the t.bone MB85 Beta

I was looking for my first mic to put in a rehearsal room, and I was considering some of the cheapier alternative to the classic Shure sm58. After some research and comparisons with other microphone of the same price range, I'm glad I've gone for it. The building features are on spot for what you pay, while the sound is, in my opinion, far beyond. I'm really happy with it.

I'm finding it difficult to believe I haven't given a rating for these before since I have bought so many over the years. I have used these on stage alongside original Shure SM58s and you will not notice any difference. Arguably the rubberised grip at the top of the handle is an improvement on the original SM58. Cardioid pattern is closer to the original SM58 than the Beta version, but a great value mic for stage vocal use. I've never had anyone complain about using one.

The microphone itself is of great quality, but it is prone to feedback, it has a lot more treble than i would like, but overall, for the money, you get a really good microphone

very sensitive microphone and hard output, good sound quality overall

It's a low budget microphone, very good for amateurs or for home recordings. Use a microphone stand when you use thiw microphone, because holding it with your hands may cause some instant low-frequency sound when you change holding it from the one hand to the other. In most cases this kind of sound is not needed. But don't forget, it's a cheap microphone, very good for its price.

Perfect decoy mic for when you have certain people in the studio who simply MUST pretend to be pop stars. Hand them this to pose with instead of risking damaging your expensive mics. Perfectly adequate for anything you'd use an SM58 for, too.

I listened to the sound clips available for both makes of mic and thought they sounded almost identical, in reality there is more difference, but it's still a great mic, and factor in the cost it is great value for money,

I have compared the mb 85 beta with a an SM58, and an SM58 beta . in the same PA with the same near flat EQ settings, my opinion is e the MB85 beta is a louder, clearer and warmer than a standard SM58, the SM 58 beta is slightly more beefy in sound , but look at the price difference and there is no contest,l

Needed a cheap dynamic mic for backing vocals.
This is cheap in price, but not in quality! It feels like a good built.
The range seems good enough, I will definitely use it as a second mic in some guitar recording. The hard case and the mic clamp are nice additions, but the clamp is super stiff.

We own a wireless Shure Beta 58. We use both mics for live gigs and Karaoke. T.bone has a great sound, usually picking up EVERYTHING. It is made of metal giving a strong feeling of sturdiness and quality. The BIG MINUS is that it doesn't include a switch so you must mute it through the console and it gets annoying really quick. If it had a switch it would be the perfect choice in this range price.. Looking forward to add a switch to the next version on MB85.

bought this to record vocals for my music. honestly i think i lucked out finding this microphone. i absolutely love using it. no problems have been found with it