Best wireless mic reciever in 500 -600 dollar range

sharky

sharky

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Shooting a doc with shotgun / lav set-up. I don't have the big bucks for lectrosonic so wanted to get opinions on best wireless set-up in the 500 - 600.00 dollar range. Thinking sennheiser or possibly new audio-technica (ATW 1811) wireless. Will probably use with DPA 4071 mic.
 
ptalsky said:
Sharky,

Please do a search. You will find your answer easily.

Sennheiser G2.

Phil
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I'll second that Phill, For the price you can't beat a Sennheiser G2 small lightweight and perform very well.


Good luck. Rob
 
I hear sooooo many people tallk about the Sennheiser G2, but I've been told that if you're getting a wireless lav setup that you should definitely get UHF and Definitely get TRUE DIVERSITY

The Sony UWP has both...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...s&Q=&sku=274576&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

The Azden 500UDR has both...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...s&Q=&sku=225737&is=REG&addedTroughType=search


both of these are TRUE DIVERSITY and the Sennheiser G2 is not, but everyone talks about the G2 how come? What am I missing? I would think that True Diversity would be important so you don't get dropouts. Do they come with some other limitations?
 
Goldmond said:
Wouldn't sound be dependent on the Lav itself?
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Nope.

A great lav mic won't help you very much if your transmitter is the weak link in the chain. That mic won't sound any better than the wireless transmission allows it to.
 
Well, let's also keep in mind that we're talking a specific budget range. There is no question that the most desireable wireless sets are either Lectrosonics or Zaxcom.

But, in that budget range, we have had numerous discussions with real world use reports and the general consensus is G2. Timapter has used the Sony's with negative results.

But, bottom line, rather than rehashing the 8000 or so posts on this topic, please do a search - all of this information is already available.

Phil
 
i started out with the sennheiser wireless and did a lot of documentary stuff and the sound was just fine.

i am using lectrosonic now but it is several times the price.

matthew
 
Thanks, I've spent hours reading posts on this topic, but haven't seen diversity come up much, a little but not much so the explanation helps a lot. Sounds like it's one of those things that is nice to have, but not absolutely necessary.
 
Diversity is pretty important in ENG/walk-n-talk type audio. Interior environments can have lots of reflection and as your subject moves around you can lose the signal.

In narrative work you can simple reposition the RX to get a better signal. In my Lectro 190 days sometimes I would have a PA move the RX around to counteract dead spots hit by the actor.

If your subject is moving around indoors you might have some issues with non-diversity but the G2s will work fine for most doc work.

Good luck
 
sigh... i forget a lot of questions are from one man bands. my initial answer was to say " g2 is good enough. besides its back up for the boom"
 
I do want to correct one opinion expressed here - Sennheiser G2's do have a diversity receiver option - but it is a base-station-style receiver rather than a "baggable" Rx. So, if diversity is important for you, and you're doing sit-and-mix gigs, then order the Tx with the base-station instead of the small Rx. (I have two - would be willing to part with them.)

Phil
 
Diversity rules!
i don't like sennheiser... 500$ or 5000$ ones... never had a good experience with any!
lectros diversity (UHF) are great... even UCR100 non diversity is verry good.
I am about to test a 1800 series next thursday... i will post my opinion here.... i put a lot of hope in that kit... specs and concept looks great!
 
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at 1800 series are not as godd as expected!

at 1800 series are not as godd as expected!

:crybaby:
 i got a kit to test from a dealer... some good and bad points...
goods:

construction: 7/10
sound quality... 8/10
impressive! i had a lectro UCR411A 2.500$ and a sennheiser mk2 mic.
compare with AT[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]bodypack and a AT 899 mic. Sounds almost the same!
i did ask to another soundman to comments... he was also impressed !

signal to noise...8/10
bit more from AT... NB you have to tun off any lecto noise reduction function!!!! cuse with it it's no noise at all!

Bad:
Ok... some history first... U101 kit... i tried it before and it was suffering some [/FONT][FONT=Courier, Monospaced] antenna switching phenomenon[/FONT]
 [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]i had the same kind of clicking when the antennas switch! so, are we in presence of a miniaturized version of the 3000 series or a reincarnation of the U101?
.. the clicking may be not noticied in a noisy situation but may me verry bad in a quiet interview...
it may be due to verry bad luck... having a U101 and 1800 having same defect?
or a bad base concept allowing such a crappy operation!
i tryed before [/FONT][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]3000 series with the [/FONT]handheld mic... it was verry good and no clicking!!!
 [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]or i am too picky? ... i dont think so...

also... tryed the [/FONT]Dreaded Key Test[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] so bad! not good results... it sounds like anything but keys!

[/FONT]Walk Test... not bad... but compare to lectros... no way! about 25% of the distance...
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I hope its a defective unit and can say sorry... but for now...TEST BEFORE TO BUY!

I know 1 channel of a lectro kit is 2.500$
and half of a 1800 kit is about 650$...

If it's not for the clicking problem i would ha been verry impressed..... but....

The packaged mic is crap! probably a 50$ mic... with a AT899CW at 160$ .... sounds great!

I keep testings tomorrow... i will comment here again...

Daniel

If anyone got this kit tested please let me know about the clicking....


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Daniel Tremblay said:
Diversity rules!
i don't like sennheiser... 500$ or 5000$ ones... never had a good experience with any!
lectros diversity (UHF) are great... even UCR100 non diversity is verry good.
I am about to test a 1800 series next thursday... i will post my opinion here.... i put a lot of hope in that kit... specs and concept looks great!
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Right, diversity is great when you're working with a fringe signal (interference, extra-long run maybe 500+ feet, working on higher frequencies, not line of site, etc). But for reasonable everyday use, most of us have good luck with the standard Sennheiser G2 transceivers.

Regards, Michael
 
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