Yep, Mirza, you are correct, but for that price I can get a pair of CM-311As. And, if it's good enough for Garth and an enormous number of other pro singers, it's good enough for me. The very first thing I noticed when I switched from the Audio Tachnica Pro8-Hex was the Cm311A had a lot more depth and clarity than any of the other headset mics I had tried earlier, such as the Countryman-6, which I used one day and returned. The other thing I immediately noticed was there was not a hint of feedback, even when I stepped directly in front of the Bose L1 PAS system I was using at the time. The Countryman E6 screamed if you got in the same zip code with the speakers and that was the super cardiod model, which cost extra.

Others I've tried included two Shure models, can't remember the model numbers, though, Samson, Sennheiser. None of them came remotely close to the Crown in overall sound quality and clarity. I've never seen an DPA in the music stores I frequented, both locally and online, so I have no first hand experience with them to make a comparison.

Cheers,

Gary