[Adam Leonard]

Thank you! I guess this means that I haven’t used a SAN yet after all.

[Adam Leonard]

Thanks Ty, but the kind of show we’re talking about has an even lower budget/minimum standard of quality than what you’re thinking of. I forgot to mention that we’re located in American Samoa, which is basically a developing nation where rival TV stations make shows that look like they were done by high schoolers. Although it would make everything sound a lot better, he won’t be needing a boom mic, unless he gets into making that movie.

I’ll be sure to tell him about the Sennheiser G3 and Sony MDR7506.

I see a lot of cheaper used options on eBay, but I don’t have a clue about which ones are total crud and which are not. This looks kind of tempting.

We’ve also got the problem of how none of sites I see are selling the individual mics. All of them seem to be selling one or two with a transmitter, with just one exception.

Here at the station, we use Azden WM-PROs which have been usually, but not always, pretty good. And someone is selling them individually for only $29 each. Thing is, the ones we have are limited to exactly two frequencies (the “F1 and “F2” that you can see in the picture) and attempting to put two mics on one frequency results in a warbly background noise and one mic being much louder than the other. But the seller says “we have different frequencies and pl tones avail.” Is it possible for these seemingly identical mics to come in different frequencies? Could one or two Azden receivers pick four frequencies up at once?

Would it make sense to buy four Azden mics from them and a receiver like possibly this one that can pick them all up? They also have that one in other frequencies.

Do different brands of wireless mics generally work with different brands of receivers? Are there any other lower-priced wireless mics that aren’t completely terrible?

Thanks again for all you help.

-Adam

[Adam Leonard]

Oh, sorry. I actually bought a used replacement one on eBay for something like 1/3 of the retail price, but I printed out your instructions and gave them and the broken mic to my boss, who has soldering skill. No word yet on if he’s going to fix it. Thanks!

[Adam Leonard]

Here’s some better images, taken with a real camera. They’re too big for this site, so I’ve hosted them elsewhere and linked them. Notice the black wire in the second set of photos that’s not attached to anything. I think that may be important. Thanks.

https://imgur.com/kvikQ.jpg

https://imgur.com/aoQTh.jpg

https://imgur.com/o44WQ.jpg

https://imgur.com/NIdd5.jpg

https://imgur.com/wmPgn.jpg

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[Adam Leonard]

OK, I’ll provide better ones by Monday, possibly sooner. I left it up at the office but I’m probably going to need to run up there today.

Thanks,

Adam