One of the dirtiest germ-infested appliances that ever existed in modern homes is the telephone receiver, which receives every microscopic bit of saliva spewing out of your mouth in a very undetectable and subtle manner as you speak. In the same analogy, the microphone is the nastiest germ-infested musical apparatus there is. While a phone receiver will most likely have the collection of saliva and microorganisms from five or six different people, a microphone, especially those used for live shows, may have more in that some people even lick the microphone head (remember that Guns 'N Roses "Garden Of Eden" video?), and karaoke microphones might be much worse. Worry no more about contracting the H1N1 influenza virus and other vile pathogens from microphones as Microphome, a professional-grade mic cleaning foam, has been introduced at Summer NAMM 2009.

Microphome is a safe and easy to use microphone disinfectant/sanitizer, useful for keeping the health and safety of both users and microphones. This disinfectant takes only two minutes to use with its fast-drying formula and kills up to 99.9% of germs that reside in microphones. The secret of its effectiveness lies in an alcohol-free formula and its foam aeration system where the antimicrobial fluid is pumped in a measured dose of gently aerated foam that clings to the external microphone surface without touching any internal electronic components and dries fast in two minutes.

Usage is simple: you just squeeze a dose of foam onto a lint-free cloth or palm of your hand rub it onto the microphone's grille. Within two minutes, the disinfectant dries up, leaving your microphone disinfected, deodorized, and safe.

Microphome is also great at renewing neglected microphones, and as such the namesake company also offers a cleaning kit inclusive of a bottle of Microphome, double-ended cleaning brush, soft nylon scouring pad, and microfiber cleaning cloth, packaged in a handy vinyl zipper pouch.

A bottle of Microphome costs 8.98 USD and is sold in 12-bottle cases. The Microphome Microphone Cleaning Kit lists at 25.98 USD.