Martin Lonek

It seems like the quality of sennheiser service centres in some other regions is quite poor. Here in Czechia, we have great repair centre right in Prague, where they also have plenty of new stock in case you need to replace something quickly. There are two servicemen allocated for sennheiser products only, mostly, they are able to repair in two days. If any hardware is needed for repair, it is mostly up to 14 days. I guess it is even better in Germany.

Hi Jimmycat, I have listened to your video with my HD 26. To me it doesn´t seem like what you call "hissing" is related to an electronic circuit of the MZX. This seems more like a mechanical issue between the xlr plug nad the MZX module. Can be that the MZX was heavily used and the male XLR plug is now little worned out. I would definitely try a different XLR female plug. Neutriks have rubber isolation on their ring that helps. I have four MKH 80X0 line mics. They are very sensitive to mechanical manipulaton ( handling noise. We will now have to change the cables leading to the tx on our boompoles for a more flexible cable seince even this creates a "windlike" noise. Just an example. I love to use my 8040 and 8050 in cinela cosi since it is the only cover that effectively takes away all unwanted . Anyway, the reaction of Sennheiser´s Kathy Wang is very unprofessional and false. Sennheiser would never call its main microphone line as "obsolete" I guess. cheers

Hi Dejan. They were looking for a new system for a very low budget but famous reality long term project here in Prague. They are still using a Senn. g3 for almost 10 years, they have been attracted by the recording function of deity to prevent issues with occassional signal losses. For testing They have positioned the receiving site (rxs and recorder) on a window in the 3rd floor of house in the centre of Prague, tuned to right ftequency using scanner on both systems, started recording and did a simple walk test. They reached much lower range with Theos@50mW than G3@30mW, about 50-60%. Also, they experienced audio recording interuption on tx unit. They didn't measure audio quality of theos though. I also have to say that i have no personal experience testing theos

I don't think that Deity Theos can recently compete to Wisycom, Lectrosonics, Sennheiser or Audio Ltd./Sound Devices stuff. Recently, all the tests my friends did show big issues in audio quality and range. But yes, if Deity manages to rule the prosumer market in couple of years, they could earn enough to introduce a real top system.

Hi Michael, yes, a20 mini seems definitely worth trying-out. For me, the audio quality, the range and the battery life parameters mean the most. it is not the remote change of parameters option or sleep function. (if we need to change settings, it means our audio have already dropped-down during take). With SK 6212 i also do not need to have the sleep option(13hrs of battery life). But yes, like a20mini, the range of sk 6212 is NOT top in the class. I rather use sk 6000 on bigger distances - all bigger txs on the market work on longer distances. I think it is the antenna distribution progress that would help us to keep our txs small. There are low latency systems like Riedel Bolero (used in broadcast) that already use a multiple diversity antennas that are no longer limited to RF cable lenghts, they work via audio over ip standard (ethernet cable). Imagine use of multiple antennas on virtually any-lenght cables to prepare a completely drop-out free set. Not suitable for documentary, but great for feature.

Yes. It is great the SD is doing fine. And despite the high prices of their new products, they keep going ! There is a big user base of SD here in Europe, their european service center in UK works great, although it would be great to see them adding another one in some EU member country, since logistics worsened significantly after Brexit.

I think BM´s philosophy is miles away from Aaton Cantar universe. Can´t imagine how inserting cantar lineup could help their image.... Definitely !

Yes, I opologize I forgot to say what you did - that I´m also sad to see Aaton Cantar go, eventhough I was not a personal fan of the machines they made, for the reasons I depicted. I´m also sad and angry to see Sound devices going away from theit orginal goal - to integrate other vendors wireless into their recorder ecosystem. Sad to see them stop making great A10-Rack. Sad to see their SL2 is only a poorer child compared to great SL6. I have a strong feeling that someone else should enter the business of top sound recorders, be it TASCAM, FOSTEX, ZOOM...

I completely agree ! The very limited market of high end professional sound recorders gives most opportunities to someone who´s already big in prosumer and lower professional grade recorders. ZOOM stays closest from making a great high grade professional recorder. They only need to change the ergononics a bit and introduce some connectivity update (as Superslot, Dante or Madi support. Just an opinion, though.

I understand your feelings. Your feedback is appreciated.

In general, it is very strange to see that much lack of competition. Making an audio recorder and it´s UI is not an atomic science. I don´t prefer the anatomy of cantar recorders at all - it makes even easy operations tricky. Boot times terrible. Input functions limited. Unbearably heavy. Lack of MixAssist / Dugan until the last minute, Lack of SuperSlot. Stiff onboard mixer faders (great cantaress, though). A need to buy an external box to have physical gain knobs. Buttons don´t work when dust gets in. There´s too much stress on set to operate such an absurdly complex piece of equipment on top of it. It´s not doing anything else than recording an audio signal and timecode ! Cantar only worked mentally in some absurd way : once you forced that thing to operate the way you wanted, you got honored with that spurious "atomic scientist pride". But that didn´t win a nobel prize for you. That´s where the audio mixer job only begins. SD, ZOOM and even ZAXCOM make much more straightforward equipment. Yes, I don´t love the overheating Scorpio that´s less durable and flawless compared to 6XX/7XX line but it seems like it´s the best new piece of equipment out there recently. My secret horse is ZOOM Japan. They´re a hair away of making something big. Add Dante support, double the channel count , make bigger mixing surface with same brains as great F - Control. You will rule this market. RIP Aaton. You were not my love but you have my respect.

Hi Olle, sorry and thank you for the note. I corrected that 🙂

Hi all, found a new great deity theos test, including signal analysis and a walk test in a cold russian city. Unfortunately, only in russian language.

Hi everyone, just found a first real life range test of THEOS. It seems to work great using whips only. Thank you NORDIC AUDIO for testing ! It is in danish (thank you Olle), but the message seems to be straighforward enough to everyone. The range test itself starts @ 2m:55sec. I counted 130 footsteps until he turns around, that would be around 100 meters of range. Plus, there doesn´t seem to be a lot of possibilities for the signal reflections that would help the overal result. Any links to other tests are highly appreciated.

This is a great low budget solution. Connecting the direct outs of the 552 to inputs 7-12 of the 664 makes this a great 12- input full fader control setup.