Category: Reviews

01 Jul

Cantar X3 Overview – A Journey to the Industry’s New Flagship

A couple of weeks ago I took a trip to Europe, and while there visited Aaton’s headquarters in beautiful Grenoble, France to better get to know the company that makes the new Cantar audio recorder.

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24 Oct

PSC Solice Mini Mixer

The new PSC Solice Mini mixer is designed for use by today’s professional sound mixer who needs a simple, compact, convenient mixer for use with up to two boom microphones and up to six wireless. The Solice Mini mixer provides all of the functions found on most control surfaces

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22 Oct

Zoom H5 Recorder

We’ve posted a new video review of Zoom’s H5 recorder. The H5 is the latest four-channel field recorder from Zoom, and it shares many of the same improved attributes of the H6: a removable capsule system, a greatly improved noise floor, and the same high-quality preamps.

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10 Sep

Orca Bags

We received our first shipment of Orca bags today, and to say we’re excited would be an understatement.

We’ll be bringing you our full review and video soon, but here’s a quick taste:

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Review: The Sennheiser MKE-600 Short Shotgun Microphone

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09 Jan

Review: The Sennheiser MKE-600 Short Shotgun Microphone

New microphones for film and video production come around as slowly as wrap on an 12-page day, but just last year it happened again.

The Sennheiser name gives the MKE-600 plenty of street-cred, and from my listening evaluation and field test, I believe this German-made mic delivers on the brand’s

by Glen Trew / 12 Comments

21 Aug

TASCAM DR-60D Mixer/Recorder Problems

TASCAM DR-60D may eventually turn out to be a good product for double system DLSR production, but there are some concerns.

A Trew Audio customer brought his Tascam DR-60D to our Los Angeles store hoping we could figure out why his recordings had a serious noise issues. He also brought in the

by Glen Trew / 25 Comments

16 Feb

Dipole vs Sharkfin vs Polarized Diversity (Diversity Fin)

A new antenna called the “Diversity Fin” (polarization diversity), made by the company RF Venue, has been getting enough attention to warrant a comparison with two other

by Glen Trew / 19 Comments

06 Sep

Comtek BST 75-216 – a quick review

The new Comtek BST 75-216 is a 12-volt DC powered mini-base station transmitter that’s roughly half the size of the Comtek BST 25-216. It’s small and rugged enough for bag use and is capable of a much higher RF output than the 10mW belt pack M-216 transmitter. At 100mW, the BST 75-216 has enough power […]

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05 Aug

The SPEAKEASY R-1 in the real world (the “R” is for rack)

There are several good reasons to have a powered speaker system on a production sound cart. For me the most compelling reason is to reduce hearing fatigue caused by continuous hours of listening with headphones. Taking off the headphones between takes and during lighting setups is a relief, but still being able to […]

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Category: Reviews

Cantar X3 Overview – A Journey to the Industry’s New Flagship

PSC Solice Mini Mixer

Zoom H5 Recorder

Orca Bags

Review: The Sennheiser MKE-600 Short Shotgun Microphone

TASCAM DR-60D Mixer/Recorder Problems

Dipole vs Sharkfin vs Polarized Diversity (Diversity Fin)

Comtek BST 75-216 – a quick review

The SPEAKEASY R-1 in the real world (the “R” is for rack)

Introducing the new Rode Lavalier & MiCon connector system

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