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Another good Behringer product is the ECM8000; works great for drum overhead.

Mckyj57, your previous post was very fair, i'll give ya that. I had no idea you used a $20 mic but wouldn't care if ya did, as long as i could hear myself sing on your system if i attended your show. I don't take my singing too seriously or have dilusions i'll be fronting U2 soon.

I agree that using a really cheap mic on an expensive system would be kinda silly, but would understand if money and many replacements were an issue.

I try not to judge for fear of being judged,,,and CAN be judged for a few sound things not sooo "sound" with my system. That's why i appreciate folks here to help me improve it, as a few, including yourself, have with great equipment suggestions.

The vocopros i use are pretty decent. I was very biased as well against everything vocopro before and considered it for"home use only" but was surprised at the mics i got. I heard them at another show, they sounded pretty good and MORE importantly i have groups of singers regularly approaching my stage-(aka visiting tourists from around the world) so the original PRIMARY reason for buying them was because of the 4 mic package. It only costs $450 for the 4 mics.

The vocopros do the job, sound good, but DO distort at high levels, but I DO like the fact that i have ALL 4 mics on one channel, making it easier to control...the screaming.

For solo acts the Shure 58 is available, and for duets, one of each...but as stated earlier, people seem to like those VP wireless mics and never complain about their voices sounding bad.

Btw, I ALWAYS mix every singer individually for every song and try to make them sound as good as possible, even with the $100 mics.

Question: if you went to a karaoke show, heard a few songs and they sounded okay, THEN approached the stage for your song and realized that it was a, god forbid, Nady Mic...would you leave because of the personal embarassment of it, or go along and sing on it?
Aloha J.R.

When I first started singing around 3 years ago I didn't really know anything about audio equipment and nothing about microphones. I had no idea that there were so many different kinds and types of microphones.

In the past year or so since I decided to sing professionally I started learning about audio equipment, but just recently started paying attention to microphones. I've read a lot here and other places on the internet about Shure, Sennheiser, AKG, Audix etc., but nothing compares to using different microphones.

I've used Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Gemini, Vocopro, Nady, Samson and some cheapo wireless mics and various wired mics when visiting various Karaoke shows. Recently I had the chance to try a Shure Beta58 wired and it was very good, much better IMO than the venerable SM58s I've used.

I used a Samson wireless a few nights ago that had the Q7 element and it was excellent, I was very surprised. After that I'm going to buy one for sure. That will become my most used mic. If I could afford a Shure Beta 87 wireless I doubt I would use any other microphone.

I got a big surprise Saturday afternoon. I was practicing some of my songs and decided to pull out a wired Nady SP-1 mic that I got for free when I bought a mic stand from Musician's Friend about a year ago. They had a package deal with a tripod boom stand, a mic cable and the Nady SP-1 for like $20 or $25. I have never really used the Nady thinking it was probably junk. I usually use a Sennheiser E816S which is a very good, entry level mic. I was shocked to discover that I really liked the sound of my voice with the Nady. That thing is like an $8 mic!

I'm extremely pleased with my Nady DKW Duo wireless mics. They were one of my first purchases and I got lucky, they could have been junk. They would be great for wireless drunk mics at $40 for the pair. I use them all the time and have had zero problems with them. They aren't the most sensitive mics, but for most people they are just fine.

Anyhow, your mileage and experience may be much different than mine.