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About wireless microphones - 15 tips

Should you and your organization invest in wireless microphones for speech and presentation? What do you need to consider to get what you want?

In this installment of the "A Conversation on AV Technology" series, we've invited Nikolai Petef from Sennheiser. Nikolai is an expert on different types of microphones and here he shares 15 tips on what to consider when buying and procuring wireless microphones for speech and presentation.

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Guide to procuring microphone systems for speeches and presentations

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Procurement guide for the procurement of microphone systems

How long the battery life of wireless microphones

Section 1 - Battery life

How much battery life does your microphone system need to last for you to use it all day?

What are the different types of wireless microphones?

Episode 2 - Microphone types

We go through the concepts of handheld microphone, handheld transmitter, head mic, mosquito and beltpack.

How to store and charge your wireless microphones

Section 3 - Storage & Charging

What is important to consider when it comes to storing and charging wireless microphones?

About rugged microphones

Episode 4 - Robustness

Why you benefit from investing in rugged microphones that last over time

What is STI value - microphones

Section 5 - STI value

What is STI value and why should you include it in your procurement?

Which microphone capsule to choose for your microphone

Section 6 - Microphone capsules

What are the different microphone capsules, should you have a dynamic or a condenser capsule?

Which directional character to choose for your microphone

Section 7 - Directional characters

Kidney, super-kidney or rounding - which directional character suits your business?

Why do wireless microphones go haywire?

Episode 8 - Roundabout

Why does it happen and what can you do to avoid it?

How many wireless microphones can you have in the same room

Episode 9 - Number of microphones in the same room

How many wireless microphones can you have in the same room without causing problems?

How to remotely control wireless microphones

Episode 10 - Monitoring & Control

How can you remotely control wireless microphones to streamline service and support?

How to position the antennas to ensure functionality in wireless microphone systems

Section 11 - Antennas

How and where should you place the antennas of wireless microphones to ensure good reception?

How latency can minimize the risk of round-tripping in wireless microphone systems

Episode 12 - Latency

What is latency and why can it be a solution to avoid round-tripping?

Wireless microphones - why encryption is a legal requirement

Section 13 - Encrypted data transmission

Why is encryption of data transmission in wireless microphones a legal requirement?

Wireless microphones that work in secure networks

Episode 14 - Security

How do you ensure that the wireless microphones work in your organization's secure network?

Wireless microphones for the online demo

Episode 15 - Online meetings

Can you use the same wireless microphones in the online meeting or do you need different ones?