8 pages
What to buy the volunteer who runs the board, the camera or the projector, at every budget from a stocking filler to a genuine upgrade.
Every page is researched from manufacturer specifications, operator manuals, FCC rules, published standards and the consensus of verified owner reviews, not hands-on testing. Every table on this site is plain HTML you can quote, and every calculator shows its formula on the page.
Last updated
A cheap all-copper XLR run for positions that do not move. Buy several: a dead cable at 10 on a Sunday morning is the most common failure in church audio.
Best for: Spares, and fixed positions such as the lectern
Check price on Amazon
A belt-clip headphone amplifier that takes an aux send on XLR and drives in-ear earphones. Forty dollars turns a spare aux into a wired in-ear mix.
Best for: The cheapest possible way to try in-ear monitoring before committing
Check price on Amazon
The standard tripod boom stand. Cheap enough to buy six, sturdy enough that a singer leaning on it does not put the microphone on the floor.
Best for: Vocal positions, and the spare that lives behind the drum riser
Check price on Amazon
Closed-back headphones with heavy isolation, which is what the sound operator needs to check a channel while the room is loud.
Best for: The mix position, and the video operator checking the stream feed
Check price on Amazon