Blue Microphones was ahead of the game. The first Snowball was released all the way back in 2005, as the company was celebrating its 10^{th<\/sup> birthday. Within a few years, the USB mics were everywhere. They were effectively synonymous with the nascent world of amateur podcasting and became a go-to for first-time content creators uploading video to a brand-new site called YouTube.<\/p>\n}

A few years later, the company released another game changer in the form of the Yeti \u2013 a step up from the Snowball in terms of sound, functionality and, naturally, price. There have been other additions to the consumer line, including the ultra portable Raspberry and Mo-Fi over ear headphones, but the Snowball and Yeti have long remained brand tentpoles.<\/p>\n