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Bonaok Karaoke Microphone Review In a previous post , I had said I would be reviewing a USB mixer board. However, when we got this microphone to review, I couldn't wait to try it out. I promise the review of the USB mixer board is coming soon. Bonaok Q37 Karaoke Microphone  is a top selling (and rated) karaoke microphone on Amazon.   I'll have to admit that I hoped that this would be a game changer by the fact that it has Bluetooth support. When we finally received the device, I was hopeful. After spending some time using it, I decided to develop a 3-factor review for karaoke devices going forward. Karaoke Device Review For devices that I review in this blog, I will follow a format that should be easy to grasp where the device excels and where it falls short. Factor 1 - Solo Karaoke Can you karaoke with it? I think that this category will mostly receive a yes. However, there may be some nuances that are worth talking about. Factor 2 - Full Party Can you throw a great kara...

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 Just a quick PSA for everyone: A few weeks ago in a fit of privacy concerns (after reading a couple too many articles on Windows 10 privacy issues); I dug through my Windows settings and attempted to lock the system down more. Well, a few days later I had a Zoom call and found myself without a microphone. I chalked it up to me having disabled the microphone, or something similar. I didn't really need it for the call, so I moved on. I noticed it again and again, Zoom call after Zoom call... but I wasn't using my laptop for Kara-Party.com , so I just put off re-enabling the microphone. Today I had a call where I really would have liked to have some audio. So before the call I checked out my sound devices and found that my microphone was not disabled. Ok, nothing new, probably not the default device, or default communications device. What was odd though: I wasn't seeing any feedback in the sound bar next to the microphone when I talked: "Odd, but OK. I probably need to c...

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Introducing World Party In a previous post I talked about the kara-party.com service. A party in that sense is a single house or apartment. This is great for throwing a karaoke party where you live. But what about joining multiple parties together? This is what the World Party feature handles for you. A host can start a world party, and then other hosts/parties can join the world party. In order to enhance the experience, you will want to use video conference software to setup a meeting, and each host also joins the meeting. How World Party Works When multiple parties are joined in a World Party, the software distributes the songs across all of the parties. When one party is singing, the other parties are "paused" until their turn comes around again. Many users expect the software to simply switch from house to house in a round-robin manner. However, it does not work exactly like that - it is somewhat more nuanced. The software takes into account performer count (with songs...