I have done some sound engineering in the past hence why I went with the full setup of external mics+digital mixer. Obviously this is not for everyone, and I have multiple devices that require audio routing as well as multiple mics.

I ended up getting a used commercial audio DSP as the mixer/processor to save some money [1]. Since I listen on speaker I also have noise gates set up, mics rung out, etc.

The whole shebang is definitely not portable and tuned to the room, and if I'm on the go I'll just take the interface, handheld dynamic, and IEMs.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/CommercialAV/comments/waufab/update...