My search for a Synco D1 has been a miss. Two have been ordered, both have fallen through and I am going to take the hint (and try to get my money back from one “seller”).
The mic is good, very well priced, but a few things were on my mind.
The 100hr battery needed for wireless operation (needs its own power for the Lekato to work) does not have an on/off switch apparently, meaning I would have to (a) remove it each use and (b) keep a spare.
It was also very long and I was wondering what bag would be able to take it.
Finally the D1 looks to be on run-out.
The brand has a bit of an iffy rep. Paid for reviews, “rip-off” designs, granted a common enough thing, and few top tier reviewers or retailers dealing with them.
The pricing was all over the place. Rip-offs of rip-offs?
The Sennheiser MKE-600 has always been the one in the back of my mind, but until recently it seemed to be basically a less practical run-n-gun option to the MKE-400 or Zoom capsule SSH-6 I already have.
The 400 is to my mind the ultimate “always ready” shotgun mic*, being small, self contained, and high quality, the SSH-6 has again great quality with mid-side capability and the convenience/inconvenience of being a Zoom capsule.
Needs change and my possible future need is for a better boom mic, preferably one with a cordless options and better range and rejection.
Longer, especially at the rear, no inbuilt shock mount or wind blimp like the 400 or the capsule convenience of the SSH-6 previously made it and only marginally better overall sound than either made it for me, a poor choice, but this morning I did some video with a shotgun (SSH-6 on camera with F1, mid-side to “0ff”) and it has proven to be again the way to go.
I just need more flexibility.
I have found a well priced one (about the same price as the RRP of the MKE-400 and from a genuine dealer), so about twice the price of the D1.
Genuine brand, better battery life (with on-off feature), sound that is often favourably compared to the MKH-416, compatibility with the 400 for dual mic-ing and a local retailer.
*The mic is on a shock mount inside a blimp, which solves a lot of problems.