unit or hifi would be required to use a device with a large jack. A total wasted expense.
Jacks in general are simply not used with mics anymore. You'd either find a USB mic for personal use (as in Urby's case) or 3-pin XLR for semi-pro or pro use.
3.5mm jacks are absolutely still the standard for audio monitoring devices though such as the headset damaged in Urby's story, and again there'd be almost no gain what-so-ever from using a 5.25mm jack with such a device. Use a 3.5mm adaptor on a 5.25mm jack and you'll notice no loss in quality from using it without.

Essentially what I'm getting at is fuck off with your bullshit elitist opinion and absolutely useless unhelpful post. I'm so fucking sick of seeing these one-sentence replies from so many users on these forums that serve absolutely no bearing whatsoever on helping the original poster, except to make them feel slightly less sure about their product/work/decision or whatever the thread/journal is about. It's just a rubbish environment to be a part of and it's getting notably worse.

F**k off Archie, all I care about is Beggar Bob part 4!!!!!

No but I hear ya.