Hi Carl here from ProAV TV and today we're taking a look at the ceremony eww Mike 9
KITT so this is a wireless audio system and it's not exactly a new product it's
been around for quite a while but the reason that I wanted to revisit it for
this channel is because I think this is one of the best affordable wireless
microphone systems on the market today especially if you're looking for two
wireless lav mic it's if you're doing the kind of work like I do here on this
channel you quite often need to say have two people in frame like we're doing our
gear debate series or just a standard interview and you want two people miked
up with the wireless lav mic having a system like this is going to be one the
most affordable option on the market and - one of the neatest as well because it
uses only one receiver rather than one for each transmitter it's clearly
heavily inspired by the Sony design but it actually works out way under half the
price of the Sony system so this is going to save you an awful lot of money
if this works for you now of course being half the price it's not quite as
good there are a couple of drawbacks for example the first ones that stand out to
me is that they're a little bit heavier it sounds like a really silly small
thing but it can make a bit of a difference if it's weighing down your
talent pockets the other ones is that it doesn't have a physical mute switch it's
a button on it so it's not quite as easy to see when you're muted and the audio
levels don't show up on the transmitters only on the receiver general day to day
use this is fine but if there's a problem and you need to troubleshoot
where that problem is it is really useful to have levels on your receiver
or a headphone jack or something like that and you don't get either of those
options for troubleshooting with this kit but if those are things that you can
live with this is going to save you a huge amount of money so it might well be
worth a try for most people out there
so let's run you through how to use them here you get either a Group A or a Group
B on the receiver and the settings for each one of them are completely
independent and you can set each transmitter to be either Group A or
Group B now that you've got the Auto scan feature which really quickly and
easily just scans the RF frequencies around and chooses the best one for each
group and then you've got a volume control to set the volume level of each
microphone independently because the aim here is to get these relatively balanced
if you've got two speakers you go in and you set the oil levels to be about the
same thing here on the receiver and the new sellable send a balanced input into
your camera you get one three point five millimeter output here and so you can
take a 3.5 ml cable into a 3.5 mm car but on your camera say if you're using a
small mirrorless camera like a George 5 or a sony a7s something like that or you
can do a single cable to a single XLR for a balanced mix of the two or you can
go from a single cable to two XLR to get a left and a right channel with one mic
on the left channel and one mic on the right channel so there's lots of
different options there power wise it uses double-a batteries we always
recommend with any kit that uses double-a batteries to use rechargeable
batteries one it saves you money in the long run because you don't have to keep
buying new batteries and two they tend to be a lot more reliable nowadays and
they're much more convenient and they're better for the environment so why not
these ones I use here are the GP batteries just simply because they're
the ones that we use here and they're the ones that we trust and they're the
ones we normally recommend with all sales orders so the link to those in the
description down below if you need more of those but overall these are just a
really nice simple little system but obviously all of this doesn't mean
anything at all if the sound quality isn't that good I first time I tested
these I compared them to my Sennheiser AVX units that I always use in the
channel and I was really pleasantly surprised they don't sound better
but I don't think they sound worse either I couldn't really tell that much
of a discernible difference between the two systems there is a little bit of
difference between the microphones that come with it but between the two systems
I can't tell that much at all but in the interest of a fair test what I've got
here is I've got the Sennheiser g4 units and then I've got these ones and I'm
going to use the stock microphone that comes with each one so with the ceremony
I'm using this microphone here that comes with it and on the Sennheiser aw1
1 to g4 kits I'm going to use this n Heiser me2 microphone now bear in mind
that that microphone is a better microphone than this one but overall it
would be interesting to see just how similar they sound okay I'm now wearing
both microphones and they're both being sent straight into our canon c300 Mark
to one on one channel and one on the other one I've got the Sarah Manik here
and the Sennheiser on this side and I'm just going to read from Sarah monix
website while we cut between the two audio files in post so welcome to Sarah
monic a professional sound equipment solution company which focuses on
producing audio adapters microphones and portable recorders audio adapters that
allow customers to connect professional audio recording equipment and
microphones to their DSLR cameras and camcorders and create more beautiful and
smooth sound high-end Moke phones including wired microphones and wireless
microphones for DSLR cameras DV camcorders and now smartphone video is
more more popular sarimanok creates many devices to increase the audio quality
for smartphone video such as the smart mixer smart mic smart rig and also audio
gear for iOS lightning and android type C devices to provide more audio
solutions we've designed many kinds of audio accessories like levia microphones
connecting cables furry outdoor microphone windscreens and etc - except
Hort Sarah monix main products line ok so let me know what you will think of
the Sarah monic kit down in the comment section down below do you think it
sounded just as good as the Sennheiser or could you tell a difference have you
used these before maybe you own them already do they hold up for you or do
you think it's saving the money on these or buying the
more expensive systems from Sennheiser or Sony that we all know and we all
trust let me know in the comment section if you want to buy the sound when it kit
the links are in the description down below thank you very much for watching
and I'll see you in the next one