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August/September 2005
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| Product Review by Andy Anderson | |
| Audio-Technica ATW-2120 2000 Series Wireless | |
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This month I was the lucky recipient of a nice new wireless mike to check out for you boys and girls. So I loaded all the rock and roll gear into the truck with the new wireless from Audio-Technica and headed down the road for a grueling rock and roll weekend. Friday we set up this unit for a rock and roll band with a full blown horn section. The room was way small and it was a real high class party. I was worried if I had made the right decision to check out unknown gear right out of the box at an important gig where unexpected problems can bite you in the posterior. We were running behind schedule (the venue had STAIRS!!!!) and were hurrying to set up the monitor system before the guests got there. I had some time to dial in the 4 mix monitor system, putting the A-T wireless into all the monitor wedges and doing some light EQ to all the wedge mixes to take care of the known hot frequencies of the wedge monitors. The band took the stage and started in without ever having a sound check. Those boys hit it hard and kept rockin' all nite. The Horn section was smoking and had the power of a freight train coming down the tracks. It was WAY COOL! Now you are wondering... why I am telling you all this, this piece of gear could have really screwed me over. No testing before the gig, never seen it before and putting it into a sound system and a room combination that could have been a recipe for disaster. This piece of gear performed beyond my expectations for the evening.
The lead singer liked it and commented on how light and clean sounding
it was. This singer was screaming, growling and grunting into this
mike and the band was hearing everything perfectly Next day, outdoor gig , hot sun, high humidity, dead singer is a spitter and a screamer, loud heavy band, cranked up monitors so the performers could hear. The wireless performs flawlessly on one of the hottest and most humid days of the year. Next day, indoor gig in a bar the size of a large closet. I have always had problems getting mikes to sound good thru wedges in this room, usually a real chore to make the monitor system work well. No problems, no feedback, great sound, vocalist was thrilled! He had just played on a huge stage the day before at a blues festival to 20,000 people and he said this mike in this tiny bar sounded better than the one on the huge outdoor system the day before! There ya go! Three different days, three different circumstances, three different singers with different vocal styles. This wireless mike ROCKS. Now I have skipped all the technical mumbo jumbo up to here, cause I feel most people want to know how a piece of gear really works in the real world. But there are a few really cool things the folks at Audio-Technica did that you need to know. This unit uses 2 AA batteries and they can last up to 9 hours. This mike is EXTREMELY light (no user fatigue here!). It has phenomenal reception, AND it has a special circuit that mutes the output so if you turn the mike on or off, or walk out of range, there is no static. It is also UHF, rackmountable, able to use antenna accessories, and has 10 agile frequencies so you can use it all over the country and still get a good channel for reception. The folks at Audio-Technica really did a nice job on this piece of gear for you, to make your rock and roll dreams come to life! So, go out and try one out at your local dealer soon! You'll be glad you did! Thanks guys! YOU ROCK! Andy Anderson Audio-Technica |
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