20Jan $89 monoprice 2.4Ghz Wireless mic system just showed up
Just made it back home from Pittsburgh last night and had a chance to grab the mail this morning. Among other things, the $89 Monoprice wireless system showed up for review. I have a few lav mics laying around and I’ll try and get some test audio up towards the middle of the week. Very interested to get some more samples.
In typical Monoprice fashion, the box is just large enough to safely ship the transmitter and receiver. The rest of the included cables are crammed underneath and there is a small leaflet of an instruction manual included.
I’m interested to find out if the mic jack provides power for condenser lav mics and how much of a difference that might make in audio quality. If the weather holds up, i’ll also attempt to test transmit distance as well as the battery life. Might even try and test audio quality against a VHF lav system in the same price range (the old 88w).
January 20th, 2015 at 4:19 pm
Jordan’s video looks/sounds acceptably good for such a low cost wireless system. This may be worth having as a backup system, or additional system. Is there a way to select frequencies? Are the 2.4Ghz frequencies legal throughout the US? Please post some audio samples and your thoughts on this system.
January 20th, 2015 at 4:30 pm
There are
1411 “channels” free for public use in the 2.4Ghz range (as long as they adhere to the 802.11 IEEE standards) in the U.S. which are made up of 2.414 through 2.484 center frequency ranges. Where things get tricky is that if you have more than 5 or 6 devices sharing that range, the 14 channels start to overlap and you run into interference.I haven’t had a chance to test it yet, but my guess would be your range and signal quality will be directly affected by the number of wifi networks in an area. I’ll see if I can get some audio samples up this week.
January 21st, 2015 at 6:12 pm
The demo video on the Rode site says their new 2.4Ghz system constantly scans for frequencies and jumps to the strongest one. I wonder if this would minimize issues in areas with high wireless traffic…or make things worse.
The low price of this Monoprice unit is appealing, and could come in handy for less critical audio uses, like intercom communications. I’d like to be able to use other/better lav mics with it.
January 21st, 2015 at 8:11 pm
Will be testing tomorrow, just need to round up some AAA batteries.
January 23rd, 2015 at 1:53 pm
can’t wait to see your results….
January 24th, 2015 at 5:48 am
can’t wait to see your results too
hahahahaha
for small project like short movie is a good choice i think.
thanks Deejay!
February 8th, 2015 at 4:52 am
Please I’m looking a Cheapest wireless audio
To use with my zoom H4N
I am a reporter , Could you give me some
Advice? Thank you!
February 8th, 2015 at 1:02 pm
A budget would be helpful. It really depends on what you want to spend.