You might not love my voice, guys, but you've got to love this microphone. I'm singing on a balcony over Surfers Paradise, then down on Main Beach in the wind, then along the Nerang River serenading the swans — and every note comes through the speaker clean. These are the JBL EasySing mics: two wireless karaoke mics in one box, and honestly, this is the karaoke mic I've been waiting for.

Today we're running both mics through the JBL PartyBox Encore Essential 2 — unboxing, setup, the AI vocal remover, a proper duet, and wind tests on the beach, all here on the Gold Coast. I had a look before filming and most reviews of these are done sitting in a room, so we're taking them outside: two mics, real places, real singing. One honest note up front — YouTube won't let me use copyrighted music, so every song you hear in the video is one of our own MrYouWho tracks. Sorry in advance about my singing.

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01Unboxing: What's in the Box

Lift the lid and there they are — two mics sitting side by side. Underneath you've got the wireless dongle, two mic holders, and a little USB-A adapter. Pick one up and it's 195g and about 22cm long, with a proper bit of weight to it. You hold this and it feels like you're about to get up on stage, not like a toy from a kids' karaoke set.

The dongle is tiny — only 12g, about the size of your thumb. Be careful you don't lose it; I've nearly done that a couple of times already. One catch straight away: there's no USB-C cable in the box to charge the mics. JBL don't include one, but grab one from home and it's no bother.

02Setup: Update First, Then Plug and Sing

Setup is quick, but do one thing first: update your speaker in the JBL PartyBox app. These mics are brand new, and if your speaker's firmware isn't current, the dongle might not connect. Once that's done, the dongle goes into the USB-C port on the back of the Encore Essential 2, you turn the mic on with the power button on the bottom, and that's it. No pairing, no menus — plug and sing.

That little USB-A adapter is for the older PartyBoxes with a USB-A port, like the Club 120 and the Stage 320. If you've got a newer speaker like the Encore Essential 2 we're using here, you just plug the dongle straight in. Most of the current PartyBox range supports these mics — check your model in the JBL app before you buy.

03Balcony Test: Talking to Surfers Paradise

First stop, the balcony — Gold Coast skyline, a park below, and you know I love talking to people. So I grabbed the mic and literally said hello to the whole Gold Coast. It's not just for singing: as a mic for talking over the speaker, it's loud, clear and easy. Turn the mic volume down on the mic itself and it drops straight away.

Then the music went on and I did one of our own tracks — speaker going, mic in hand, the original song playing with vocals and all. I may not be a pop star, but you get a real idea of how it sounds.

04The AI Vocal Remover: Any Song Becomes Karaoke

Here's the reason to buy these. There's an AI vocal remover on a button right on the mic. Start a song and press it: one press gives you 25% of the original vocal, again for 50%, again for 100%. So you can sing with the artist, sing on your own, or let them carry you through the hard bits.

And that's a normal song straight off my phone — the mic took the singer out in real time. You don't need to hunt down a karaoke version. You can also control it through the app, but having it on the mic means you never have to stop and grab your phone mid-song.

05The Duet Test with Ronnie

The second mic is where the EasySing set is different. Both mics run off the same single dongle, so two people sing at the same time and both come through the speaker — duets, harmonies, no waiting your turn. I brought my mate Ronnie out onto the balcony (he was a bit nervous, but he's got a great sultry voice) and we went for it.

His verdict? He said the mic was absolutely amazing — and he'd know: "I came from the Philippines and we love karaoke." You don't have to be an expert, either; the mics genuinely help your voice sound better than it does on its own.

Two details I really noticed passing the mic between us: there's a shock mount inside, so you don't hear that thump when the mic changes hands, and a built-in pop filter, so you're not hearing everyone's breathing either.

06The Beach Test: Main Beach in the Wind

This is the test I really wanted to see. Down to Main Beach with the mics and the speaker — both very portable — and it was properly windy. You can hear me talking clearly through the speaker, and on the recording you just can't hear the wind. That's the great thing about these mics.

Inside each one there's a 16mm mic capsule with a cardioid pickup, so it's listening to me and not everything else around me. I pushed it loud and it didn't break up or distort; go soft and it's still clear. A few people on the beach looked at me like I was weird, but that's the point of the channel — real testing. There's also pitch support, natural reverb and feedback suppression built in, which basically means it helps you sound a little better than you really are.

07Nerang River & More Balconies

Then I went down by the Nerang River and did a ballad for the swans — and I reckon they actually loved it. Again, no wind coming through. I also took it out to the other balconies, with the waves and the beach going behind me, and it held up every time. The cardioid pickup and pop filter are doing the heavy lifting out here.

08The Speaker, Connection & Encryption

The PartyBox Encore Essential 2 was out in the sand with us. It's IPX4 splash-proof and runs up to 15 hours, so it's not the thing that ends your day. The IPX4 rating meant I was confident taking it down to the beach — a bit of sand or rain isn't going to stop it.

The mics connected well the whole time. They run on 2.4GHz with adaptive channel selection, so they find a clear channel, and the link is AES-128 encrypted — the mics are locked to your dongle, so nobody else's mic is coming through your speaker.

09Battery & the JBL PartyBox App

Battery is up to 10 hours per mic from a 240mAh battery each — a whole party, not a couple of songs. When they're flat, plug USB-C into the bottom and they're full again in about 3.5 hours. The dongle has no battery at all; it runs off the speaker, so that's one less thing to charge.

The vocal remover lives on the mic button (and in the app). The mic sound — bass, treble and echo — is set through the speaker's buttons or the JBL PartyBox app. A touch of echo is lovely; too much and it sounds like you're singing in a car park, so dial it back. Back on the apartment balcony I finished with one of our party songs, with the coast behind us and the sound tweaked in the app — and that's where it really felt like a proper party setup.

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