Hi Andy. No, there are no customer reviews on Amazon yet, however before i do leave one of my own which I may well do, I’m going to give Blue the opportunity of assisting me with the issue. It could very well be something the microphone does to eliminate unnecessary background noise or feedback, the Tiki is a very intelligent microphone using advanced noise cancellation and enhancement algorithms for both VOIP applications as well as general recording and it could be this technology which requires internal sound cards and other sound sources to be eliminated. We wont know until I’ve spoken to Blue, but if they cant come up with a solution then this product is going back to Amazon. All the best, Ibrahim. From: ANDY COLLINS Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 12:20 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Trouble with a USB mike Ibrahim - Is there anything amongst the customer reviews on Amazon that refers to your issue? - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:38 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Trouble with a USB mike HI Andy. Hmmm, I hadn’t thought of that, I’m going to email Blue to see if they have a solution for this, their other microphone products like the Snowball, Snowflake and Yeti don't do this so this is the first time I’ve had this happen with any external USB mike I’ve used. I’ll feed back with any news as their microphones are really popular with some list members I think. All the best, Ibrahim. From: ANDY COLLINS Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:36 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Trouble with a USB mike Ibrahim - does your Samsung have a headphones socket? I'm wondering if the mic is cutting out onboard sound to avoid any feedback, and perhaps is intended to be used with headphones. Just guessing, as it does sound unusual - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:15 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Trouble with a USB mike Hi Andy. Yes, as soon as I unplug the mike the sound comes back, I’ve checked the sound card and the volume is set to 100%, mute is off and the default audio output source is Realtek so its definitely not tampered with my sound settings. All the best, Ibrahim. From: ANDY COLLINS Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:56 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Trouble with a USB mike Ibrahim - Does sound come back as soon as you unplug the mike? Has plugging in the Mike altered any of your sound card settings? - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:45 AM Subject: [access-uk] Trouble with a USB mike Hi Everyone. Wonder if anyone can help here. I recently purchased the Blue Microphones Tiki USB microphone for my new Samsung laptop running Windows 7 64-bit. Whenever i plug the microphone in to my computer, all sounds including system and screen reader simply stop. I have tried to figure out what the problem might be but with little success. I have tried connecting an external sound card to restore speech while the microphone is plugged in, I have tried to uninstall and reinstall the device using device manager, nothing is doing. If anyone has a solution to this problem then please advise, otherwise this microphone is going straight back to Amazon. All the best, Ibrahim.