Tony Rollo
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I have arrived at speaking bookings where the PA "system" must have been used on a 20th century battleship. I do have rigs for larger gigs. The smaller bookings are usually a lot of Q&A and where the audio provided is hit and miss at best. And then just one microphone which is a real bummer.
As I was looking around at some very pricey small rigs, I spied this "karaoke system" that popped up based on my searches. Two microphones, blue tooth and a small profile. All I need for a group of 150 people or less. Will it really do what the posting states? It doesn't necessarily look like a toy.
My hope was it would simply enhance the speaking voice. There is no need for a big punch. Being able to play music files from a thumb drive or SD chip means I can provide some pre-presentation light music to help set the mood and the music for afterwards - background. Use the simple control on the mic to play / pause the music...
Bingo! - does all that. It is something to keep handy in a pinch just in case.
It's a lot smaller than I envisioned even with the accurate measurements provided. That is actually a plus. Everything is black making it discrete.
Upon turning it on, I didn't realize IT TALKS ! "Power on- blue tooth mode". The simple controls offer a + and - for the volume. How do I know the volume is all the way up? IT TOLD ME! "Max volume". Sounds like a nice lady.
Using it does take a few minutes of getting used to where and how to hold the little microphones. ---> Use the provided wind screens ! <---
I found that placing the mic to my chin and speaking normally across the mic worked well. Holding it straight on like a rock star is hard to find the sweet spot of distance and distortion happens if you have a boomy voice that overdrives the microphone.
I placed the speaker unit across the room about 50 feet and it sounds great enhancing my speaking voice. It must have a kind of feedback suppression. I had to put the mic right up a few inches from the unit to get a hint of feedback coming. No worries there.
The effects are goofy yet fun. I might try the setting that pitches up the voice like a cartoon character when starting off a presentation just to shake things up.
I can definitely see how kids would have a ball with this. However, kids would enjoy it in vivid colors - not all black because it looks "grown up". Yet, even all black, it's a lot of fun to be had.
I gave it a deserved five stars for what it is. I gave it three stars for sound quality because I'm usually using high quality equipment. All metal construction with the speaker unit.
If you have a small social club or any social group for that matter, this little "system" will come in handy. If you have some kids who want to be loud, ditto.
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