"When we heard that a new product was on the way we were eagerly waiting for it," says Jon Burton, front of house engineer for The Prodigy, one of the first professionals to receive an ew 500 G3 and the new SKM 935 mics. "And once G3 arrived it exceeded our expectations.
"Our ease of setting up each day has been greatly improved. Even if we have to reassign all the frequencies at the drop of a hat we can do so in minutes using the infrared sync system. Using it has proved to be very intuitive. Very handy as monitor engineer Joe Campbell and I both have a casual disregard for manuals.
Dave Mcdonald, front of house engineer for Florence and the Machine has been impressed by the audio quality of his ew 500 G3 and SKM 945s. "The audio quality is in a league of its own," he says. "The Machine love it for its clarity. And the crew love it because they have no cables to tidy up."
Francoise Le Moignan, who took the G3 receiver and SKM945s on tour with Lily Allen, reports: "I haven't had to look at the manual yet. The features seem quite straightforward. Any changes in tuning, sensitivity and other functions were easy to find. I think there has been an improvement in the audio quality too. The overall tone of the mic seems to have more weight to it."
(Jim Evans)
