Posted by doc on 07/25/06 15:48

Our experience with Azden revealed drop out in heavily wired older buildings
and signal bleed over if the frequencies were too close while our experience
with Sennheiser has been excellent.

DrD

"Richard Crowley" <richard.7.crowley@intel.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve Guidry" wrote ...
>> Forget Sampson. Forget Nady. Forget anything made by Azden.
>
> Azden appears to be attempting to go up-market with some of their
> recent products. They were vigorously defended by a professional
> videographer in SFO here a year or two ago. I have not personally
> used any of their equipment, though.
>
>> If you can sfford $1000, buy a Lectrosonics. If $500 is more in the
>> ballpark, buy a Sennheiser Evolution-100 mic. It's nearly as good as the
>> lectro, but not so rugged.
>
> And anything <$500 is likely a plastic toy not worth the "investment".
>
>> Don't buy anything used, as wireless mics have a tendency to develop
>> internittent problems, and even if you demo it might sound fine, and
>> exhibit the problem at a critical time later.
>
> I have several 800-900 MHz Sony units which I have bought used
> (eBay) and I am quite happy with all of them. But I bought them
> from private users (not vendors) who had first-hand experience
> with them and could vouch for their condition.
>

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