Woodinblack
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Yes, on both counts, I have done over half of my recent gigs with it
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Not last night, actually sunday. We had a gig at a pub in a local beauty spot (which considering I live in Yeovil, there aren't too many!), it was the day at the end of all the holidays. It was going to be a pain to get in. Turned up just after the singer so followed them in round a corner and parked by the building, as well as we could. Had to carry everything through a door that people were insisting of standing in the way of, but it was their party so couldn't be too annoyed at them. There was a tiny width of stage, and there were already a load of guitars there as apparently there was going to be a couple of people playing at our half time. We had to move the stuff as there wasn't enough room in general! Anyway, we started and people were dancing from the start and they moved all the tables out of the room which was good. Did the first hour or so ending with whole lotta love that we haven't done for a while. Then we had a break and a lot of food from the party, while the public event of what appeared to be people singing to a backing track with a guitar went on for half an hour. Not sure why there were two guitars and a bass though! Anyway we went back on and it went well, very interactive crowd, although towards the end of the night they started tailing off as the party had been going since much earlier, and the snow was making people think they should get going. Was much easier loading again though due to the lack of people and tables, but there was a fair bit of snow. This beauty spot is the top of the hill, I was going to go the normal way down the hill, but the drummer said I should go the other way, through the villages, which isn't steep because of the weather, I didn't think it was really necessary, but driving out of the car park after the singer, on a very gentle slope the car antilock hammered. The singer was going the other way so I followed, it was a very slow journey home considering how short it is, but got there! Heres my corner, nice and cosy. This was actually 8pm and completely dark but the camera decided to just lighten it up. Thats the road. Just before load in Just before we started.
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Same here, with a promise to help if there is any shortfall.
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I certainly am Hopefully that far in the future Mrs Woodinblack will be better and capable of doing the vegan food and the heart thing will be fixed in some way
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Thats not ideal, my U4 took 13 months to break (ie, just outside waranty)! -
Somehow £170 seems quite expensive now
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I have never actually ever had a problem with the MS-02, just they feel a bit flakey, and on mine the power button is not the best (it works, but its like if you push it too much it goes off again). I think they are a great system for the price (wish the stereo / mono and on/off buttons were further apart!) and I will keep them as a backup My channels aren't linked, I never got round to it, I just use 5 and 6 as a pair, and set them manually as I want them.
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What was it before, as it doesn't seem terribly bad if there are 23 of us at £10, or maybe putting in a bit more for £15?
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Will post back if I get any dropouts, haven't so far, but early days. I don't think I had any dropouts with the U4 (although I did have a total transmitter failure) so maybe I just don't go far enough! I also haven't had any inteference with any of the other wirless stuff.
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That would be a terrible design!
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Played in places where that seems like a luxury!
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Or you can just get an IEM system and plug in whatever you want. They aren't bluetooth though
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We do the small venues too and didn't have a problems. However we went to 5.8 in the first place was I used to use the internal router on the X18. As soon as I turned the XVive U4 on, there was no X18 connection. You could have one or the other, so I had to go to a an external 5.8 router.
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I havren't had any problems with 5.8 being busy, even though I am a heavy user of it - i have the IEMs, the XVvive transmitter for the bass and a 5.8g modem for the X18, also the singer is on my wireless microphone transmitter and has just got a wireless sax. Its surprisingly been trouble free
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No, it doesn't touch that band - its a combination of 700MHz, 3.5GHz and 26-40GHz, all clear of 5.8GHz (and 2.4)
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I haven't actually tracked that, so I am not sure what that upgrade offers? Well, it is less of an upgrade but for me I would still do it. I am lucky in my groups, in the metal group we are entirely IEM but have the P16s so you can have as many stereos as you have people (and get to set it up yourself). In my other band, the drummer has one channel (and seeing as he only has himself in it, I doubt he needs stereo), and the guitarist and singer don't use IEMs - the guitarist doesn't like the sound, the singer won't have any ear protection at all
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Several things. Obviously the features that really matter are: Its stereo. Yes, I keep banging on about that but if you have used stereo IEMs, you wouldn't want to go back to mono. Sound quality is better - no noise, no hiss, sound seems fuller, but maybe that is the stereo, although note that on my main band I haven't really explored the stereo too much, other than having the guitarist on one side, keys on the other, singer on the side of the keys, other backing singer on the other side (mostly - vocals are more centred). In general I get more clarity of sound through this than the U4, when using with the same IEMs. Mechanical. Its one self contained box which contains everything. Yes, I know, you can get a box for the XVive (I have one, although it was an extra), but this is how it comes. Its also cheaper. Connectivity - no contest here. I know, it may not matter to some because you are normally going to connect it one way, but I have two bands and I connect it different ways with both, one with a TRS and one with the 1/8th". The XLR is stereo, and also TRS in the centre, then there is a mono TS (probably less useful as you could presumably use the stereo TRS with a TS), and an 1/8th inch stereo jack which can come from an line aux source or a headphone socket. There is also a USB-C rather than stupid USB-micro socket, and it is one USB-C lead not having to remember where you have put your USB to dual USB-Micro lead. The transmitter charges the receiver. Then when you open it, there is the receiver, sitting in the case, charging. The case is also the transmitter. Handy mono / level switches and a max volume knob so you can set up the type of input nicely - hmm.. a bit susceptible to fingerprints, but I didn't actually notice that. Then you lift the transmitter up, press and hold its screen, and it gives you a mute switch (double press) or a volume (even if it takes a while) on a big metal spinny knob that isn't going to be knocked by your strap like almost every single gig with the U4 halfway through the gig, and if it did, you wouldn't be having to dive for it trying to remember which one is the volume because its the huge knob on the front! Its also very solid and metal and it has nothing fiddly on it at all, unlike those terrible buttons on the front of the U4. There is a pretty solid clamp on the back, and also a USB-C socket - I assume if you wanted to charge two receivers for one transmitter. It also shows the level coming through the IEM, so you can see if it is actually working without listening to it. I loved the U4 when I got it, even though I had to move everything else way from 2.4GHz as it splatted all across the X18s connection, but this is just another step for me, even if the sound wasn't better (and it is), and it wasn't for the stereo thing, it is just a nicer device to use, it feels more sturdy. the big caveat in all of this is that I have had it just over a week, I have used it in one practice and one gig, so who knows how it will get on in future. I had stopped using my U4s, in place of the MS-1s, as the stereo was compelling, but the MS-1s were just so cheaply built and the power switch was more than a little flakey, and the quality wasn't all that great but I still carried around the U4s charged and ready, as frankly I didn't trust the MS-1s, but I think I can probably stop doing that now with these. But maybe after a couple more gigs.
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Yes to both, absolutely a step up (I still have the XVive U4, but haven't used it for a long time).
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There is a really clever trick you can try in these circumstances that not many people are aware of. You can: a) use 'Words' to express that you think they are silly, and why or b) scroll on by, roll your eyes manually and go to some other, more interesting and less silly posts that deserve your attention more
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Agreed, in lots of ways.
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They weren't at the time I did mine.
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There is a lot more focus on the education when you are paying for it yourself thats for sure!
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My dad was against us going to university, not to the point of forbidding us to go, but just that we should be out working, so we both went out to work at 16.I went to the Open University later on
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I had ordered one too (not entirely sure why, but thought it would be good as a drop D thing for a new group), but it was shown as out of stock, to be sent on the 2nd January, but now it has been delayed by 3 weeks. I am not actually that bothered, quite happy to wait if it does turn up!
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OK, I got the WX52- and I have been pretty impressed with it, tried it tonight in a practice, really good sound quality and a solid build.
