DM11B

The entire mic is made of plastic and feels like nothing in the hand. It's box says it weighs 180g but it feels like it should be the same as a rolled up tube of paper imitating a microphone. The only part that is metal is the grille, but this still feels light and flimsy with it taking a little too long for me to realise it is actually metal...

The XLR to jack cable that comes with the mic is also of similar quality, with the XLR connector being also made out of plastic and fitting into the mic in a really sloppy and jiggly fashion...

Because this is a mic that's going to be used in a karaoke kinda setting with drunk people waving it around and dropping it I wasn't expecting the worlds most durable thing every made but I was hoping it wasn't going to feel like it was going to float out of my hands or shatter on impact with someone's head when it's being swung around by its cable.

Below are 2 recordings, one with the XLR to Jack cable that came with the mic and one using an XLR to XLR cable that I already had. The difference in output is staggering with the XLR to XLR recording sounding somewhat useable if you were just wanting to get recording on the cheap, whereas the XLR to 6.3mm cable as so much noise! 

The only effects I've applied to both tracks are a Audacity's default compressor settings and -1.0dB to try and get everything to the same output level.

For something to read, I grabbed The Twits by Roald Dahl and read Chapter 1 & 2.