[MV] VXi TalkPro Xpress or VXi TalkPro?

[Robert Camner]

My personal experience with the Vxi Talkpro Xpress is quite good.
 
 I can also add my $.02 worth to praising Martin Markoe.  I have bought
 several mics from him over the years and have always been impressed
 with
his knowledge and with the service of his company.  "A fair deal for a
fair price" is how I would describe eMicrophones.com

 (And no, I'm not a wholly owned subsidiary, nor do I have any
relationship with Martin other than as a satisfied customer).

Robert

> 
> On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 16:54:06 -0400, "Martin Markoe"
> <martin at emicrophones.com> said:
> > Richard,
> > 
> > > I intend to buy a microphone for use with iListen on a G4 
> > > iBook.  I wish to buy the best microphone.  The MacSpeech 
> > > tech-note on supported microphones says that the VXI TalkPro 
> > > Xpress is the best microphone, so I was going to buy this, 
> > > along with a VXi USB soundcard.
> > > 
> > > However, for the same price I could buy the VXi TalkPro which 
> > > includes a 'translator box'.  Does this translator box make 
> > > the microphone better or worse?  If it makes it better, then 
> > > why do MacSpeech recommend the version without the translator box?
> > > 
> > > The MacSpeech tech-note says that the translator box is 
> > > recommended for laptops to regulate the power output, but I 
> > > always run my laptop plugged into AC power so this should not 
> > > be an issue, should it?
> > The TalkPro, TalkPro Xpress and the TalkPro USB use electret microphone
> > elements. These require a small bias voltage, approximately 3 volts, to
> > allow the elements to vibrate at the sound of your voice. The voltage can
> > come from the ring of the soundcard, from a USB sound pod (an external
> > soundcard) or from an auxiliary battery box. The Translator is a voltage
> > equalizer in that it will increase or decrease the voltage to the proper
> > amount. Almost all soundcards today provide the correct voltage and in
> > our
> > opinion the Translator is really only necessary for PC SoundBlaster
> > soundcards.
> > 
> > Our advice for tried and true Mac use, the VXI TalkPro Xpress coupled to
> > an
> > Andrea USB sound pod. The Andrea pod has a slightly stronger gain that
> > the
> > Mac computers prefer. See these at:
> > http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=047
> > http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=003
> > 
> > --
> > Martin Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.
> > The best microphones for Speech Recognition
> > See us at: http://www.eMicrophones.com/
> > Read, "Key Steps to High Speech Recognition Accuracy" at:
> > http://www.emicrophones.com/docDetails.asp?DocumentID=38 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Richard
> > > 
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