Recommend 'wired lav ???
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Barry_Green
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Countryman EMW and Tram TR50 are excellent wired lav's. The Countryman sounds almost identical to the Tram, and in the wired XLR version I think the Countryman is significantly less expensive, around $200 or so.
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
Countryman EMW and Tram TR50 are excellent wired lav's. The Countryman sounds almost identical to the Tram, and in the wired XLR version I think the Countryman is significantly less expensive, around $200 or so.
Steve Ogden
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I bought the wired Countryman on Barrys advice (thanks!), and have been extreemly happy with it. Thinking about getting another. For $200, it's a steal.
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
I bought the wired Countryman on Barrys advice (thanks!), and have been extreemly happy with it. Thinking about getting another. For $200, it's a steal.
Terry_Lasater
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So, give us a link already...
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
So, give us a link already...
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Thanks Barry and Steve ..............If I remember correctly this Countryman wired lav has been recommended on many a video forum! Thanks for clearing the smoke! By the way this Audio section is greatly appreciated and was really needed! DVXuserJunkie
Thanks Barry and Steve ..............If I remember correctly this Countryman wired lav has been recommended on many a video forum! Thanks for clearing the smoke! By the way this Audio section is greatly appreciated and was really needed! DVXuserJunkie
Steve Ogden
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You can buy the mic with a connection for whatever wireless transmitter you specify, and then get a 'wired' connection for it to use direct wired. It adds about $50 to the price, but if you're certian you'll be using it with the Lectro. . .
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
You can buy the mic with a connection for whatever wireless transmitter you specify, and then get a 'wired' connection for it to use direct wired. It adds about $50 to the price, but if you're certian you'll be using it with the Lectro. . .
Steve Ogden
Well-known member
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If you're doing interviews, recording dialog, etc, the EMW is better than the B3. Barry's comments are about the EMW, not the B3. (The B3 is also a very good mic, just for a different application.)
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If you're doing interviews, recording dialog, etc, the EMW is better than the B3. Barry's comments are about the EMW, not the B3. (The B3 is also a very good mic, just for a different application.)
Terry_Lasater
All about the Caption
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Thanks for the info, guys!
I've *heard of* the Countryman mic, but never *heard* it.
With all the endorsements here, I'm convinced it's worth owning.
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
Thanks for the info, guys!
I've *heard of* the Countryman mic, but never *heard* it.
With all the endorsements here, I'm convinced it's worth owning.
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
the emw comes in few versions flat and picked
the picked is good if you mainly hidr it under the clods
its exellent sound mike (better then tram), have exellent long life , i still use ones thet i bought 7 years ago
blends very nice with my dyrectional mikes
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
the emw comes in few versions flat and picked
the picked is good if you mainly hidr it under the clods
its exellent sound mike (better then tram), have exellent long life , i still use ones thet i bought 7 years ago
blends very nice with my dyrectional mikes
Barry_Green
Moderator
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Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
The top audio pro in town here uses EMW's. I had always heard that Tram was tops, so I bought a Tram TR50 (for nearly $300, and that was from B&H). I asked him why he would prefer the EMW.
He did an amazing test. He held the two mic's together, and they nearly completely phase-cancelled each other out. What that means is, the audio waveforms being produced by the mic's were nearly *identical*, so identical that the peaks and valleys were lining up in such an identical fashion as to cancel each other out.
From that moment on I was sold. I've already got the hardwired Tram and love it, but the EMW is a lot less expensive and the sound is functionally identical.
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
The top audio pro in town here uses EMW's. I had always heard that Tram was tops, so I bought a Tram TR50 (for nearly $300, and that was from B&H). I asked him why he would prefer the EMW.
He did an amazing test. He held the two mic's together, and they nearly completely phase-cancelled each other out. What that means is, the audio waveforms being produced by the mic's were nearly *identical*, so identical that the peaks and valleys were lining up in such an identical fashion as to cancel each other out.
From that moment on I was sold. I've already got the hardwired Tram and love it, but the EMW is a lot less expensive and the sound is functionally identical.
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the tram for ears had bad cabling reputation ( i have a couple that were collaps near the head) , cracks on plastic shield , sencitive to dimmer preamps(for hard wier use), stif cabling after some use , and few other uplesent suprises , the countryman other side have better preformers over the years
the only problem is a poor acssesary arsenal which comming with the mike and high prices for replsment or othisianal parts ( tram have the best collection) , very bad wind shild .
the flat version is much plessent for my ears over the boosty tram
ps
i prefer the sanken and dpa over both of them but money wise per preformers te emw is a burgen
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
the tram for ears had bad cabling reputation ( i have a couple that were collaps near the head) , cracks on plastic shield , sencitive to dimmer preamps(for hard wier use), stif cabling after some use , and few other uplesent suprises , the countryman other side have better preformers over the years
the only problem is a poor acssesary arsenal which comming with the mike and high prices for replsment or othisianal parts ( tram have the best collection) , very bad wind shild .
the flat version is much plessent for my ears over the boosty tram
ps
i prefer the sanken and dpa over both of them but money wise per preformers te emw is a burgen
taubkin
Veteran
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Hey, Barry... Are you sure it's not just a combination of inverted phase systems? I tought even different sounding mics could cancel each other... Especially if they have the same pickup pattern... I hear stories all the time about lining europpean and american mics on the same shot and getting a phase-cancelled response...
Just a tought...
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
Hey, Barry... Are you sure it's not just a combination of inverted phase systems? I tought even different sounding mics could cancel each other... Especially if they have the same pickup pattern... I hear stories all the time about lining europpean and american mics on the same shot and getting a phase-cancelled response...
Just a tought...
Barry_Green
Moderator
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I think the waveform has to be pretty exact for it to cancel another waveform out... and they sure sounded exact to my ears...
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I think the waveform has to be pretty exact for it to cancel another waveform out... and they sure sounded exact to my ears...
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I have the new Sennheiser 100 ENG G2 on order. It comes with the Senn. ME2 lav.
Is the Countryman EMW a better lav than the Senn. ME2?
Also, the Countryman comes in 3 choices: Flat, Shelved and Peaked. Which of the three choices is best for film and documentary dialog? Probably hidden under clothing?
Thanks
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
I have the new Sennheiser 100 ENG G2 on order. It comes with the Senn. ME2 lav.
Is the Countryman EMW a better lav than the Senn. ME2?
Also, the Countryman comes in 3 choices: Flat, Shelved and Peaked. Which of the three choices is best for film and documentary dialog? Probably hidden under clothing?
Thanks
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Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
picked or shelved -depends what do you like , if its better then me2?
i like it more
iven you have one tx only its alwais better have another mike (**** happens and talants ruin the mikes sometimes)
another thing some woices will dsounded better with different mike
i working mosly with countryman and sankens
Re: Recommend 'wired lav ???
picked or shelved -depends what do you like , if its better then me2?
i like it more
iven you have one tx only its alwais better have another mike (**** happens and talants ruin the mikes sometimes)
another thing some woices will dsounded better with different mike
i working mosly with countryman and sankens