Samson Stage X1U - Digital Wireless USB Microphone System

This thing works Amazing! I use it with the Samson Expedition XP 800. I was 90 feet away from the USB receiver and there wasn't any signal degradation.

Has descent pickup if you hold it no more than 6" from you mouth. May be good enough for karaoke but seems a little light in weight(compared to wired mics) to do well enough for live onstage performances. I haven't judged the distance(rated at 100') from the receiver to see if this is true. But for small venues where individual voices need to be heard, this will work.

TL:DR - This mic is unusable for any sort of computer-based live application.The full story...I purchased this mic with the intention of using it as a speaking mic for announcements while I DJ my daughter's school dance. I use Ableton Live and the plan was to live-monitor the mic so that I could use it and my laptop as a standalone system (instead of having to bring my laptop, audio interface, mixer, separate wireless system, and all the cables associated with such to the gig). At first I had hopes that this would fit the bill, and everything in the description and product documentation seemed to indicate this was the case.Then I tried it...When the product arrived, I set it up to work with my computer and DAW. The sound quality seemed fine for what I was hoping to do with it, and getting the thing paired with the computer dongle was easy. But upon further trial, I discovered that there was significant delay between when I would speak into the mic and when the audio would come out of the system. Try talking into a mic and hearing your voice come back to you with ≥ 11ms delay. SO FRUSTRATING! I tried everything to bring the latency down, to no avail.Although nice on the phone, Samson tech support was no help. They gave several suggestions for me to try, but none of them worked, and their final response to me was that it wasn't designed to be used live. To which I thought, "What kind of mic isn't designed to be used live?"I tried different computers, different DAWs, different driver configurations.... nothing.I should also mention that I am an audio/media professional, with over 17 years experience. I make my living in music/media, and have extensive background in pro audio and IT. Even after digging deep into settings, drivers, and workarounds, I was still unsuccessful.

It works OK. You have to hold it right up to your mouth. With mics you usually get what you pay for, but all-in-all, I'm pleased with this mic. If you don't want to spend a lot of money and want something that works good enough for social media videos, this mic will do the job.

Peering was very simple and the microphone works fairly well. It is extremely directional so if you're off axis by just a few degrees it picks up almost nothing. This can be very helpful depending on Your proposed use. The build quality is just OK. For the money it's a pretty good deal

It was a little finicky to sync up with our sound system at first, but after we worked that out everything has been solid. This is a really nice microphone, and our users greatly appreciate not being tied down with a wire.

Everything works as I expected. It is easy to set up. The sound quality is good, at least for human voices. And it is directional. It does not pick up background noise from other directions.

When it works, it's great. But half the time I plug it in, nothing happens.