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Wisycom MCR54 Quad Wireless Mic Receiver

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Manufacturer product photography — the drawn faceplate above stays true to panel layout; these show the hardware itself.

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About the Wisycom MCR54

The Wisycom MCR54 is a premium quad-channel wideband receiver used in the most demanding broadcast and touring environments worldwide. Its exceptional wideband tuning range simplifies frequency coordination in congested RF environments, and four channels in a single 1U saves significant rack space. With Dante output and remote management, it integrates seamlessly into modern networked audio production workflows. This is the receiver that top RF engineers specify when reliability and flexibility are the highest priorities.

The Wisycom MCR54 is a true-diversity quad-channel wireless receiver that earns its place at the top of the touring and broadcast food chain. Four independent receiver channels in a single 1U chassis means you're landing four mic or IEM-return signals with one rack unit and one power connection, which matters when you're stacking wireless systems for a large ensemble or festival changeover. The Dante output runs alongside four discrete analog XLRs, so it speaks fluently whether your console is networked or living strictly in the analog world. This is not a unit you buy because it's the only thing on the shelf — you spec it because your RF environment demands it.

The wideband tuning range is the practical headline here. In congested urban venues, festival sites, or broadcast compound scenarios where you're fighting licensed spectrum from a dozen other productions, having a receiver that can tune across a wide swath of UHF without swapping hardware is the difference between a 20-minute coordination session and a two-hour one. At 18W nominal draw climbing to 22W max, four channels of premium wireless is genuinely efficient power consumption — plan a 30W budget per unit and you'll be comfortable. The 260mm depth is honest rack depth for a unit with this feature set; verify your shallow-depth rack lids before committing.

If your budget allows $7,495 and your work regularly puts you in high-interference RF environments — touring, broadcast, large corporate — the MCR54 is the right tool and you'll feel that immediately in the field. If you're running a small club rig, a regional theater, or a fixed install where spectrum is stable and channel count is low, the price-per-channel math is hard to justify and there are capable alternatives that won't strain the budget. The Dante output is genuinely useful only if your signal chain is already network-audio capable; don't buy this receiver to justify building a Dante network.

In the rack

  • Run a single BNC antenna distribution system feeding both antenna inputs across all your MCR54s rather than individual paddle antennas per unit — the MCR54's inputs are designed for this workflow and it dramatically cleans up your antenna placement.
  • Use the Dante output as your primary audio path to the console if you're on a networked system, and treat the four analog XLRs as a hot backup — patch them to your stage box so a network hiccup during the show never silences a channel.
  • At 1U with no half-rack designation, the MCR54 occupies a full horizontal slot; plan your rack so it sits where you can read the front-panel display quickly during a set, not buried behind a drawer or at knee height.
  • During frequency coordination, take advantage of the wideband range by assigning your MCR54 channels last — let the narrower-band systems in your rig claim their frequencies first, then fit the Wisycoms into whatever clean spectrum remains.

True diversity quad-channel wideband receiver. Premium broadcast/touring wireless.

I/O Ports (7)

PortConnectorDirectionSignalChannels
XLR Out 1XLR MALEoutputanalog audio
XLR Out 2XLR MALEoutputanalog audio
XLR Out 3XLR MALEoutputanalog audio
XLR Out 4XLR MALEoutputanalog audio
Antenna ABNCinputantenna
Antenna BBNCinputantenna
DanteETHERCONoutputdigital audio

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