Sennheiser’s new wireless clip-on mics can convert to a tabletop microphone

Sennheiser has announced a caller portable wireless microphone kit designed to beryllium an affordable and flexible all-in-one solution for contented creators and videographers. The Profile Wireless strategy features a wireless receiver that tin beryllium connected to assorted devices, a brace of compact clip-on transmitters with built-in microphones that tin besides beryllium utilized arsenic handheld oregon tabletop mics, and a mobile charger.

The Sennheiser Profile Wireless kit isn’t expected to commencement shipping until precocious 2024 oregon aboriginal 2025, but it’s disposable for preorder starting contiguous for $299. That’s cheaper than some the fashionable $349 DJI Mic 2 kit, which includes akin hardware, and the Shure MoveMic system, which is $499 erstwhile bundled with a wireless receiver. Rode’s Wireless Go II kit is besides $299, but it doesn’t see an on-the-go charging solution.

The Profile Wireless microphones are akin successful size to the DJI Mic 2’s and tin beryllium attached to covering utilizing either a clip connected the backmost oregon a magnet, which allows for much state with placement. If you privation to usage a higher-quality microphone oregon request a much discreet lav mic, the transmitter includes a lockable 3.5mm connector for attaching outer mics.

The microphones travel pre-paired to a two-channel receiver and pass implicit a 2.4GHz wireless awesome that has a scope of conscionable implicit 800 feet with a wide enactment of sight. If anybody gets successful betwixt the receiver and mic, the scope drops to astir 490 feet. Sennheiser says the artillery beingness for the mics and wireless receiver is astir 7 hours, but each 3 tin beryllium recharged portion distant from a powerfulness outlet utilizing the included charging barroom that is equipped with a 2,000mAh battery.

Each microphone has 16GB of built-in retention with an optional “Backup Recording Mode” that volition automatically commencement signaling locally if the transportation to the wireless receiver becomes unreliable. There’s besides a “Safety Channel Mode” that volition grounds a 2nd transcript of the audio astatine a little level to assistance forestall louder sounds from being clipped oregon distorted.

Since the Profile Wireless strategy doesn’t usage Bluetooth, capturing audio to different instrumentality requires the receiver to beryllium connected utilizing an included USB-C oregon Lightning adapter for mobile devices, a USB-C cablegram for computers, oregon an audio cablegram for cameras. The receiver itself includes an OLED surface that displays accusation similar audio levels and the complaint level of the mics; acknowledgment to an included gyro sensor, the surface volition automatically flip 180 degrees arsenic needed.

Although wireless mic systems similar this are becoming much fashionable due to the fact that of their easiness of usage and convenient size, utilizing a tiny clip-on mic successful manus to behaviour an impromptu interrogation tin sometimes beryllium challenging. Sennheiser’s solution to that occupation has you attaching 1 of the microphones to the extremity of the included charging barroom and past adding a foam windscreen.

This results successful a larger microphone that’s easier to clasp oregon usage connected a table erstwhile connected to a microphone enactment oregon a tiny tripod. The larger microphone’s signifier is simply a spot unusual and whitethorn effect successful an other question oregon 2 erstwhile sticking it successful someone’s face, but it does bring immoderate other flexibility to an affordable microphone kit that already offers a batch of functionality.