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Sennheiser AVX system really caught my eye at NAB this year it promised you a reliable system for capturing quality audio particularly if you're a one-man band kind of shooter but does it deliver on that promise let's find out oh yeah and if you guys have any interest in seeing a manly cable management guide where Linus Cable manages his desk in a manly way like this video the Logitech G 303 features a lightweight design and advanced optical sensor with delta0 technology for precise tracking and RGB lighting to match your setup click now to learn more audio especially for beginners can be one of the most overlooked parts of making videos but pros know that even the best video with rubbish audio provides an awful experience for the viewer so we've been using Sennheiser g3 Wireless lavalier system for quite a while now and it's been great but comes with a few minor inconveniences like the talent and the camera operator needing to shout across the room to diagnose things like one of the packs being dead the AV X by contrast is made with simplicity in mind there are no settings to tweak and it works mindlessly so that the operator can focus on making a good video the AV X comes in a few different flavors depending on your needs our kit included the AV x receiver a handheld mic transmitter the body pack transmitter Sennheiser standard me2 lavalier and various accessories and cables physically the AV x receiver is quite small compared to the Sennheiser g3 shedding most of the bulk by using its own proprietary battery on the right side of the receiver you will find three buttons AF out check / power and pair as well as LEDs that display battery information and pairing status on the left side of the receiver we have the male 320 degree rotating XLR input which paired with Sennheiser's hotshoe accessory allows you to position the transmitter in the ideal placement for your setup moving on to the body pack while the style is quite different from the g3 your talent will feel right at home with a familiar mute button on the top a mic input a digital display that shows connection strength and battery life and on the left side of the unit we have the power and para buttons lastly we have the Sennheiser handheld transmitter which comes standard with the MD 42 mic capsule the handheld transmitter sports a similar display to the body pack and has a power and pair button on the bottom of the unit now I mentioned proprietary battery packs which would normally have resulted in me ending the video right here declaring the AV X and utter failure of a product but sanitizer is fortunately smarter than that and equipped each pack with a micro USB power input so while you could purchase extra battery packs for long shoots I'd recommend grabbing a cheap external battery bank and strapping it to your rig with something like a bongo tie Sennheiser claims 4 to 5 hours of battery life for the receiver and 11 choice for the transmitters which seemed accurate based on my use of the AVX online aces latest personal rig update 2015 which you can watch here and the receiver automatically detects phantom power coming from a camera or audio recorder turning itself off if fan power is not detected to save you battery life a nice touch so let's talk about what the AVX was actually like to use the pairing process is quite painless I simply had to hold the pairing buttons for three seconds on both the transmitter and the receiver I wanted to use and the audio was up in no time once pairing was complete the unit would connect to each other in a mere five seconds once powered on this is where I began to see the benefit of the AV X's simplicity there have been times where we have fussed with the incorrect channel and gain configuration with our g3 kit things that contribute nothing to the quality of our content and just waste time so instead of having the user decide on a channel the AVX actively searches for the cleanest channel available over a 1900 megahertz band increasing signal strength or changing channels on-the-fly at signs of interference range was surprisingly solid even at a distance and through walls so I'm pretty impressed with the range of the AVX currently I'm standing on our not finished b-roll set and EDD is actually standing in Linus's office behind one of the windows that's a fair distance away and it's more than we would ever shoot in terms of distance for using the AV X for audio pretty impressive now the big question you might have for me at this point is how does it sound well in my opinion quite good since we've been using the AV X for this video since the beginning what surprised me most was how well Sennheiser is implemented Auto gain control with even Linus being an unable to clip the audio in a significant way with all of his excited yelling Brendan what is this doing here Brendan how many times do I have to tell you stop leaving your cotton balls everywhere and for those wondering how the handheld mic transmitter sounds have a listen so here's an example of what the Sennheiser AVX handheld transmitter sounds like I'm currently sitting in the new office warehouse where I'm testing the mic going into a zoom h5 recorder so in conclusion the a VX delivers on its promise of simplicity while not compromising on audio quality I see it being used by all the shooters in one-man bang kinds of situations where they're doing everything from producing camera and audio but also for those of who are looking for an easy-to-use quality audio solution however be prepared to pay a premium for the ease of use with the price of the AV X coming in at almost 50% more than a standard g3 kit with the same mic personally I plan on implementing the AV X when we do our show coverage going forward speaking of going forward mass drop has another one but our killer deals on their site today the AMIA X caster RGB it's currently available over there for sixty seven ninety-nine and the caster also features their very solid 3310 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