Sound Town 16 Channels Wireless Microphone Karaoke Mixer System w/ 2 Wireless Mics, HD ARC, Optical (Toslink), AUX, Supports Smart TV, Media Box, PC, Bluetooth, Soundbar, Receiver (SWM15-MAX)

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I am an audio enthusiasts and have semi pro dj set-up for small events, mostly karaoke. I can't use it at home , it will be over kill. I was looking for a small set-up for home karaoke , something minimalist to match my jamo and klipsch home audio and found this absolutely beautiful small but powerful home karaoke unit. Pros - quality build, mic response, clarity, simplicity, price, multiple options for input and output [hdmi and optical] wow. I got compliments today 1st time using it. Cons - non so far, but I hope this unit lasts longer as I plan to use it weekly. Lastly, im using the TV optical output to this unit then output optical to my Denon receiver, so then I have options to use the different audio settings, not just plain stereo. Amazing sound quality. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.06/19 update , I tried using it for a small bday event about 100 people and open air venue. The performance was okay but it drops ones in a while when your about 50ft or more away. I still get nice voice quality though.

It has taken me a long time to review this item because I normally don’t review but it’s necessary. I ordered this for my daughter and I to use and have some karaoke fun. When the box arrived , I allowed her to open because she’s a pre teen that was excited so she’s going thru the box and looking for instructions for use. Well thank goodness I was close to hear what was next. As she’s reading these instructions, I hear things that are not makings sense and then she says mom I can’t find the buttons or settings that are on the instructions so I look at it myself and realize that the instructions are not for 2 mics but for some type of adult toy!!!! Sure , it’s pretty comical BUT when your child is asking questions that are things she has never heard before as a parent it’s upsetting, more at Amazon that this actually happened. I calmed down a little , we set up the mics- doesn’t sound the best and I did read reviews prior to purchase so now I’m thinking that I just received a faulty product. Hey it happens, but when I called amazon customer service to tellThem what happened and had the representative laugh it off a few minutes I was serious and told him hey do all of these boxes contain the same instructions and obviously they don’t know so I told him I wanted to escalate not to get a refund but to let them know that they should be more careful when putting things together in the facility before sending and obviously checking before it ships. So now I have 2 mics that I didn’t even bother to return that are pretty crappy and had quite the frustration to go with it. Again, perhaps this is just the one I received that’s faulty but the sound quality is not the greatest and doesn’t connect easily so it’s a quick step process the instructions are very vague.

With this box, you can have two wireless mics add audio to any show, or karaoke video. Echo effect also great for karaoke. My setup:* https://www.amazon.com/Epson-PowerLite-Home-Cinema-Projector/dp/B0044UHJWY* https://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-NR636-7-2-Ch-Network-Receiver/dp/B00IQ0SE22* https://www.amazon.com/NVIDIA-SHIELD-Gaming-Streaming-GeForce/dp/B01N1NT9Y6Just unplug streaming device (for me the SHIELD), connect that into the mixer, the mixer into the same spot on the receiver. There's no passive passthrough, you need to have the device on, this does affect multichannel audio, see below. The SHIELD and the Onkyo combo has no delay with this mixer that I could notice, audio and video are synced. With my projector setup, and the output from the mixer going to the receiver, there's no ARC audio return involved, which is the selling point of this device over its predecessor SWM15-HBT https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F8GZVX2. I got this new one in case I want to move the box to a smart TV / soundbar setup, which would be much cleaner with ARC support, I'll update this review when I try it out. I can confirm now that it can do all its predecessor claimed for a full HDMI solution with video from a separate source like the SHIELD or a Roku, outputting to an HDMI receiver, and adds two mics to anything you watch.The mics are OK, I got these foam covers https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019OO4IY6 for them. They connect out of the box once activated. Even if not set too loud they can add echo to anyone's voice and recreate a karaoke bar vibe really well.The only real drawback is that as far as I can tell this mixer only outputs 2ch audio on the hdmi output. That is, if you have a 5.1 or other surround sound setup, you'll only get audio out of front left and right, you'll lose digital dolby or dts. This is fine during karaoke mode, on my setup, youtube just works in stereo while playing videos and singing into the mics. But when not using karaoke, watching a Netflix show or renting a move in surround, you'll notice you're losing out and only getting stereo. As mentioned if this box had a hdmi passthrough mode when not needing any mixing, and that mode preserved digital multichannel audio, only going to stereo when actively mixing, it would be a perfect device. As it is, if you want multichannel you'll be swapping a few cables around. I'm going to pick up an HDMI splitter and try using two different input modes on my receiver. This should avoid me touching wires, will switch a mode on receiver and one will get multichannel, one 2 channel plus mics, with same video feed. Not sure if there is a viable solution with multichannel using splitters that would work with ARC audio return.I was looking for a simple full HDMI solution for karaoke for a long time and this is the closest I've found so far. My previous setup was super janky, using a laptop, one wired mic, cables everywhere, not looking cool for the karaoke party guests. This little box is tiny, never moves, the mics just work, on standard AAs, and full wireless is key. This plus youtube app is a perfect karaoke setup, you can set up queues on your phone and cast it to the TV. If you care about surround sound normally you'll be doing some cable shuffling, or getting a splitter, to get it ready. But once set up using the mics themselves is super easy and the setup will look super polished for any karaoke partygoers.