AKG HT470 D5 Handheld Wireless Transmitter

This is the HT470 handheld transmitter with AKG's D5 dynamic capsule, the workhorse pairing for loud stages. The dynamic head is forward and full with strong off-axis rejection, so it holds up in front of monitors where a condenser starts fighting the room. Pilot tone transmission keeps the receiver from opening onto anything but its own transmitter, which is what makes switching the mic off silent.

The antenna is a dipole split across the housing, so a hand covering one pole does not drop the link. Enhanced battery identification detects the cell type automatically and displays the remaining operating time in hours, and an infrared link takes the frequency from the receiver rather than making you enter it. Add one to a WMS470 rig to bring another vocalist onto the system.