Best Headworn Microphones for auditoriums

Headworn capsules die of sweat and makeup, not of age. The element sits a couple of centimetres from a mouth for two hours under stage lighting, and foundation wicks into the mesh. A theatre or worship team that budgets for microphones but not for spare capsules discovers this halfway through a run.

The fitting matters as much as the capsule. A wrap-around that holds on one performer slides on another, and a boom that can be bent to the corner of the mouth keeps plosives off the element without moving it further from the voice. Buy the colour that disappears against the wearer, and buy more than one.