Wireless A/V (not filmmaking) gear: Shure?

[nyvideo]

This post has nothing to do with filmmaking, but some of you might be able to provide useful information and experience.

We have online presentations several times per month. These are usually between a conference room in our office in California and one in an office on another continent. We've been using a Polycom system, but I'm looking for a dual microphone wireless system that will include one lavalier and one hand-held that can be passed among participants. We might have a budget of ~$1,500. If this were for my own use in making narrative video I'd probably go with Sennheiser or Audio-Technica.

However, today I saw some Shure A/V gear that seemed impressively durable. The system is called ULX and a dual system would probably be in the same ballpark in terms of price. Shure's been around for a long time, the product seems like it would last, and might be a good fit for our needs. I'd like to hear from people who have had experience with A/V gear like this. Is this a good choice? Is there something better for the same price? Durability is key, even more than the highest quality audio, because the system may not always be treated with the best care.

 

[JordanBlock]

The ULX gear is solid, I've got a bunch of it installed in various places and I've got no complaints. Avoid the PG line though, it's too 'user friendly' and I always find it annoying when I have to use any of that stuff.

 

[Alan H. Chang]

Shure ULX for the budget-mind folks. If you've the budget, go straight to their UR series. I use a couple of PG series weekly especially the PG58 wireless HH microphone and they work really well. The problem with the PG series is their sync and tune system. Can't see any freq except for their channel numbers and groups.

Sennheiser systems are also good. Their G3 series are much better than their G2. Mostly use their HH and lapels when floating from venue to venue. Change freq every 5kHz, easy to operate.

I can't deal with AT stuff. I have this Nady unit that actually works better than expected! Funny

 

[Captain Pierce]

I have not used the ULX series; I have, however, used the slightly-less-expensive version, the SLX series, and I have not been impressed with the durability. Particularly in the handheld transmitters. The ULX's could be totally different, of course.

When it came time to replace a bunch of 700MHz wireless systems earlier this year, with durability a concern since these are rental units, I went Sennheiser.