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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room today's review isn't too much for the average consumer which is largely my fan base but this review is geared towards some videographers like many who start out I usually roadie mic Pro great microphone but I do have to be mindful of my distance to ensure the best audio was being picked up so for the past few months on and off I've been looking into getting a level ear microphone to give me a bit more versatility Santa hasn't reached out to me and provided their new AVX and digital wireless microphone to test as they felt that this was best suited for my situation this is the level ear Pro Set meant for film projects and offers broadcast quality sound and is priced at a professional level here have one thousand three hundred and twelve dollars unsent hazards website as of this video now I'm placing link in the video description below so you can check updated prices as I've seen them lower of course then they suggested retail cost and before getting started as my fans know I've always provided honest and upfront reviews and in this video I'm gonna show you my actual tests unedited in different environments so without further ado my channel is here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review room going over the physical features first you do receive the transmitter the signal receiver and the microphone that you eventually choose either at lab or a hand-held cardioid mic and everything else that you see on your screen you can pause the video if you need to to see what else comes in the package the main components are made of a rugged filling metal while the removable battery packs and antennas are plastic all of our construction and with my use in the office and in the field everything feels professional quality grade with being solid durable and not to mention very very lightweight going over the transmitter looking at the front has your display indicating your better life and signal strength unfortunately no audio levels are displayed here and the one downside the screen isn't backlit so in low-light situations I can't see my information now it may be rare that you need to check your battery levels and you're filming at night but it's still worth pointing out on the front for two very smooth and easy releasing buttons to unhook the lithium-ion battery pack with the AVX these are rechargeable via a micro USB port on the bottom and they don't need to be in the transmitter to charge either battery life is claimed to be up to 15 hours of use for the transmitter and I personally recorded my use over the past month here and add it all up the total is 10 hours and 52 minutes of personal use at my end recharging the battery from dead to full did take a good bit of time here with a total 4 hours and 23 minutes to be precise rotating to the left there's simply your power button and pairing button switching to the top has a simple mute function an LED light that glows and blinks indicating its pairing state and to the right a 3.5 millimeter input for the clear microphone with a threaded screw mount so that way you can't accidentally yank the wire if you ever tug on it of course less on the back here is a very stiff and simple pants or a belt clip looking at the receiver that connects to your camera sanitizer does provide a hot shoe mount with the receiver itself rotating 320 degrees to make way for some more complex camera setups XLR connections are available fixed in the receiver here for those using camcorders or cinematic cameras and those filming with DSLRs like myself an adapter is provided in the box to connect this via a 3.5 millimeter port last are these lights foreign total to help indicate better levels with a short press on the check button or you can adjust mic outputs with AF out and reducing the decibel levels to negative 10 negative 20 and negative 30 but on my end here I left this at 0 100% of the time this also features a better Peck where they claimed 5 hours of use here I received 5 hours and 20 minutes when I left this on through the entire afternoon until it basically died this also recharged via a micro USB cord as well and recharging has taken me about an hour and 24 minutes very last is the level ear mic itself really straightforward smooth wire hasn't snagged and for the most part hasn't tangled on me when putting this into my camera bag and unraveling it afterwards the only issue now this was only found on the metal pop filter / windscreen this easily fell off with a slight bump before other frequency response caps used to help extend or increase the treble frequencies those snap down and stayed on with no issues so right before going into the actual sound test on video at the moment I'm showing you how to pair the two up and how long it actually takes and I'll leave that playing for you guys the AVX system unlike previous models like the g3 model from sennheiser literally offers plug-and-play now for those who are unfamiliar before you had to scan for Wireless frequencies to ensure that you have a clean and available band to use you had to do that every time you get to a new location now you don't need to do so with the AV X when a frequency on site becomes too crowded you don't have to stop Midway and adjust the AVX system again we'll find it free and clear band ensure your wireless connection remains uninterrupted so for now I'll play some raw clips here the following audio will be all unedited including my narrative here so you'll most likely hear me say um quite a bit but do apologize in advance but please focus on the audio and any background noise here that you may encounter your first three tests will all be outdoors alright folks we're gonna do test number one here I'm gonna freestyle this is not a narrative this meat speaking freestyle so it might not be as polished but I got the receiver here we're gonna keep walking in a straight linear line and once it gets down to one bar remaining then I'll basically start walking back to the camera so we'll see how this goes Sennheiser claims that this has 33 meters worth of signal strength or if you guys live in the u.s. 96 linear feet so right now we have obviously all of our bars here and keep in mind this wire is under my jacket while I'm walking here let me know if you hear any wire chatter let me know if you hear any of the wires just rubbing against my shirt here and you hear any kind of a noise in that aspect so right now we have about three to four bars remaining in signal strength and we keep going here the second test I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go downstairs down a level or two and there will be vehicles there will be cars down there and that will be the obstruction that we'll face and we'll see the signal strength at that time so I'm touching this wall right now this is actually definitely more than 100 linear feet more than the 33 meters claimed and just let me know I haven't tested the I haven't listened to the audio sample here I'm pretty sure the signal maybe hasn't been caught off maybe not but at least down here on the receiver it's telling me that they're still two to three bars left and never got down to one bar remaining so we'll see how that goes anyways we're gonna go down to level two hopefully this performs well and we'll go from there all right take care all right folks we're gonna do test number two here I got the receiver in my hand and we're gonna walk out here and that's very very busy parking deck and let's see how the signal strength goes so right now we're still at but me five four bars actually just drop down here and I'm gonna keep walking I'm gonna keep an eye on my camera as well just make sure no one steals that and let's see how it goes I'm gonna walk up here I'm gonna take a right I'll walk in between some cars too and of course there's some concrete columns and we'll see how that looks like I always want to make this real quick so I make sure my camera doesn't get jacked and right now we're still at three bars I don't the guys can still see me here waving my hands if you guys can see that and I'm gonna walk back towards you guys in between cars and about two bars it did dip down to one bar at times so I know with these vehicles in the way I do know that the vehicles are causing some kind of obstruction of course and reducing the signal strength so let's see here so that's it and I'm back there we go hopefully it sounds good alright folks I'm doing test number three right now I'm on a busy street corner here in downtown and as you can tell you don't hear too much of the the noise in the background but it still picks up my voice pretty decent again my microphone is right here on my collar and again you guys see the cars in the background a street corner the honk the horn honking here and just let me know what you guys think down below again there goes the actual test for you guys in a busy environment with cars just move it around yep alright folks we're back in my studio right now the last several clips obviously we're outdoors I want to give you an indoor sample just in case if you guys would do maybe maybe an interviewing session or if you're filming in a small quiet room just to see if it picks up any ambient noises and whatnot so right now I have my computer in the background it's running you probably can't even hear it at all also this room is primal at the 10 by 11 10 by 12 obviously there is some stuff in here so it would dampen the sound a little bit but reverb regarding sound just bouncing off the walls you probably don't hear it too much either on here I don't have any sound insulation either I'm just gonna stay quiet right now to see if there is kind of is it is there any kind of static or any kind of hum in general probably let me put my computer to sleep as well and see if it picks up anything give me a second here and it's virtually silent in the house here no one's at home right now and you can see you can hear there's really no static again the the wireless signal you don't really hear anything at all the other thing that I want to test here is the audio levels like I said AVX is a true plug-and-play system you don't need a mess too much I mean there's some options and they are very minimal options to be honest with you but you can oh this can't automate your voice so if you speak really low right now it adjusts the grill time in let me just get to the point where I'm whispering and it can still pick up my voice basically but then if I jump up to a very loud voice the audio levels doesn't peak to the point where it blows out it still keeps it within range for the most part for most situations and I don't have to barely have to adjust it and post editing again all this audio right now is on for you guys so let me get back and basically get back to my normal speaking tone here let me get back to the the narration part here and I will basically conclude the video give you my final thoughts all right so overall for my test I am very very impressed by the system for me the audio sounds great in a multitude of environments the signal strength alone is very impressive and I very much appreciated how simple the system is the battery life also is great on here with the available feature to recharge via micro USB and despite missing those audio levels on the transmitter or other fine tuning features that we see on other older models or even advanced models the audio performance on this as you've heard in my video tests were great for my needs I didn't need to fine tune anything really and before I forget to mention this entire narrative was recorded on the AV X and not on my condenser microphone just like all my previous videos that you see here on YouTube so that's it for this review hoped it helped you in some way here be sure to add me on through Facebook Twitter and/or Instagram and throw me a like you guys take care and I'll see you in the next one bye