I’m not an audiophile, though I’m finding myself surrounded by an increasing number of media gadgets. On someone’s suggestion, I purchased a Samson C01U for general recording purposes – and it’s served me quite well to this point. Even so, Lew Hann tells me that its position on my desktop has not been optimal:

Chris…I am somewhat surprised that someone has not mentioned this earlier, but are you aware that the Samson CO1U mike you are using is a “side-address” microphone? The way it looks in the video, it is positioned so that you are talking into the TOP of it, rather than the SIDE. It should sit vertically, with the green USB light facing in your general direction. I think the already good audio will be even better in this position. Forgive me if I you already know about this and just want to use it differently. Regardless, I love the “show.”

I sit corrected. After repositioning the USB microphone accordingly, people in the chat room claimed to hear no difference. Guess this is a really good mic after all!