ja135321
March 10th, 2003, 02:15 PM
I've searched thru all the threads concerning wireless mics/systems only to come up with these conclusions.
1. UHF better that VHF.
2. Diversity better than non diversity. (Questionable. I spoke to a guy a B&H, he said that one always gets the signal and the other always picks up noise. From users comments they say that they had both and couldn't tell the difference.)
3. channels = systems. (means you can buy up to that many units of the device to use simultaneously. ie 4 channels, then you can buy 4 receivers and transmitters and use them together. So if you have a 32 channel receiver it means squat if you only ever plan to use 1.)
4. Balanced is better than unbalanced because you'll have less change of getting interference noise.
5. Frequencies the more the better so you can switch if something is on the one you're on.
After reviewing all of the above I decided to purchase the Sennheiser Evolution 500. Except when I called someone at LocationSound they said that the only diff between the 100 and the 500 was the connector for the headset jack. Now, if you were to pay double just for a headjack I would think you're nuts. After further research, I discovered that the 500 has 32 channels(not that it matters) but it has Balanced XLR output which makes the biggest difference in terms of sound quality and it comes with a headset jack to boot.
1. UHF better that VHF.
2. Diversity better than non diversity. (Questionable. I spoke to a guy a B&H, he said that one always gets the signal and the other always picks up noise. From users comments they say that they had both and couldn't tell the difference.)
3. channels = systems. (means you can buy up to that many units of the device to use simultaneously. ie 4 channels, then you can buy 4 receivers and transmitters and use them together. So if you have a 32 channel receiver it means squat if you only ever plan to use 1.)
4. Balanced is better than unbalanced because you'll have less change of getting interference noise.
5. Frequencies the more the better so you can switch if something is on the one you're on.
After reviewing all of the above I decided to purchase the Sennheiser Evolution 500. Except when I called someone at LocationSound they said that the only diff between the 100 and the 500 was the connector for the headset jack. Now, if you were to pay double just for a headjack I would think you're nuts. After further research, I discovered that the 500 has 32 channels(not that it matters) but it has Balanced XLR output which makes the biggest difference in terms of sound quality and it comes with a headset jack to boot.