Ironically, it's Mitch and myself that have the worst background noise. Without editing, you might think that some extremely violent situations occur at our homes.
The somewhat hollow, unpolished recording that comes from Brandon and Andrew is simply due to having both of them record from the same room. They're just using an area mic, whereas Mitch and I each have our own microphone sitting right in front of our faces. It's a bit easier to get a nice, crisp recording that way, but since we're not making any profits off of the podcast, we'll probably be limited to our simplest solutions.