Samson Expedition XP208w Rechargeable Portable Pa w/ Wireless System & Bluetooth

I originally bought this for outdoor acoustic gigs where I knew there was no power. I wanted to plug a guitar into one input and use the wireless mic and be able to use the built in echo for both. The echo is barely usable; it doesn't sound great and not very tweakable. Also it only works on channels 1 and 3, so if you are trying to use a mandolin or 2nd guitar and go into input 2, no echo. Also, input 2 is a 3.5mm line level input. I wish it was a duplicate of input 1. The EQ is overall, so if you tweak it up for the guitar, the mic may not sound great. The wireless mic that comes with it actually sounds very good. The battery only seemed to last about 6 hours, not the advertised 12. You can bluetooth your phone to it to play music and use the mic to sing along ... MoreI originally bought this for outdoor acoustic gigs where I knew there was no power. I wanted to plug a guitar into one input and use the wireless mic and be able to use the built in echo for both. The echo is barely usable; it doesn't sound great and not very tweakable. Also it only works on channels 1 and 3, so if you are trying to use a mandolin or 2nd guitar and go into input 2, no echo. Also, input 2 is a 3.5mm line level input. I wish it was a duplicate of input 1. The EQ is overall, so if you tweak it up for the guitar, the mic may not sound great. The wireless mic that comes with it actually sounds very good. The battery only seemed to last about 6 hours, not the advertised 12. You can bluetooth your phone to it to play music and use the mic to sing along with it, so instant Karaoke machine. Sound quality overall very good. Lightweight and loud enough. The ducking feature is cool but I wish it would take a little longer to release, so as to better handle the pauses in normal speech. In summary, if the mixer section was better, this thing would be perfect.

The Microphone kind of cuts in and out from time to time even with new batteries. I use ProCell Batteries which work very well with all my wireless microphones even last twice s long as any other 9v battery. i'm not sure if its the lack of range that when you cover the receiver a bit it blocks the signal or what but other than that the sound quality and volume of it are pretty impressive.I use it for small events and i have used it in instances where i need to setup many speakers so i turn this on until i get my generator working. the link out also works very well I used this once as the mixer when all i needed was an iPod and the wireless microphone to work..Also Wired microphones don't work well with this. I think that the speaker does not provide enough power ... MoreThe Microphone kind of cuts in and out from time to time even with new batteries. I use ProCell Batteries which work very well with all my wireless microphones even last twice s long as any other 9v battery. i'm not sure if its the lack of range that when you cover the receiver a bit it blocks the signal or what but other than that the sound quality and volume of it are pretty impressive.I use it for small events and i have used it in instances where i need to setup many speakers so i turn this on until i get my generator working. the link out also works very well I used this once as the mixer when all i needed was an iPod and the wireless microphone to work..Also Wired microphones don't work well with this. I think that the speaker does not provide enough power to power a wired microphone. From time to time it works but only for a bit maybe when the battery is fully charged does it work after that the wired microphone just stops working.

This system is easy to use and sounds enormous to its size! My Ipod worked great attached to the system and the wireless microphone is a plus! My electric/acoustic guitar sounds great hooked up to it as well! Turn the volume low on your Ipod volume control and turn the mic volume up = KAROKE! Everyone loves it!