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

[Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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