Good budget lav for Scarlet/Epic

[Daniel Pearson]

Hi, my usual work with my Scarlet is art and music video but I'm going to be working on a low budget documentary and we plan to record audio onboard. I've bought an A-Box, what would be the best budget lav option for the Scarlet? I'd like to use wireless but that's out of our budget, so happy for an XLR wired lav, thinking something like:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/68272-REG/Audio_Technica_AT803_AT803B_Mini_Clip_On.html

Any audio guys can chip in with some ideas? Preferably around $100-150.

 

[Noel R.]

I was actually pretty good with the Oscar Sound Tech lavs here. Lot's of good reviews for the OST's and within your budget. Also I posted a similar question before, you can refer to this tread here: http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...c-set&highlight=recommendations+wireless+mics.

 

[Daniel Pearson]

Oh damn, I shoulda searched! Great resource in the thread and thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

 

[Noel R.]

Also Kenstone has some of the best reviews I've found for both shotgun mics and lavs. Here's a link to his site: http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/lavs_brockett.html

 

[Marc Wielage]

Another vote for the Oscar Sound Tech lavs (like the 802's). They sound OK and are damned near indestructible. For absolute sound quality (with no regard to price), the DPA or Sanken's are clearly better, and I'd put the Countryman B6's just under them. But all of these cost two or three times more.

Note that positioning and solving clothing problems are all big factors with lavs, as are wireless transmitter/receiver issues. But in a pinch, you can run them hard-wired with an adapter.