Very nice microphone at a great price. WIsh it had an on/off switch.

great mic for the money. **** including shipping. My Shure sm58 was stolen so I thought I would replace it with the xm8500. The mic does sound good for live sound applications, I use it for vocals. However the tone of the xm is different than the sm58. but with a little eq tweaking you can dial in a good sound. This mic does not feed back easily and you can turn it up without any feedback problems. It comes with a padded protective case and stand adapter. Excellent buy.