I purchased a microphone from a uk based power seller, they have a shop and seemed to be very established. I paid with paypal, so believed I would be covered by them for this transaction. A shure SM58 will...
There a lot of counterfeit radio microphones on e-bay currently. How can you spot them? Well the problem is, you can't. Not from the pictures anyway. Not from the descriptions either. Largely because the...
Where do I begin! I have been a professional sound engineer for several years and also have qualifications in sound engineering, I also run a sound lighting hire sales company! The first rule is always; do not...
How to identify fake Sennheiser wireless mics There are a lot of fake microphones about, Shure SM57/58 and Beta58’s are well documented. I thought wireless mics would be less likely to be counterfeited but I...
Most of the Sennheiser Microphones on Ebay are fake, having recently bought one the quality is very bad, They are slightly smaller and don't weight the same, we know as we own two original 845s bought in...
With regard to the influx of cheap copied microphones from the Far East, ie, Shure and Sennheiser, please now be aware of the adverse effect that us honest people have had on the dodgy rip off merchants that...
It isn't like it's hard to tell this fakery from the start, at least for someone who has used, respected and depended on Sennheiser products for a long time, but I am impressed with the work that has gone into...
When looking for radio systems on ebay see Falco's post regarding counterfeit product. He is exactly right regarding pricing. The next step is to work form the manufacturers pricing not from google searches....