Blue Microphones Snowball USB mic for Mac/PC/iPad (w/ adapter) $40 shipped (orig. $100)

Adorama is offering the Blue Microphones Snowball USB condenser microphone in white for $39.99 shipped. That’s around $60 under the original price, $29 under the average selling price, $15 better than Amazon and matching the lowest we’ve ever seen on this particular model.

The Snowball can be an effective way to get higher quality audio for your voice chats, podcasts and music recording, among other things. It has a dual capsule design to accommodate different recording situations and a handy -10db pad switch for capturing extremely loud signals. It provides a simple set-up right out of the box as well, with a USB cable and desktop stand included. Not only can they be used on both Mac and PC, but also with iPad using Apple’s Lightning to USB camera adapter (or 30-pin).

Like most of Blue’s highly rated USB mics, the Snowball has received great reviews with 4.4/5 stars from over 1,350 Amazon customers.

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Finally, a USB mic that’s not only easy to use, but sounds as good on your desktop as it does in a professional recording studio. Meet the Snowball; the world’s first professional USB mic.

Whether you’re recording a guitar at your kitchen table or a complete band in the studio, the Snowball can capture it with detail unheard of before in a USB mic.

Snowball and Snowflake can be used to record on iPad via Apple’s camera connection kit (USB-to-30-pin) or the Lightning to USB camera adapter! Using these adapters, you can get Blue’s studio-quality audio on your iPad with any recording app, including GarageBand.