"Garth Brooks can have his Crown headset mike."
Feature:
I bought the Crown with a Shure UHF wireless pack; the original VHF pack was a loser. The windscreens on the Crown are losers too. The windscreens are not durable.
Quality:
The first Crown got wet in a rainstorm and literally melted and the company didn't want to stand behind the product. I replaced it and I seem to have gotten less service out of the second one. The windscreen is too fragile and I had to glue it back into it's holder twice. The second time the frequencies went nuts.
Value:
When I started using this product it was promoted as Garth Brook's headset. They sucked me right in.
Desirability:
It doesn't look that good.
Sound:
I have owned two and the mike sounds OK, but my Samson wired mikes sound warmer.
Ease of Use:
My sound engineers told me that they were never crazy about the sound that they got from the Crown. It sounded OK with a small system.
Support:
Support from Crown? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! They support themselves by charging retail for a replacement.
Overall:
I paid $1200.00 for the first Crown and the Shure UHF wireless system in 1999. I replaced the mike for an unknown price three years ago and it has left me hanging lately with faulty windscreen and wild frequency responses (I just can't get it to sound good). I'm going to try another brand and match it with my Shure UHF wireless package.
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