David, Thompson that is, A funny thing when I got my Samson C01U is that I had a problem with the driver installing. The driver software is loaded onto firmware in the mic itself. The first time you plug it in, the driver is supposed to install. My Samson driver too an inordinate amount of time, and I unknowingly unplugged it before it had fully installed. And it sounded like crap. I scoured the internet to find out how to uninstall a partially installed driver, because my computer didn't recognize it as being installed to uninstall it. Once I uninstalled the partial install, and then reinstalled it (getting a cup of coffee in the interim because it took so long), it worked beautifully.
You might talk to the manufacturer about that kind of issue, and maybe they can walk you through an uninstall.