AKG Perception radio mics

[Simon Lewis]

Has anyone had experience of this range of radios? I note that they are low cost units, but am hoping that coming from an established name that they won't be absoute pants...

 

I have around 8 units of Sennheiser G2/G3 in 38 and 69, but wish to add some more units in Channel 38 for those extra parts that crop up in panto and school plays...

[STCM_Tech]

I use them on a weekly bases and think they are great. I personally own a perception guitar pack, the flex unit so it has three channels to chose between and at least once a week I work with the handheld/headset version. The units we use must be at least three years old and are still going strong, solid units and very versatile. I love how [depending on the model] your standard size receiver picks up two mic with separate gains and outputs. Although I have seen they have changed their size of their receiver units so that might have changed?

 

I also use G3's regularly and build quality wise yes the G3's are better but only because the belt packs/ handheld mics are better. But saying that after all these years of using the AKG's they are still working fine with nothing being broken and they are getting used by all sorts of people every week.

 

I cant really compare the two on sound quality as I use the G3's through a really nice PA and the AKG's through a, lets say, not so nice PA.

 

I hope someone can you give you their opinion on the sound quality.

[Simon Lewis]

Thanks for your comments.... The units I'm looking at are single channel. AKG's information is somewhat unhelpful as it does not appear to given frequencies for the channels it uses. If I get any of these, they need to co-exist with other channel 38 devices, so if the fixed channel spacing is based on "I'm the only one here in 38" they probably won't be too much use to me...

[Bobbsy]

Even if you find the frequencies and they appear to work, I strongly recommend a "try before you buy". I've had no end of trouble mixing brands of radio mic even if the frequencies look right and basic intermod software says they should be okay. I assume it's things like different filter slopes and data systems. However, fore example, Sony and the original Sennheiser G1s would never play nicely unless to licensed a completely different UHF channel for one of them.

[Simon Lewis]

Even if you find the frequencies and they appear to work, I strongly recommend a "try before you buy". I've had no end of trouble mixing brands of radio mic even if the frequencies look right and basic intermod software says they should be okay. I assume it's things like different filter slopes and data systems. However, fore example, Sony and the original Sennheiser G1s would never play nicely unless to licensed a completely different UHF channel for one of them.

 

That's my worry. I'm tempted by the cheap price (and special offer one supplier has on at present). What I don't want is three or four systems that can only exist on their own. I may be better off either adding to the existing Sennheiser or branching out into 2.4GHz territory....