Cost-efficient LAVS: Sennheiser, Sony...and new frequencies? Advice please?
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longshanks
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Sorry Steve, But I'm still really confused! If I want to go wired, not wireless, then why would I want to run a Countryman through these transmitters? and how could I since there really isn't an input/output line on the transmitters. Let's forget for the moment that I have G2's, now if I buy a Countryman does the other end of the mic have a headphone jack? and if so wouldn't I just plug that into one of the phantom power adapters you showed me? So if I follow you correctly, you were referring me to a wireless set-up? Where as I want to go strictly wired when it comes to quality lavs such as the Countryman. So without seeing the other end of the Countryman, its hard for me to realize what I need.
Thanks!
Steve House
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Your question was, if you bought Countryman that were already wired to be used with a G2 transmitter, what would you need to get to be able to use them also hard-wired with an XLR cable. Those links are not to transmitters, they're to the power supplies / adapters that you'd need to use a lav originally wired for a G2 wireless with an XLR cable instead. Simlar power supplies are also available for lavs originally wired for a number of other wireless units as well - a glance at the Ambient link will show you the variety they offer.
If you're thinking they're transmitters because they seem too expensive to be a simple adapter, that's because they're more than just an adapter. They also need to change the 48v phantom power to 3 volt mic power AND also take an unbalanced microphone output and couple it to a balanced XLR cable. The XLR cable goes to the camera, mixer, or recorder - no wireless involved.
When you buy a Countryman (or most other professional lavs for that matter) you order it with your choice from a variety of different available connectors depending on what you intend it to be used with. For example, you might get it with a 1/8 mini if you were going to use it with a G2 or a TA5F if you were going to use it with a Lectro, you can even get it without a connector at all, just bare wire on the end of the cable, ready to solder it yourself to your own connector. Pro suppliers such as Trew or Coffey are able to put together whatever your particular application needs. Here's a link to Countryman's page describing how they're wired for different wireless units... http://countryman.com/display.asp?catid=4&pid=75 Countryman can even be ordered permanently hardwired directly to an XLR power supply if you know you'll never need to use it with a wireless unit. Same for Tram and Sanken. Here's Trew's Countryman page to show you what they have just off-the-shelf and they can make up other combinations that aren't listed. http://www.trewaudio.com/store/home.php?cat=42
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WirelessTech
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The FCC is changing the permitted frequency ranges for UHF wireless mics in the U.S. It appears that they will no longer be allowed to operate between 698 and 806 MHz. Some people have started calling the remaining permitted range of 470 to 698 MHz the "new" spectrum or range, even though it has been in use for many years.