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Dec 29, 2009
One of the best games ever, period
I have played this game many a time growing up, probably have seen the end credits at least 20 times, and am happy to have a copy of it again years later. Gameplay in newer games is usually lost and easily boring, but this is one of the few I still find entertaining even though I know the outcome. The Zelda franchise is one of the most popular of all time, and this is one of the pioneer games in that series.
Feb 24, 2018
Solid American tech
2 of 2 found this helpful My microphone experience hasn't been exceptionally diverse, but I've used enough of them (in most price ranges) to know when one does the job it advertises. Bottom end condensers are a dime-a-dozen, and everyone makes one now. For $100 you can get just about any starter mic and try to tackle home recording. I strongly suggest going the extra mile and spending a few times more on a better mic. The results, even through low-end consumer interfaces, are astounding. Where you once struggled getting a balanced, nuanced sound to things like vocals or acoustic guitar, it now proceeds naturally and with little effort.
The CAD e100s is an example of this. You can get them new for under 500, and used often 1/2 that price. It performs in the next class up, alongside microphones over twice its cost, and is optimal for situations where noise might be a problem. The tighter pickup pattern as well as its low self noise floor makes recording with this a lot less problematic for a newbie.
There's a nice character to the mic, inside and out. Its appearance is dated and some of the components (nickel LDC, for one) also hearken back to one of my favorite eras of music, the 60's. Its sound isn't the best for everything, but is particularly natural sounding on most sources I've tried out thus far. I found is stellar on harmonica, acceptable on 12 and 6 string acoustic guitars, good for my voice, and capable of recording hand drums (though this I've not tested as fully as I want to, yet).
There are a lot of microphones that sound as good as this one, but I can't think of any that run under $750. You won't be disappointed in it, and you can help support a smaller, american based company by getting one.
Feb 21, 2018
Maybe outdated, but still usable
I've had experience with most consumer level small usb interfaces. I've never really had strong opinions toward brands, and they've all basically done the same job as the rest. Mackie seems to be a mixed bag overall, and at one point I used to sell some of their stuff for a living. When this item was brand new, it was heralded as best in class. I can see why, now a decade later, that this was true. With countless options on the table--presonus, focusrite, behringer, alesis, et al-- one can feel overwhelmed in making a decision on which to commit to.
While I'd never claim this interface to be revolutionary (though in its prime it very well could have been), you won't find a better built or better sounding unit in its class for the same price. To be honest, I'm of the persuasion that you can save the 50 bucks you'd pay extra to get the Scarlett 2i2 and have at least lateral results with the blackjack.
You'll never get a 10 million dollar studio sound with this piece. You can run a U87 into it and still hear that wonderful *sarcasm* home recording quality. But for a Ben Franklin and a virtually untraceable footprint, go this route.
The most fond I've waxed for any small unit such as this previously had been the presonus audiobox. After half a decade of use, during that time it received its fair share of beating and banging (and bad electricity, etc.), it stopped functioning at 100%. There was considerable preamp noise that I'd never noticed earlier, and generally was creating less than ideal analog-to-digital conversions. This is a welcome respite from tiptoeing through every take and worrying about tracking anything you can feel significantly accomplished in.
Gave it 4 stars because it can't at all, ever, possibly be a 5 star item. At 99 bucks, you get at least that value from it. You'll sound better than anyone else resigned to using small digital preamps, and might even have spent less than the lot of them to do so. It's definitely built well, but anyone with common sense wouldn't throw this at the wall to test the durability out...unless that person is willing to dish out a few hundred to accomplish the test.