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INDEXAny specific gear recommendations for an ideal x2 wireless Lavalier mic set up?
5 years, 10 months ago - Steve Nethercott-Cable
Any advice appreciated. I need to record x2 voices simultaneously from x2 fast-walking actors to a Zoom H6. I have seen Rode Wireless Go mics... (@ £185 each) £370 - seems expensive. Any cheaper / better options?
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5 years, 10 months ago - Sam Seal
Those Rode mics are the nuts. Very impressive for the price. You don't even need a Lav mic, there's one built in to the transmitter.
5 years, 10 months ago - George Brian Glennon
It's all relative. The Sennheiser lavs are $599 for the set. You can rent them (the set) for 25 pounds a day, probably 20 a day for the week. They have never failed us in demanding situations.. Every rental house should have them. I have no experience with the Rode wireless mics.
5 years, 10 months ago - Susi Arnott
Taking a step back, think about what else you might ever make. Still have 2 Sennheiser radio mic kits - first from the 90s then another from early noughties. Cost a lot, but quality means they're still going strong - and having them can free up how you plan and work and conceive of scenes etc.
5 years, 10 months ago - Richard Lipman
Sennheiser AVX-ME2 Set
5 years, 10 months ago - Steve Nethercott-Cable
Big thanks for your feedback Sam, George and Susi. (My budget won't quite reach Sennheiser level tho). After considering all comments and reading further reviews of gear I mentioned, will go for combination of Zoom H6 + 2 x Rode Wireless Go + 2 x Rode Lavalier Go Lapel Mics (to allow more options). Already have a Rode NTG2 and Rode Video mic Pro - so this should be ideal set up, to cover all options going forward!
5 years, 10 months ago - John Lubran
Both Rode and Sennheiser make sold, reliable proper functioning kit. Sennheiser has the long standing reputation in the West. Rode are the relative newcomers from the Australia. The only practical difference is that Rode are cheaper.
As for myself, being based in the heart of rural Wales, 140 plus round trips in order hire kit does impinge on ones operational flexibility and is detrimental to opportunity. If it's a one off thing fine, but if one intends to a lot of this sort of thing then owning stuff can be a conciderable benefit.