Quote: Maybe in Poland ;)

Quote: Ha-ha, I see what you did there.   The MS-1is actually are very nice for the price (if you can't find them for $150, you're looking in the wrong place), but if you want an alternative that isn't made by Grado check out AudioTechnica AD700s which should be in the same sort of...

No, cheater plugs are most certainly dangerous. In the event that a live mains connection inside a device without a ground touches a metal chassis, the metal casing and entire signal chain could be at mains voltage. It's fairly rare for it to happen but it DOES happen, and when it happens, all...

"Computer" speakers, like "car" speakers, is just a label that is applied to cheapie consumer speakers that allows them to be sold for more.   The best advice for anyone looking for good computer speakers is to start by looking for good speakers, period, (in your price range) and working...

If cost is an issue, I'm actually a fan of the Behringer UCA-202: http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA202.aspx It's a fraction of the price of the other options you mentioned but I'll be surprised if you can pick it apart.   Put the difference in cost towards a better set of...

My recommendation is a little left field, but I've used these before for this purpose and it works surprisingly well:   AT-2020 USB Condenser http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Audio-Technica-AT2020-USB-AT-2020-AT2020USB-USB-Mic-/190579621103   It's a little odd to use a studio condenser for...

This seems to be a pretty common problem with SM-58s. There is a flood of fake SM-58s on the market that don't have the balancing transformer and don't generate a proper balanced signal. I own one and while the outside casing is a very convincing replica, if you unscrew the capsule on it you'll...