The King Bee II microphone.
The King Bee II microphone.
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Turtle Beach unveils Neat Microphones’ King Bee II analog XLR microphone

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Neat Microphones is unveiling its King Bee II analog XLR microphone for gamers and streamers who need the best-quality gear for livestreaming or other computer communications tasks.

The product is likely to reach a much wider audience than Neat Microphones specialty products have reached in the past, as big peripheral maker Turtle Beach acquired Neat Microphones back in January. Turtle Beach is one of the biggest makers of headphones and other accessories, and this is a bit like taking a craft beer into all of the nation’s supermarkets.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.