I received my Pro8He (XLR) yesterday morning. My son helped me try it out today with his Allen and Heath CQ-12T and a pair of QSC K10s. I am very satisfied with my first impression of the sound quality. I'm sing solo with an acoustic guitar. My experience has been with shure SM57's and SM58's. As far as sound, this headworn seems to be an acceptable alternative. I'm uncertain, however, how long the chord, boom, and cheek pads will last. The chord especially looks to be very light, thin, and fragile. Time will tell. I will have to purchase a mute switch because with this headset, I cannot just turn away for a cough or sneeze.

I won't be disposing of my reliable shure hardware, yet.

Works and adjusts well. Happy I purchased it

I needed a hands free, stand free, feedback resistant mic for my one man band setup. I was using a Shure beta 58A and wanted something of similar quality in the same price range. The Audio —Technica pro 8HEx exceeded my expectations. It is clear sounding, lightweight, comfortable and feedback resistant. I also am able to easily use it with my XVive wireless system without the transmitter getting in my way because it can connect to the attached cable instead of being at the base of the mic.
I'm very happy with this purchase and would highly recommend this product!

I got this one for my drummer to use for some vocal parts. I don't need the wireless feature since he isn't moving around much, and I appreciate the small pickup pattern on this mic to help isolate bleed-over.

Once I received it, I realized the headset padding is designed so you can wear this multiple ways. It doesn't have to sit in a specific orientation like other units I've used in the past. This is important if you use over-the-ear IEMs. Of course, it gets a bit of drum bleed, but it's not overly bad, and the flexible boom arm makes it easy to position the mic close to the mouth, making the bleed a non-issue when picking up the vocal.

The only additional thing that would be nice to have is an on/off switch to mute it when not in use, so it doesn't always need to be muted on the console. While this is fairly common for mics not to have a switch, I ended up adding an inline cord with a switch for this purpose. This is great for sending to different Front-of-House (FOH) mixers as it allows the user to control the mute instead of the FOH engineer having to worry about it.

Nice microphone. Uncomfortable headset.

For an inexpensive mic, it has good sound and output strength. Very happy with the purchase.

Thanks to Matt and the crew at Sweetwater,I always get what I need with excellent service, shipping and product.
Never a bad experience with Sweetwater

This Audio-Technica headworn microphone is good enough for spoken word, podcasts, Zoom meetings, communications, vocooders and similar applications where really clean vocals aren't an issue. I can't recommend it for singing, however, because it doesn't have very good dynamic range, it's prone to clipping, and it picks up too many extraneous noises.

When it comes to wearing, it has some shortcomings too. It is difficult to wear with over-the-ear headphones because the microphone's headset pads go on your temples - basically right where over-the-ear headphones go. Plus, the headband is not adjustable, so people with larger- or smaller-than-average heads will probably find this microphone difficult to use, if they can use it at all.

Solid performance. It's my second one. Easy to set
Up. Best bang for the buck. I'm using this one for my Vocoding needs. Solid. No issues

As a BINGO caller I wanted a mic that would move with me, rather than be stationary, so my voice would be heard no matter which direction I was looking, and it had to work with the PA system in the hall, as well as my TC Helicon audio device, not needing phantom power. It does this just fine, after I adjusted the gain on the audio device, and is comfortable for the 2 hours I wear it. The sound quality is just fine; I would only seek one more feature: a cough switch, as I have to remember to cover the mic before coughing or clearing my throat. It makes my BINGO calling a lot eaier!

For the price, you can't go wrong with this microphone! It worked exactly as expected with excellent sound quality. I would definitely purchase again.

A good mic for PA but insufficient for vocals.

Bought this to try out. My solo setup is very simple and this has worked out very well. I have used mainly Shure and Sennheiser the last ten years or so, but the sound quality of this microphone is perfect for my application.

I bought 8 of these for a "Readers Theater" group that had been using inexpensive wireless head-worn mics that continually caused problems due to battery failures, electronic interference, or loss of radio connection. Sometimes a cable connection is the best way to go to eliminate those problems, and these PRO 8HEx are just what we needed to get through a performance without wireless issues. They are lightweight and comfortable to wear, and the gain before feedback is great. Off-axis rejection is also very good. The included windscreens do a fine job of handling breath noise and pops. If you don't have to move around a lot when performing, these mics are an excellent choice.

Drummer who is singing through a gooseneck… And the band got me one of these and it's made all the difference!!!!

This seemed a little tight to begin with but, after use it got comfortable. I played several events, I play Cajon and do vocals. No regrest with this mic and love its response. I decided to go wireless and am keeping this as a backup.

Our drummer absolutely loves this. It gives him hands-free mic access.

I love this head set!!! Sounds just GREAT! I play acoustic piano so is helps free me up a lot. Hands Free mic stays in place and easy also to reposition.. I also play guitar or keys live performaces in a band so I do not have to worry about miss placement and positions of mic it stays with me.. YES Great Mic Also the entire team after watching me and my ease of it's use all decided to purchase.. The entire band is freed up.. Have fun!

Solid mic sounds pretty good for back ups and is very comfortable and durable !!
Great product at a sweet price !! at Sweetwater it's sweeter than my fat, felt beater!!

Drum on Garth !!

I play drums while doing main death metal vocals, so I wanted to go the headset route as opposed to counting on a boomed mic. I'm happy with the results. This is the first mic headset I've owned and it definitely does what I need it to. I would purchase again for sure.
Shoutout to my sales engineer Zack Davidson for always making sure my gear is to my liking!

You can't beat this mic for $. It's no Shure but it does a fine job as long as yo have an EQ to shape it. It's pretty thin.

We could not get an EQ curve on this that sounded any better than Old Time Radio. I have always liked AT, but this is not ready for prime time. Never made it out of sound check.

Sound is pretty good for the price. The next price step up is steep! I use it to sing while playing drums, and it works well so far. Only downside I have found is how tight the band is on your head, a complaint I read about from others. It can give you a headache if worn for a long time. Other than that, I can recommend it.

I bought this to use for some live music performances, and some speaking videos I make.
I am a Cajon player, play guitar, and do vocals. I found myself turning from the mic too often, and decided to try a wired headset microphone. Well, I am glad I did.
As for speaking, this was also an excellent match.
You will have to adjust your PA or mixer, but when don't you have to do that.
Overall, a great buy, I highly recommend this product.
Also, the headset, takes a little getting use to, but don't give up on it.

It's ok for the price but had half the volume of my beta shure.I fixed that by purchasing the ART mic preamp which also doubles for a direct box for my acoustic.Eventually I will probably do an upgrade.This would be good for public speaking and the aerobic instructors.

The mic works well and it's perfect for my needs. It's a great value. Thanks, Josh Hacker for hooking me up with just the right product!

I am a trombonist and I bought this mic for online teaching and rehearsing in telematic environments. I can wear it comfortably while using many different sets of headphones including my Sennheiser HD600. It picks up my voice very clearly but picks up very little of my instrument which if of course mic'ed separately. This way the gain on the voice can be perfect and not compromised by the much louder instrument. No gain adjustments between speaking and playing. Positioning the mic perfectly can take a bit of work to figure out and it might not look as nice as other options but functionally it is so nice!

I don't review things much, but I had to return this headset mic after a few hours of configuring it. The mic sounded good enough running through my Scarlett, but it gave me a headache after only about 10 minutes of wearing it.

If it isn't clear from the photo, the headset foam pads squeeze on your temples. The pads are not thick enough to facilitate this either and it became clear that I would not be able to use this headset for a show. If this kind of wearable doesn't bother you, then it seems like a solid microphone for the price.

I like the mic and the sound, but I wish it was adjustable.

This microphone works great, and it's good for drummers. And sweetwater is easy to work with.

I am NOT a drummer, but I can play basic beats. For the time, I have had to fill in behind the kit and we had no room for a mic stand.

Enter my need for a head-worn microphone.

I didn't want to go wireless because of the expense (I'm not staying behind the kit) and the typical wireless head-aches, I figured I'd give this a shot.

I use Audio-Technica in my home studio and I trust their sound quality, but I was thinking: "A hundred dollars? This'll be rinky-dink, but it will 'get us through'."

Well, this might be the best $100 I've spent with Sweetwater. The tone was not "tin-y" and the response was rather surprising.

I was sure I was going to be disappointed, but if I have need of another head-worn microphone in the future, this will be my first option.

Back in 1977-78 I bought what at the time was the only headset mic Shure made. That mic lasted nearly 28 years - and I'm a singing drummer so it got smacked a few times. When it finally bit the dust I began researching current headset mics and being familiar with Audio-Technica's quality I chose the PRO 8HEx. I didn't want a wireless mic, just good ol' XLR. Sadly that one was destroyed after just two years in an unfortunate Speaker cabinet vs. Gravity confrontation. This time around - because it was on sale - I opted for a Nady headset. BIG MISTAKE. That unit terminated in a "mini XLR" plug which then had to be connected to an XLR adapter to accommodate a standard XLR cable to get to my mixer. Well, the XLR adapter was a hunk of metal about 4 inches long and weighed about 1/4 lb and when added to the weight of the mini XLR plug and the XLR plug on the end of the regular cable was pretty heavy, and in their inimitable wisdom the folks at Nady didn't even include with the headset enough cable to even reach the ground!! Meaning you had all this metal hanging from the side of your head with the only solution being cramming all of it in your pocket unless you wanted a pendulum of metal swinging from your headset. CHEAP, CRAPPY MOVE ON YOUR PART, NADY!!

The point of that diatribe was that almost immediately I ordered another Audio-Technica headset because it is superior in every way and is downright cheap....I mean, well, inexpensive! The boom is easily adjustable and stays in place. It's got great level and is whisper quiet. It is so light you forget you're wearing it and because it is designed to fit around the back of your head it is completely out of the way. It doesn't squash your head or pinch and it comes with two different sized foam windscreens that slide over the mic element. It has a sensible length of cable and it just doesn't have a lot of mass or unnecessary bulk, and when you're playing energetic progressive rock and twisting and turning to reach gongs and chimes and whatnot AND singing, the last thing you need is a bunch of weight clamped to your head. Well done Audio-Technica! Love your turntables, love your microphones!

I play keyboard and I need to use both hand and keep on eye on the keyboard, drum box and lyrics on the tablet and this gives me the freedom I need. Great sound...

Serves the purpose for which I purchased it...practicing in my studio with a handsfree mic...wouldn't use it for a live performance.

Great wired headset. Good sound. Very good for instrument players/vocalist. We use these for practice sessions. Durable, most headsets are designed not to be seen and are pretty delicate and costly to repair. These are priced right and perfect for the job.

Lightweight. Totally reversible. Very tight fitting so it will stay put. Sound delivers as expected. I have no other headset to compare it to but I am satisfied.

Crystal clear, but almost to clear...lacks body and warmth for singers. Even with major eq adjustment.
Comfortable, light...for a presenter giving a speach...great. Have tried much more costly headsets, with less clarity and same sharpness....

I have an older version of this headset(20 years!) The new one seems much stronger, less feedback. I use it with the sennheiser wireless wort for an inexpensive very good wireless headset. I wear it round my neck with the mic angled up to my mouth. That way I can back off by turning my head away when I'm screaming.

I am a professional PA announcer for horse shows. I have used this model for 20+ years. Great sound. hyper cardiod pattern lets me work without the noise around me interferring. Works well in adverse weather conditions and the price is right.

I bought this for my Juno and its mic/vocoder input. It only has a 7' XLR cable. The Juno has 1/4" so I got a 5ft XLR female to 1/4" balanced cable to augment length and make the connection. You can use a line transformer adapter but it will really stick out and put extra weight and stress on the input jack. The mic performs well and rejects outside noise better than many handheld dynamics. It came with a small/large windscreen or pop-filter, two small cable to headset clips, and a clothing/belt clip to take the strain off the cable especially if using while walking around when using a long mike cable. I took one star off because although the boom wire is adjustable,which is real nice,and you can pivot the boom ratchet style,the headset is not adjustable at all. It's also a tight fit with too much tension unless your a headbanger in which it should stay on nicely, or an acrobatic drummer.I wear it around my neck and pivot the boom and wire accordingly. This also allows me to come into or out of the mike by nodding my head to be able to "ride the mic" like a handheld.

I have a wireless transmitter that only works with dynamic mics and has an XLR connector. Primarily it is intended for handheld microphones but I wanted a headset mic to try with it. This is the only one I have found and it is great. It has enough frequency range to be great for vocals and because it has a cardioid pattern, it is less sensitive to ambient sounds.
The only drawback I have found is having to roll back the low frequencies because of proximity effect, but apart from that it is outstanding.

Great little headset mic! In researching it, I knew there were complaints about having to EQ and the rather short XLR cable length. EQ is something you'd have to address with most mics, so that wasn't an issue for me. The shortness of the cable isn't so much an issue as is the cable gauge size and weight compared to that of a typical XLR cable. The clip only does so much to offset the weight of the heavier XLR. I'll have to come up with a different rigging system in order to feel like I'm not being pulled. But hey, what should I expect without the body pack at this low price? LOL! It's just me, so I had no atypical feedback issues, just the usual ringing out for soundcheck. Big thanks to Brandon Eden, my Sales Engineer. He's an integral part of the reason I buy with such confidence from Sweetwater.

I bought one many year's ago, and my brother said that he would sing background for me if I would get him one
so he could play his gituar and sing,
It's great, very good mic, I'd highly recommend it.

Love this headset. Didn't want wireless …hey Im hooked up guitar to amp anyway. Sound is great thru this mic and its comfortable to wear. People complained about only a seven foot cord but it hasn't hurt me at all…for the money, a good purchase...

Picks up my voice great! Had a very slight feedback issue, but only took a minute to fix! Stayed on even during lots of movement! A busy Drummer's best mic choice! Clear as a bell! And you won't find a better price on a great mic!! Thanx Sweetwater!!

I have enjoyed working with this great company. The head-set mic was very affordable and does the job I needed it for. Over all the reliability of Sweetwater seems to be high priority. Thanks

This microphone is very low in cost but is pretty good quality. 

This mic reproduces my voice the way I like it and makes it easier to play keys and sing without having to look for my microphone. The reason I gave it a 4.5 and not a 5 is because I wish the boom was maybe about a half inch longer, but l can just move it up a little further on my head and it works fine. Overall it's an excellent mic for the money and for my purposes.

Been using it for a couple of weeks and I am really impressed. It's a quality piece of equipment that does exactly what it says it will. I haven't gigged with it yet, but I use it while practicing daily. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because it's really visible. But less visible mics were a lot more expensive. I would recommend this to any drummer who also wants to sing without have their playing interfered with. This mic does the job and sounds great.

I've been using the Audio-Technica PRO8HEx through a Cloudlifter to record scratch tracks & as a talkback microphone. I am using it in a fully treated room with good placement which has as much if not more to do with getting a good take from a microphone.

That being said, I have been very please with the results that I am getting with it. The comfort and ability to adjust mic position is good. The quality of the takes I'm getting with this mic are good enough to keep if the performance are up to snuff coming out of the chute. The Hypercardioid pattern gives decent rejection of acoustic guitar during scratch takes.

I am very pleased with the purchase. I would buy it again, and I would recommend it to a friend. It's good value for the $'s.

This mic works great, as expected. It's very comfortable and easy to use.
I use this to lead worship at church while playing the piano, and it is much easier to use than a boom mic set-up.

Needed a headset microphone with simple functions to play in small area, this fit the bill perfect. I use it with a Roland street cube, work great. Thanks Sweetwater !!!

The headset worked really well. Just what I needed!

While the sound is great coming from the mic, I'm a little disappointed that the head band doesn't adjust. Would have been nice if it fit my head, its a bit small and has to sit off kilter on me to use it. Works for my needs, guess I have to spend more the next time if I want adjustability..

I needed a microphone that plugs direct to the Yamaha PSRS950 keyboard that has the mic connection at the back. The cord is too short. the other problem is that the headset has very little expansion space. My adjusting piece broke within a month. If not for the headset, the microphone quality is very good. The rigid head band makes it uncomfortable and tight. I don't particularly like this and was disappointed.

Bought this for our drummer because of cymbal cross talk in vocals. It solved that problem nicely. Sound tech felt it was a little mid rangy, but had no problem compensating with eq on the board. Decent mic; especially good hands-free solution for noise environment where noise and vocal can be spatially differentiated.

Apart from a too-short cord, this head-worn mic is terrific. I waited quite awhile (about a year and a half) to write this review because I wanted to be able to give an honest, time-tested on the job opinion. I couldn't be happier. After dozens and dozens of one-man-band coffee house gigs, I can give this little guy a hearty thumbs up. The only reason I wasn't totally blown away is because of the short cord (10 feet would be perfect for me, as I run the mic through a TC Helicon Harmony G XT). And having my hands free to play and turn pages once in awhile is such a treat. As always Sweetwater's assistance and advice were indeed sweet.

I have been looking for a mic to wear and to set up for team ropings that I rent a sound system to. The secretary/announcer loves it! Now here hands are free and they can stand sit walk around, you name it. Frees them up and myself when I use it.

Love this microphone!

FINALLY I'm not chasing a mic stand over my guitar and music.

Pro
Lightweight
Good Freq Response
Solid Build

Con
Plastic connector (not a problem yet)
Can't "lean in" to the mic

Love this mic, using it with a TC Electronic VoiceLive Touch and it's perfect for live, recordings, and DJ/Announcements

Works well with several different headphone types, as well as buds too.

works great for my Choir director who is also our organist and keyboard player. he can play and not worry about the old boom mic blocking his view of the music