Need to hear about your experience actually shooting with the Røde Video Wireless Lav

I've never had any trouble with rode cables, but do use my old G3 cables. I have both kits and they've been nothing but reliable. I use them with DPA 4060 mics and they sound great.
 
Very similar experience lately. Two brand new sets have been giving me issues, but on the receiver side and the 3.5mm output. They don't make a good connection with the included coiled cables. Sent them into Rode for repair. What's odd is that my Sennheiser 3.5mm to XLR cables work just fine. My old set has a black washer holding the female jack solid, but the new sets do not.

I also had the original Lav design, however it caused interference issues. The new one Rode sent, although molded plastic, works much better without any interference.
 
Just received this reply from Curtis Judd (who is a prolific YouTube poster) re using a particular lav mic that he reviewed and someone on Amazon who wrote a review stating they had issues with that mic and RodeLink ...
"Curtis Judd
I would definitely take that review into account. I usually just use that included RODE Lavalier and experience interference even with that lav mic from time to time so there's a good chance it'll be a problem with others as well, including the JK. In fact, I've experienced that with the Sanken COS-11D which is widely used by professionals with other wireless systems. I'm starting to wonder if it is the RODELink system which is the problem but I'm not sure."
 
Just shot a long walk and talk a few hours ago with a talent wearing my Røde Wireless with the Røde lavaliere in a giant, corrugated steel warehouse with tons of wiring, huge aluminum girders and the mic performed flawlessy, it really sounded as good as a hard wired lav, not even a hint of RF hits, mosquito noise or any other artifacts. For $400.00, it sounds better than by old UHF systems that cost four and five times as much.
 
It's definitely not a flawless miracle but for situations like the one I was in yesterday, documentary shoot, run and gun, no sound mixer, I cannot overstate the importance of putting a lav on talent, turning on the transmitter and receiver and IT JUST WORKS AND SOUNDS GREAT. No UHF scans (we were less than 5 miles from the local airport), shooting and walking around in a large, corrugated steel building that is empty. No scans, no hits, no frequency concerns, no block concerns. I am selling off my UHF mics because they are incapable of doing this. It seems there are always RF hits, cut outs, scanning issues, etc. Not the thing I want to deal with when I am finessing a nervous subject, a building owner, construction crew, etc.
 
Thanks for all of the updates. I like the idea of investing is a system that will not be sold away in the future. Since I do a lot of live shows, I would like a solid replacement for running an XLR cable back to the sound board. I noticed RODE has an XLR module.. Anybody use this? Do you think there is any chance of getting a line level (even if it is consumer line out of the tape outs) that would rival having a chord? Probably a pipe dream. But to justify a wireless purchase I would want this angle.

Also, using the XLR module with a condenser (since it has 48v) would be great to get some close micing in tough situations. That is if it performs well.

Tough to beat cables but it sounds like you and others are having great reception experiences. Thanks.
 
Just used two XLR kits with 2 stage mics for a concert. I thought they did a great job. Have one of the kits for sale if you're looking.
 
I hate wireless mics, even the $5,000.00 models, qualitatively, all sound worse than a $20.00 XLR cable. But for those rare times like yesterday when I have to use wireless, the Rødes are impressive for the money and beyond.
 
2.4GHz range mics are usually frequency hopping for the clearest channel in the band. There are 11 major channels and multiple possible sub bands depending on data bandwidth used. Most use Ethernet like packet transmission protocols. The space can get crowded. We had to pull an AT 2.4G system from a corporate theater system because they lost links when 200 people showed up with their phones logged onto the campus wifi network.
I have been very happy with a Sennheiser AGX lav system operating in the 1.8-1.9GHZ band white space dedicated for consumer devices like wireless home phones, RC toys, garage door openers. Similar packet based auto frequency hopping network protocol. They link by MAC address, not frequency. No issues with interference or coverage even on a midtown Manhattan shoot. Excellent smart AGC. Great option for a solo shooter like me, or small crew without a dedicated sound man.
 
The AVX looks like a nice unit but I did not see a separate XLR plug transmitter like the Rode system for using your own mics.
 
Yes, I am thinking of how useful it would be to be able to setup a wireless boom for quick interviews. So many uses for wireless and single person crew folks, but only if the audio quality is very high.
 
I just listened to my dailies the other day shot with the Rødes. Very impressive for a cheap mic, even impressive for a good mic. In theory, the 2.4Ghz should be a concern about working everywhere but so far, I have had them in a metal, empty building, up at Moscone Center at a full convention with 100K people using cell phones, plus hundreds of booths using various 2.4Ghz bandwidth and so far, nary a peep, no RF hits, dropouts or problems. Those Aussies did their homework as far as transparent frequency agility.
 
Bassman2003 said:
Yes, I am thinking of how useful it would be to be able to setup a wireless boom for quick interviews. So many uses for wireless and single person crew folks, but only if the audio quality is very high.
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mate in Melbourne (Aust) just purchased the Rode Newslink system. Will Report back when he gives me some feedback.
 
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