Godox Magic XT1

For those familiar with using wireless microphones in either their professional life or just for creating content for their own pleasure, the struggle with keeping all the bits and pieces together and easy to find is real! Now, we’ve reviewed Godox microphones before and they do provide good charging cases that hold both TX (transmitter) and RX (Receiver) units but this latest offering goes one step further, doing away with the charging case completely, making the RX itself the charging case with the ability to store the 2 TX’s in one convenient portable unit.

The advantages for this are two-fold. Firstly, it’s less to carry around and less things to look for when ‘Action!’ is called for, all being secured in one place. Secondly, if you’re only using one transmitter, the other can stay on charge, giving you double the time. The TX’s each have about 8 hrs worth of charge and the RX has 16 hrs so this works out nicely. You can recharge the RX via the supplied USB-C – USB-A cable and this also gets you connected to your PC so you can download and edit your recordings. They’ve also provided a 3.5mm TRS – USB-C cable for those that want or need to connect to their mobile rather than PC and a TRS-TRS cable so you can connect to a digital camera.

The Line of Sight range between RX and TX is up to 200 metres, giving you plenty of room and scope when making your recordings and the magnetic backing to hold the TX’s in place ensures you don’t end up with any accidents while moving about. The microphones are omni-directional, ideal for when you’re not in a fixed spot and there is also a low-cut 150hZ filter along with a 1-click noise-reduction button on both of them. You’ll wonder how you coped before you had this! RRP £102

https://www.godox.com/product-a/Audio/Magic-XT1.html