Microphones New Lavalier Microphone Units for High School

[MarcusL]

We are already using Audio-Technica headset style mics, and I would really like to move away from them. We use beltpacks almost exclusively for live theatre, so the look really does count, at least to my director.

 

[BillESC]

I disagree here. While first acknowledging the differences between the E6 and the E6i, the latter is by far the most flexible and robust mic I have ever used. You can bend it up like a pretzel, straighten it out, and not have an issue.

Between the 6 AT mics and the 4 E6s originally bought before I was here, every single mic broken from poor handling has been an Audio Technica.

Again, this is a major YMMV situation, you're making a blanket statement about a brand and i'm countering it with another blanket statement about a brand. Not meant to be a debate, just throwing my experiences out there.

If the AT mics looked a lot like the E6's they were probably the Microsets and not the ear worn mic I suggested. I wasn't making a blanket statement but rather a specific mic statement.