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Meh...
You can't use this microphone if you don't have an external sound card. Period. The sound quality and volume is so low that I can barely hear it, and there is a really loud hissing sound when I turn the volume up. However, I have seen people that use it with an external sound card without having a problem. Not the best microphone, but still OK with extra equipment.
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dude, it needs phantom power.... if you aren't worried about poor sound quality due to cheap preamplifier circuitry in your sound card (and you should be) you just need a phantom power supply to get HUGE volume and no noise.... condenser mics MUST BE POWERED and the standard for anything but tube microphones is phantom delivering 12v to the internal circuitry across the pins of a standard XLR cable
I know I see a mini-jack for a consumer sound card in the picture, but I can't imagine what kinda signal a large diaphragm capacitor driven circuit could be sending to that jack without at least a few volts to power the internal amplification circuit... the peak to peak voltage from that diaphragm is SO LOW without the internal powered amplification and impedance matching circuitry in the base of the mic... if they really sold this to you under the sales pitch that it was plug and play into your laptop then that is just FUCKED UP and they should buy you an external power unit like the Samson and rolls devices so you can at least try using it straight to your consumer soundcard....
you should try a USB mic though, they get powered across USB and require absolutely no additional gear. I am an old soundman with access to whatever and I still love my USB mic for random sampling and even recording the odd track really quickly. It no U47 into a Neve pre, but it sounds pretty damn good for all but the most critical recording applications.