Samson Airline vs Roam ?

[morgan]

The AMT Roam has an AMT mic with a Samson Airline transmitter.

The Samson Airline has an AMT mic with an AMT transmitter (makes you wonder why it's called "samson" at all).

Samson $150 cheaper at WWBW

Also the Samson offers 6 UHF channels; the AMT Roam only one.


http://www.wwbw.com/item/?itemno=64300
http://www.wwbw.com/Item/?itemno=103575


I guess the difference is the special AMT shock mount.

But with only one UHF channel - - what happens if I show up at the same gig as Shortwhite, and we are both playing AMT Roam I ? Do our signals collide?

[shortwhite]

Morgan,

I called AMT this morning to try to clear this up. They say the Roam system is the same as the Airline system....??????????..........

GW

[morgan]

Also the Samson offers 6 UHF channels; the AMT Roam only one.


ha, ha -- it doesn't offer six SELECTABLE channels. You get one of the six, set at the factory, and that's what you're stuck with. Identical story with the Roam (because the transmitter is the same unit)


But with only one UHF channel - - what happens if I show up at the same gig as Shortwhite, and we are both playing AMT Roam I ? Do our signals collide?
Yes, they collide and I am out of luck. So before I buy a Roam I , I should ask everybody local "what's your channel" and then order a different one.

Shortwhite, what's your channel? Also do you know if Mark (same last name) is on Roam ?

[morgan]

Or, one could dodge this channel conflict by purchasing the AMT mic and shock-isolation clamp (the "system 1" microphone) for $320, then adding an alternate brand multichannel wireless rig, which probably leads to needing a belt pack and an adapter .. not to mention the arduous search for a wireless rig that is
(a) compatible with AMT mic
(b) sold without its own mic, to avoid being prohibitively expensive

geez

[Andrew D]

Hi, I too had this problem re: mulichannel UHF, it seems that if you buy the system 1 you then have to buy an adapter (which then you stick-on to the transmitter) if you want to use an external transmitter receiver, also if you want to change quickly between different horns the clamp does not clip off too easily.

In the end a I gave up and bought a Shure ULX system with a Beta 98 it has 1400 UHF channels so I won't be clashing with any other musicians and quite easily clips from one sax to the next.

[shortwhite]

I know several people that are waiting for the AMT mic to become available w/ multi-channel. I will certainly change at that point. I have had no problems with the existing system because I only use it in the funk band I play in so the personnel stays constant.

Honestly on a jazz gig I wanna work the mic.