ZXR Mic quality

I'm led to believe the Z and the ZX have issues with the mic where it's hard to hear without boost, low quality with "Noise Reduction" on, or with boost on and NR off, full of distracting static. I'm getting the same issue with my ZXR - can someone confirm whether this is normal?

Hello, TM. In my opinion, the quality of the GarageBand podcast sound you hear is likely far more effected by the quality of the external speakers you use with your PowerBook than which mic you choose. Moreover, I doubt that any $10 mic would come close to the sound quality of iSight's internal mic.
In my experience, the external iSight's mic works fine with GarageBand 3 Set the GarageBand > Preferences... > Audio/MIDI > Audio Input: Choices Bar to "iSight" and give it a try. (External iSights must be plugged in to see the "iSight" choice in the Choices Bar.)
Audio professionals or those who do not have any interest in iSight's camera section may find a separate or professional quality microphone appealing, but if you already have an iSight, give your iSight's mic a try before spending money on an external mic only to be used for podcasting.
Jim

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Hi,
I know this issue has been discussed, but still no solution.
Problem is that when i use mic on skype, my friends says my voice sounds damped and bass rich. It helps if i turn crystalizer off but then it gets static noise from somewhere(like fan humming).
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