I run a Karaoke DJ service and my Mic's are constantly being abused by patrons who have had a little to much liquid encouragement. The included Mic cable is decent but not what I use. The Mic it's self has clean crisp sound and it has been dropped numerous times and still sounds clear and works well. I would not recommend this for actual live band use except for instrument pick ups would be fine. With that being said it does work great and is very sturdy for the Karaoke abuse.