New mics? Mine have been used and abusedddd :(

[salford1986]

Hello guys told you a few month back started a residency in a pub which has karaoke Friday and Saturday my mics were prosound 2 wireless mics which I purchased in craplins.

Now they have been battered, for one the battery keeps coming loose so its a hit and miss with vocals due to battery disconnecting so gotta reinforce it in place haha.

I want 2 mics pref wireless (which is better wireless or wired) I like the fact you can go anywhere with wireless but I mean durability.

I have about 120 for 2 mics do I go for wireless battery powered or rechargeable mics??

[Larry B Entertainment]

TBO if your mics have already been wrecked in a few months then anything of any quality will soon be wrecked again.

I would buy a pack of these.
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/300711787572?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&cbt=y

Used them for years for karaoke and they seem to stand up to a fair bit of wear and tear. Also being wired, people cant walk off with them. If they get broken, not too much to replace either.
Job done.

[salford1986]

Looks the better option to do that.

[Corabar Entertainment]

Hello guys told you a few month back started a residency in a pub which has karaoke Friday and Saturday my mics were prosound 2 wireless mics which I purchased in craplins.

Now they have been battered, for one the battery keeps coming loose so its a hit and miss with vocals due to battery disconnecting so gotta reinforce it in place haha.

I want 2 mics pref wireless (which is better wireless or wired) I like the fact you can go anywhere with wireless but I mean durability.

I have about 120 for 2 mics do I go for wireless battery powered or rechargeable mics??Please take care not to use 'text speak' on the forum :thanks:

[salford1986]

sorry

[Kernow]

TBO if your mics have already been wrecked in a few months then anything of any quality will soon be wrecked again.

I would buy a pack of these.
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/300711787572?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&cbt=y

Used them for years for karaoke and they seem to stand up to a fair bit of wear and tear. Also being wired, people cant walk off with them. If they get broken, not too much to replace either.
Job done.
+1 for all the reasons stated.
Have used the same set for 5 years and still going strong, apart from a few replacement cables no issues. :thumbs_up:

[Larry B Entertainment]

+1 for all the reasons stated.



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[paulg]

Having done karaoke for more than 15 years and having tried and tested all sorts of gear, I think I can help.

If you have £120, don't waste your money on radio microphones. You'll buy nothing but rubbish. When new they might look good and they might even sound good, but they wont last because they are built to a price rather than a quality threshold. To get anything like a decent quality radio microphone you'd need to invest around £400 per mic and even then, they would not be idiot proof i.e. resistant to drops. I use Sennheiser E165's (condenser) which cost even more and the steel construction and overall build quality means these have proven to be reliable. Whether they will ever be worth the investment is questionable.

A couple of branded cabled mics would be a better choice - Sennheiser, Sure Beyerdynamic etc all do decent budget mics. Invest in some good quality cable too.

[Glenski]

As said above, if you want a wireless radio mic system - you need to invest in quality [of build] as well as stability ... anything over £300/£400 !!

If you are happy to use a corded mic then you can do no wrong by investing in some Shure SM58 mics - these will outlast [anything/most things] I have 3 of these and theay have been with me for over 15 years [been dropped, swung, smashed, you name it...] and they still work :)

Another thing to consider is having quality mics [whether radio or corded] for people you know and trust [over time] and then keep the cheaper options for newbies and those you consider, well - heartless with your equipment [I don't allow anyone i consider to be overly drunk or non-compos-mentis to sing on my karaoke].

Thank you

[DazzyD]

While the shure SM58s are a really good quality mic, I've found that, when putting two together, or one plus another mic, in a karaoke environment, it tends to increase the risk of feedback especially if you're using a lot of echo/reverb fx. For me, a better (not to mention cheaper!) option is the Shure PG48 which I use regularly for karaoke and also have one as my main DJ mic. They're not as sensitive as the SM58 therefore reducing the likelihood of feedback.

But they are wired and, to be honest, I do much prefer wired mics for karaoke as it helps keep your punters "on a leash" so to speak! ;)

[JSideFx]

I know this is an old thread but I'm in much the same position, At first I was thinking about either the Kam 1940 uhf or Kam kwm 11 vhf then i read this and i'm looking towards that pack of wired mic's.

My question is, How do you cope with the cables? I can picture people tripping over them if the pub is busy or a singer pulling the cable and my mixer landing on the deck.

Thanks

[Jim - Scotland's Party DJ]

I know this is an old thread but I'm in much the same position, At first I was thinking about either the Kam 1940 uhf or Kam kwm 11 vhf then i read this and i'm looking towards that pack of wired mic's.

My question is, How do you cope with the cables? I can picture people tripping over them if the pub is busy or a singer pulling the cable and my mixer landing on the deck.

Thanks

Alright mate.

I did karaoke as a sideline for years and never really had a problem with mics. I used some dirt cheap Behringer mics too and they never missed a beat. I still use them for speeches if the speaker is a bit worse for wear and liable to drop one of my wireless mics. You don't want to have a nice mic getting used, abused and slebbered over by dozens of people a night.

Some bits of advice I'd give if you are going wired is make sure it's not wrapped round anything. I used to loop the XLR cable through the handles on my mixer rack when DJing to secure it and stop it hitting the floor if I dropped it but I'd never do that with karaoke as if someone decides to go walkies during a song and the cable is looped around something, that thing (in my case a big rack box with power, mixer, outboards, CD player) is going to go with them.

On a similar point, keep an eye on the give of the cable. If someone is glued to the spot with 10 feet of give to spare then it's not an issue but if someone thinks they're playing Wembley and running around the room, keep an eye on the cable and be ready to yank it out of the mixer input before they end up pulling the mixer away with them or buckling the jack on the cable. I've had to do that a few times.

[JSideFx]

I think i'd be safer with a set of wireless mic's?

[Excalibur]

I think i'd be safer with a set of wireless mic's?

It's rare that I do Karaoke with wireless mics ( partly because all mine are too expensive for me to replace. ) The three pack Behringers with good cables are more than for purpose. If you're worried, then tie the blighters to the deckstand.

[katman]

The three pack Behringers with good cables are more than for purpose. If you're worried, then tie the blighters to the deckstand.

Another thing you can do is get a metal electrical box and fit jack sockets on it, wire those to the mike inputs on the mixer and use jack ended leads on your mikes plugged into the metal box.

That way, if someone pulls on the lead the plug will just pull out of the socket with no damage. A bit like the quick release on some x-box controllers.

[Dynamic Entertainment]

I know this is an old thread but I'm in much the same position, At first I was thinking about either the Kam 1940 uhf or Kam kwm 11 vhf then i read this and i'm looking towards that pack of wired mic's.

My question is, How do you cope with the cables? I can picture people tripping over them if the pub is busy or a singer pulling the cable and my mixer landing on the deck.

Thanks

Maybe overkill....but i used a stage snake.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MULTICORE-XLR-STAGEBOX-8-way-8-0-snake-loom-stage-box-/300773858019?pt=UK_Musical_Cables_Leads_Connectors&hash=item460784dae3

[ultrasound disco]

It's rare that I do Karaoke with wireless mics ( partly because all mine are too expensive for me to replace. ) The three pack Behringers with good cables are more than for purpose. If you're worried, then tie the blighters to the deckstand.
The Berry 1800s is a "super cardioid" mic with a tighter polar patern (more gain before feedback) akin to the Shure Beta58a.. The regular SM58 is just cardioid... Good cables are a no-brainer:p and tied to a 56lb weight too:beer1: