The Shure SM58 Microphone is a sturdy, well-made, and might I add excellent, dynamic microphone.  I've used the SM58 for years as both a vocal microphone as well as an instrumental mic (in instances where it's preferred over a condenser).  The sm58 has held up wonderfully and given the quality of sound that I desired.  read more »

Every Sunday, we plug our acoustic guitars and electronic drums into a Direct Box.  This direct box then let's us plug the 1/4 inch cables into the XLR floor jacks because the direct box switches from a 1/4 plug to the always popular XLR plug.  In geek-speak, "line or instrument level unbalanced signals to low-impedance balanced signals."  Direct boxes run from a few dollars to a few hundred, depending on what's inside the box.   read more »

One split second.  That's all the time it takes to fry your electrical equipment.  If you are like me, you spent countless hours searching for just the right piece of equipment to add to your sound system.  Perhaps that equipment was a new mixer or new amplifier.  Then you searched high and low for the best price.  There is one piece of equipment, however, you might be lacking in your sound system...and you don't even know it.  read more »

The big news across the church audio community is the FCC's proposal to ban all wireless microphones operating in the 700 MHZ band, more specifically 698-806 MHz.  Therefore, I thought it fitting to review a wireless microphone that, if the FCC proposal goes through, would still be useable six months from now!  Check out the review for the Sennheiser ew112G2 ME2 Omni Lavaliere Microphone Wireless System
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