Wireless Mikes ?

[Ron]

On 03/02/2010 14:34, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article<NOudnS2jhrNQGPTWnZ2dnUVZ7tGdnZ2d@bt.com>,
Ron<ron@lunevalleyaudio.com> wrote:
I believe that's what it's designed to do. I only use radio mics
professionally and would never (intentionally) have a receiver with no
input faded up - but I do realise this can happen in churches, etc.


Radio mikes with switches are a menace.[1] The 'talent' can't seem to
leave them alone, sometimes switching the mike off, then forgetting and
glaring at the sound engineer when it`s muted - of course there`s
nothing he can do from FoH. The mikes with hidden switches are better,
tho often the talent spots the little red light then proceeds to press
all the buttons, sometimes going as far as to inadvertently change
channels!

Sadly many churches in the UK need a radio mic for the 'preacher' these
days but cannot guarantee having an operator for even a simple mixer. So
the user has to be able to mute his mic for singing, etc. But if there's
no operator, no one to glare at. ;-)

My brother's kirk is in just this position - and he has asked for my
advice about a replacement body pack RM for the minister. The old one was
never much good and is getting worse - and it's now illegal in the UK, and
has been for some time.

But I only use pro ones - mainly Microns - which are way outside the
budget, and I have no direct experience of this end of the market which
seems to offer a bewildering choice. My first thought was Trantec as I've
used their inexpensive IEM where there is a likelihood of damage.

The low end Trantecs are identical to the low end Sennheisers. I`ve sold
quite a few of them without problems. The only drawbacks I've found is
the switch is easily knocked and they use PP3 batteries which ups the
running costs over units which use AA's. I've sold quite a lot to
schools without any comebacks save the odd broken lav wire.

I don't think you need have any misgivings about recommending Trantecs
tho the low end models don't have a mute switch.

At work I use Sennheiser G2 body packs which are pretty bomb proof (tho
not 'talent proof') and will run for at least 6 hours on Procells.

Ron