Recently I’ve been doing some studio work to support the new band I’ve joined and the discussion came up as to which wireless microphone system would be best suited to someone with a voice like mine for live applications. I had originally thought that I would go with the wireless version of the Shure Beta58. After all it’s tried and true and I know the quality of sound you get from that particular microphone.

While we were recording the fellow that owns the studio told me he felt that a tube microphone seemed to work best for my voice as far as the studio was concerned and he felt I should consider that for singing on stage as well. I felt that since since I know how experienced he is, it was worth my while to at least shop around.

After not being able to locate a wireless microphone that was a tube mic I decided I would do some side by side comparisons of different microphones to see what the differences were between them. I used a non wireless version of the Shure Beta58 as my bench mark since I already am aware of its’ sound quality. The wireless microphone I ended up choosing was the EV RE2 system with an RE510 microphone. This mic is great. It actually sounded better than the Shure and was slightly cheaper than the Beta58 wireless microphone as well. It has all the clarity and power of the Shure but I find it’s just a little bit warmer sounding. I gave the mics the same EQ settings while checking them. I’ve used this microphone live and am very impressed with it. It has 14 channels with ten groups in each channel so there’s plenty of room to find an empty frequency. The only thing I didn’t like about it was that it has an on/off switch on the mic that can be activated when putting it in a clip on a stand. This has happened to me on stage when using it. Fortunately when you turn it back on it doesn’t make a big noise or click or anything so in the end it was no big deal.

I tried an Audio Technica as well but I didn't feel that it suited the tone of my voice the best. It was a really nice microphone and system but I felt it seemed to sound a wee bit thinner than the others, but it is cheaper so I guess you get what you pay for to some degree. Also the on/off switch is located on the butt end of the mic so accidental switching is far less likely. This was a really good wireless microphone but did not seem to be the best choice for my voice is all. 

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