Audio-TechnicaPRO49QL Propoint Gooseneck Microphone

Got this little guy to replace a mic in a podium for a church. This did the trick! Sounds great!

I love this mic. Well built and sounds fantastic. I have used a lot of these and I can't say enough good stuff about this mic.

I tried this briefly on a lectern here. Voice pickup is very good. But the mic is sensitive to any bumps and thumps on the lectern, for example if someone sets down a book, types on laptop keyboard, etc. I really want something that does a better job isolating all those unwanted vibrations. I guess is nobody touches the lectern, or touches it very gently, this would be fine.

This is a good Audio-Technica gooseneck. I got two for the church I attend. They are easy to install. I had no hassles, both worked out of the box fine. We use them strictly for speech and they work very well.

I purchased this microphone to replace an existing gooseneck that was on a lecturn. Although the sound quality was satisfactory, the mic really picks up conducted sound through the base. It may be that a specific base is needed to isolate it from conducted sound through the base, but if so, that was not apparent in the information provided by the seller.

I had unwisely bought our church a different lectern microphone. The improvement in bass response when I installed this one was dramatic and good. Note that it requires "Phantom Power" from your mixer to operate. (Most audio mixers have an option for this). Always use it with the supplied foam "pop filter" to avoid distorting "P" and "B" sounds. Shows some "Proximity Effect," meaning that it sounds more bassy as you move closer to it. (It's a common characteristic of directional mics). Remember that lectern microphones MUST be mounted on a rubbery shock-mount to isolate sounds from the lectern itself from the microphone. I use a Shure A400XLR, but others are suitable.

The mic didn't work when we plug it in. So my pastor call me saying that it doesn't work he try another mic in the same plug and it worked ok. So I call geartree and they told me to check the Phantom switch to make sure that it was on and it wasn't. Thanks geartree because that did the job it's working just fine. Just need to lift it up a little

We purchased a pair of these mics for use in our church and we are VERY dissatisfied with them. Although the sound quality is wonderful, we can't get away from the feedback no matter what we do. We can't even turn up the volume enough to really hear the speaker. We have had several mics over the years, but these are by far the worst as far as feedback. Looking for a good mic for your church? Keep looking, cause you haven't found it in this one.