I have an opportunity to set up an at home broadcasting studio.

[MineralMan]

6. I'm not any kind of expert on this, but I've noticed something.

A lot of people are "phoning it in" on MSNBC and other networks. I'm getting very weary of people who are not paying attention to sound quality when appearing from their home studio.

Yesterday, I noticed something in particular. Of the three people calling in remotely, the very best sounding one was a woman wearing Apple wired earbuds with the mic in the earpiece wire. She sounded far better than the other two guests. Why? Because the mic was close to her, rather than located where the camera was. Those mics are designed to pick up the human voice accurately when worn as designed. They work very well. That's why professional on-air people working remotely wear clip-on mics, away from their mouths. They eliminate echoing and room acoustics and just pick up the voice of the speaker.

Camera position and lighting are pretty flexible. You need to make sure you look good on camera by adjusting those things. But, sound is a critical issue. If you sound crappy, your entire presentation appears to be crappy.