[Harp-L] AKG Wireless - available or not?



In response to drori hammer's question about wireless rigs, a thoughtful post from Alexander Savelyev suggested the AKG system with the SO-40 transmitter as one of the options. This is a great solution, but as nearly as I can tell it is simply no longer available. The site Alexander listed for this item says "Permanently Out of Stock
We do not expect this item to ever be in stock again, and cannot provide a timeframe for when or if this might happen." This is consistent with what I've been told elsewhere. To be clear, the SO-40 transmitter is a a little barrel with an XLR connector designed to plug into a Low-Z (vocal style) mic. Now AKG only offers low-Z transmitters built in to their own mics. If you don't like their mics, tough luck. Many of my customers, including Jason Ricci are fortunate to own an SO-40-based system, use it my volume control and like the combination. Unfortunately customers of mine with the Samson unit aren't nearly so happy.


It seems the only way to buy an SO-40-based AKG system is to find old inventory or buy used. If someone can post concrete details to the contrary, or a comparable product from another vendor, I'd sure like to know about it.

FYI -for you Hi-Z mic users, AKG makes another system for guitars. The transmitter is called the "guitarbug". Google this and you'll find it IS available. I have one and it works quite well.


/Greg


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