I have purchased but not permanently installed the EW-D systems for my 2 school theaters. I'm not experienced enough with other manufacturers to give a comparison to
Shure. I've never had any trouble with any of them, but I am ABOUT to embark on the full installation of seven 2-channel receivers
in one theater and three new 2-channels on the existing two single-channel sets. The 2 existing sets were in place when I arrived and functioning well. they each came with one handheld
dynamic and one belt-pack with clip-on lav. I do own three EW300 G3 receivers I had bought used, so I was familiar with the basic functioning. The 2-channel units were a substitute for 4-channel units with DANTE that were indefinitely backordered. After a year of not having enough mics for a musical, I asked B&H to
switch to the non-Dante order and they shipped right away. (My Allen/Heath Q5 board does not have a DANTE card, but I wanted to have the capability to implement it because it is a school
system, and if the as yet not formed
stage crew wants to learn on
current tech, I want them to be able to do that. At this
point there is nothing bad nor good to report... I am too much a noob to understand even the best settings once frequencies are sorted. I have
gain at the transmitter,
gain at the receiver and
gain at the board. "Sheesh!" I am about to undertake antenna cascading with paddle-type directional antennas, wish me luck or better yet
send me a link to the easiest to follow tutorial you know. I found out recently that Operator Malfunction comes in a whole new variety: actors mics were inexplicably dropping out, and there were short bursts of monstrous
feedback, all inexplicable from the control booth, talking to
stage manage over
headset... It turns out a "helpful"faculty member had found and switched on 2 wireless handheld
dynamic mics OPERATING AT THE SAME EXACT FREQUENCIES AS OPERATING BELTPACKS (in case I had a busy-fingers fidgety actor who needed to be taken off belt pack and handed a stick... it happens. They can't keep their hands off the worn mic rig. The same helpful guy caused my lighting
console to go inactive by "helpfully" hitting "take control" on the for-dummies backstage wall-mounted
dimmer board. He canceled
blackout for a scenery change and we whitewashed the
projector screen with
Leko light... -just trying to help!
Anyway, through the whole mess, I never got any audio out that wasn't actually put in. That is a big hooray for
Sennheiser. All unwanted signal is completely missing. : )
One other thing... The countryman supply chain
blackout caused me to ask B&H for a bundle of similar omni single-ear mics. The Senals that they sent sound great, and the price makes me keep low blood pressure when I get them back from the actors with Kinky Booms.