AKG WMS40 Mini Dual Instrument Wireless System - Dual Instrument, ISM/CH70

Great little unit, works well and does exactly what I needed it to. Has quite a distance to it so I can roam. I’ve got a basic IEM setup and it doesn’t interfere. My only problem is trying to find a 3 pin mini XLR right angled guitar cable. Every cable seems to 4 pin which doesn’t work. I can only order directly from China.

I cannot compare to other brands, aside from a 'bolum' £8 experiment from china that was only good for sounding like you were playing underwater and out of time to everyone else in your band. The AKG WMS40 allows amazing freedom with no loss of tone, nor latency. Ive ran around a warehouse and noticed no difference in corded audio, apart from being freed up to prance and dance and not worry about tangle mishaps. At this price, a no brainer for a physical musician or performer. In my mind, it has paid for itself already, three gigs later. I mounted the very compact receiver unit (smaller footprint than a line6 delay modeler but a little bigger than your average Boss style pedal) underneath my board with a couple of right angle brackets that slipped in just fine underneath the casing. The transmitter unit (with clip) goes in my bumbag (I appreciate that there are people out there cooler than I, and for those norms, they can just use the clip provided to attach to their hipster jeans. It's as light as a feather and came with a decent mini slr to staright 1/4 jack. I immediately took it upon myself to alter this to a right angled one with a pancake connector for surface mounted SG socket use, and Im now really happy with it all. In reality the flex and strength is there out of the box, and unless you know what you are doing and are confident, this mod can be a costly one - a replacement lead from AKG will be relatively expensive. Not sure how robust the antenna is - seen a few reviews of people worrying about it. Just look after your gear. Simple. Best gear purchase this year.

I spent a long time reading reviews and watching demos on YouTube before ordering this gadget. The thing that made me nervous was that it is not a diversity receiver, so I was afraid that moving around would cause reception problems. I had no doubt I was going to get an AKG because, as a bass player, the low end audio response was important to me, and the nearest "respected name" competitor claimed 80Hz - 15K, whereas AKG claim 40Hz and up. In the end, I decide to go for the WMS40 rather than the AKG Perception (which has true diversity) because I couldn't find any bad reviews, and it is so cheap. I'm glad I did - it's fantastic: so simple to set up, reliable, and the range is incredible; at the last gig I was dancing in the street. I've given it only four stars because of one minor niggle: if you are right-handed, and clip it to you belt or strap, switch uppermost, the signal cable has a tendency to rub against the aerial and cause a little noise. I solved the problem by wearing it upside down, but that makes it awkward to access the on/off/mute switch. I love it, and so does my lead guitarist (who was lobbying for me to get a Sennheiser like his). All in all it's just incredible for the price. It does seem to add a (really) tiny bit of compression to the signal, but, if anything, that makes my bass sound even better.

excellent, read the reviews and thanks to them, decided to purchase this great bit of equipment. Plug straight in to my tuner, which is the first in a series link for my bass guitars, and played straight away, no loss of sound, tone, just brilliant. I played a set list to some friends I had around and really enjoyed the fact that I could get into the music, move around on the bass and not be distracted, worrying about treading on a lead and yanking my strap off, or causing crackling sounds. Amazing, buy one, I fully recommend. One more note, I got the ISM1 system, and does the job perfectly and saves money and nothing needs to be or can be in my opinion improved on.

Bought for my church. Works well when it’s higher up and not to far from the actual mic. Sound is clear and I would say for church’s this is fine to use. There are better models though.

It works well and has a very long battery life. However, there is occasional signal interference. Unfortunately, this is the second time I've encountered this with this model.

I've wanted a wireless link for my guitars for a long time, but was always put off by the price. The other guitar player in my band bought one of these and I was surprised by its quality, ease of use and low price, so was instantly convinced that I should buy one too.Our bass player has also bought one, so now we can all dance around the stage unfettered by leads! Fortunately AKG produce this unit in three different frequency versions, so three of us can use them at the same time without fear of interference. The unit is simple to use, and as hard as I have tried, I cannot detect any difference in sound volume or quality between this and being plugged in via a lead. The range is unbelievable too. It still works with my amp in my front room , and me playing upstairs at the other end of the house, and it's quite a big house!

This is a great piece of kit, very easy to set up and use; this works very well with my LTD B-55 bass. The only recommendation I would make if you intend to use this for gigging is make sure you have a fresh battery installed before you start playing. Having said that the battery life is excellent, for just a single AA cell in the transmitter it does last very well. I have used this for several 3 hour practice sessions and only needed to replace it after about 20 plus hours of use. It would have been nice to have a battery condition indicator on the transmitter, but for this price it’s a minor niggle. The receiver section is solidly made from steel and cosmetically it is finished nicely. The transmitter is made from a hard black ABS plastic material and is small enough to fit into your back pocket, or clipped to your guitar strap, it’s so unobtrusive I even forget it is there sometimes. The range is quite reasonable for a UHF system and does not seem prone to interference from any external sources. I would highly recommend this as it does give you a greater degree of freedom. I use this with a ZOOM B2 Bass pedal near to my amp. If the output level on the pedal is set correctly you should not experience any issues with overloading, the AF clip LED on the SR40 receiver will light if this is the case, and there is also a useful volume control on the front of the SR40 receiver. One of my concerns was if there would be any difference in tone or quality between this and a good quality guitar lead, I can say honestly that there is no loss of quality or tone at all.