Easily picks up the speakers, even those who like to talk low. It's very sensitive and easy to set. By sensitive I mean it picks up sound excellently. Don't stand near it and talk unless you want everyone to hear your conversation. :-) I am very satisfied with the microphone and would purchase it again.

Excellent sounding microphone. Proved to be the solution I needed for speakers at the podium at my church.

Really impressed with the new mic, the MX418D/C 18" Everyone who uses it loves the improved sound quality, pick up range, etc. Immediately set up the mic to be on/off with the switch vs. how it comes, push and hold to mute. Thanks Sweetwater for great service and help with shipping to Hawaii. You both were great!

We began with the share 418C (ON always) and needed to change one to the 418D/C. Attorneys and Judge require the ability to turn off the mic. Once installed....worked fine. Well pleased. Thanks to Sweetwater's Delvin Wolf!

We are a small traditional church that tried the Shure MX418. We purchased it at the recommendation of the Sweetwater staff. Many in church have raved about the clarity and range of this microphone! We are definitely pleased with this microphone!

I bought this mic to use at my son's high school graduation. Over the years, it was always an issue about not being able to hear all the student speeches. This year, I decided to try to remedy this. This was just what was needed to fix this problem. The best graduation ever. Very happy parents!!!

We are a small country church and have a fairly nice sound system that has been installed piece-meal over the years and the mixer board had provisions for phantom power that this mic needs. We have been using the conventional upright bases with the big traditional mics that just takes away from what we wanted our pulpit area to look like. We had seen mics advertised for over $500. and just couldn't afford that and I happened to go on the internet and found out about Sweetwater and called about this type of mic and found this one and decided to try it. It is so much more sensitive than the others and nearly hides itself being so small. It has been installed for about 6 weeks and we are totally satisfied with it

I received what i expected.Versatile and useful. Build is rugged and solid.

great for conference meetings, looks great for panel discussions and podiums without mics. The settings are located inside and was hard to switch over, that was the only issue.