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farss wrote on 11/26/2009, 12:37 PM
"Seems pretty good, anyone aware of any problems with this model?"

No and that's around what we pay for them as a dealer down here.
The 300 or 500 series are better. The stock mic that comes with them is very ho hum. We replace it with the MKE -2 Gold mic, much better.

Just keep in mind that the G2 is replaced by the G3 which has the new frequencies. Senny only do a "100" in the G3 series. You want something better then you need to step up to say the 5200 series.

Bob.
musicvid10 wrote on 11/26/2009, 12:57 PM
There is lots of competition on "A" band right now in the US, esp. in urban areas.
This is due to the proliferation of DTV transmitters and people loading up the 500 and 600MHz bands after we lost the 700MHz band.

You really need to do a check first at http://www.sennheiserusa.com/findFrequency/ or better yet find someone who has a G2 500 "A" and run a channel scan to see how many open frequencies you can find in any single bank (Mixing freqs between banks is ill-advised because of IMD).

I suspect B&H is unloading its "A" band units for just that reason. If you live in the boonies, or if you're just contemplating buying one or two units you "should" be OK (We run up to 32 at a time). But last time I set up my "A" band units for a show, I found a lot more competition for RF bandwidth than just 2 years earlier. Wasn't a lot better for my "B" band units, either. Really had to hunt for compatible, clean freqs.

BTW, Sennheiser "A" band is RF broadcast channels 22-28, I believe. Don't confuse these with DTV "channel" numbers, which are just a reference, and don't necessarily correspond to a given transmitter frequency.

Another price point to check on these is on eBay. I bought all of mine B-stock or used for $300 or less a few years back.
farss wrote on 11/26/2009, 1:23 PM
"Another price point to check on these is on eBay."

There's a lot of knock offs on eBay. If you get a unit that proudly states Made in Germany, it's a fake. The real deal is made in the USA, only the prototypes were made in Germany.

Bob.
Coursedesign wrote on 11/26/2009, 1:56 PM
That is funny!!! Busted!

I'm in L.A., so there is a gigantic cloud of RF here...
fherr wrote on 11/30/2009, 6:28 PM
Anyone know if there's similar competition for the "A" band frequencies in Canada? I'm very tempted to buy a set of these Sennheisers for doing interview videos in Toronto. Clueless about the frequency availability situation here though.
musicvid10 wrote on 11/30/2009, 7:38 PM
Contact Sennheiser with your questions.
They are very concerned about these issues, and a live person will contact you by phone (imagine that!) to discuss the traffic in your locale, and work out a solution.
Also, these people are the most knowledgeable I've worked with.

Again, if you are just buying a couple of units, there shouldn't be a problem. It is just when your trying to find a number of frequencies in the same bank that things start to get really squeezed.
fherr wrote on 11/30/2009, 9:33 PM
Will do, thanks!