Re: Sennheiser ew 100 G3 question

" Little things like 3-7 thousand dollar cams with crappy headphone amps and mediocre preamps? Really? Why?"

Because low-end camcorders are made to be simple and cheap, so they only have a couple of 50-cent electret capsules behind the grille. And mid-price (prosumer and pro) camcorders have serviceable audio good enough for ENG. It is assumed that if you are using them for something more serious than the 11pm local news, you will be using double-system sound and serious audio equipment. And at the high end, many film cameras had no sound features at all. And even current high-end cameras (Red, et.al.) have only modest audio because it is assumed that you are using double-system sound where you have dedicated audio equipment (and perhaps more important) dedicated sound crew whose prime directive is getting good sound, independent of what the camera crew's priorities are.