John. If you can get that L1 to feed back when you move out from in front of the mic then the quality on the mic is bad. Simple as that. Those mics work well on Fender PA systems. They're matched to the input circuit. However, I've found that the best vocal mics on the market are the Shure dynamics. I use a Beta 57 for all my recordings. You should be able to put that mic right up against your speaker and yell into it without feed back. When I read the report on this I really sat up.

Speaking of feed back, my Beta 57 doesn't, as a rule. I've never gotten it up high enough to feed back. In fact, it's the only mic I've ever had that the voice was way over the backing tracks volume. You can ask Kajun Jeaux about that one. He uses a Shure SM58. He couldn't get his up to the same level as I was. I was Way too loud. So I had to bring mine down about 4 db. The bottom line here is I find the Beta models to be what it takes to have a quality sounding voice without feed back. I've thought about getting the Beta 87. Supposed to be the top of the line in vocal mics.

One thing is to goto a music store and try out different mics. Most places have a studio room of sorts for that purpose. Some even have really good recording studios so you can record the ambient sound of you vox across speakers.

This is just my 2¢ worth. Others mileage may vary ... a lot.

Russ
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