Here we are a year later and leaning toward the Sennheiser AVX primarily because of the ease of operation for a sole operator. My needs have changed in that I’ll be fine with something that’s good up to 30m, 100’. AVX is currently on sale at Vistek in Canada for some bundles so I’ll call them this week. But here’s a very disturbing comment from earlier this year that seems shocking. I don’t even understand the physics of this that would cause an issue. I’d like to have the XLR mono going into the URSA Mini 4.6K or the BMPCC4K, but on the Mini it seems I can’t also have my Sennheiser MKH416 feeding the other XLR audio input!
Would anyone have any insight into the veracity if this?
“Interferes with hard wired mics, and can't use with analog
By Fred F. 2018-02-28 on B&H Photo review
This is the real major problem with this device. When you connect the receiver unit to a camera or recording device and then plug in a wired mic, the wireless unit interferes with any wired mic you plug in. We tried this on multiple cameras, with multiple wired mics, and multiple XLR cables... it interferes every time. When I called sennheiser about this, they tried to say 'my camera' probably wasn't wired up good. It's a professional Sony camera. Nonetheless we then tried it on 3 other cameras, with 4 other mics, and then even on a ZOOM audio recording device instead of a camera... the sennheiser receiver caused a buzzing on the other plugged in mic EVERY TIME.
So then I called Sennhesier back. They acted as if no one has ever reported to this to them before. Guy literally said I was the only one ever to report this even though there's several comments like this on the internet.
He says, oh it's definitely just that particular unit. Send it in for repair.
I send it in for repair. I get a notification they received it.
Two weeks go by and I hear nothing. I call in and ask what's going on... what's the status. Lady on phone literally admitted they had done nothing with it but said "I'll get someone on this today." I call back tomorrow and same lady says "We're sending you a new unit."
Ok, I get the new unit. IT DOES THE SAME THING! The first unit wasn't defective because the NEW unit is doing the same thing. It's a huge flaw.
Basically, you can ONLY use these AVX systems if you ONLY plan to use by itself or with another AVX system. You can't use an onboard camera mic, shotgun mic, or even another sennheiser earlier generation system.”
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Would anyone have any insight into the veracity if this?
“Interferes with hard wired mics, and can't use with analog
By Fred F. 2018-02-28 on B&H Photo review
This is the real major problem with this device. When you connect the receiver unit to a camera or recording device and then plug in a wired mic, the wireless unit interferes with any wired mic you plug in. We tried this on multiple cameras, with multiple wired mics, and multiple XLR cables... it interferes every time. When I called sennheiser about this, they tried to say 'my camera' probably wasn't wired up good. It's a professional Sony camera. Nonetheless we then tried it on 3 other cameras, with 4 other mics, and then even on a ZOOM audio recording device instead of a camera... the sennheiser receiver caused a buzzing on the other plugged in mic EVERY TIME.
So then I called Sennhesier back. They acted as if no one has ever reported to this to them before. Guy literally said I was the only one ever to report this even though there's several comments like this on the internet.
He says, oh it's definitely just that particular unit. Send it in for repair.
I send it in for repair. I get a notification they received it.
Two weeks go by and I hear nothing. I call in and ask what's going on... what's the status. Lady on phone literally admitted they had done nothing with it but said "I'll get someone on this today." I call back tomorrow and same lady says "We're sending you a new unit."
Ok, I get the new unit. IT DOES THE SAME THING! The first unit wasn't defective because the NEW unit is doing the same thing. It's a huge flaw.
Basically, you can ONLY use these AVX systems if you ONLY plan to use by itself or with another AVX system. You can't use an onboard camera mic, shotgun mic, or even another sennheiser earlier generation system.”
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Rick Lang