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I guess nobody actually reads the wealth of information at the front of this thread then?

section 2.4....

8 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

I need to split mic feeds so that I can feed both monitors and FoH. The Y type cables seem like a poor way to do it so it seems that a Behringer MS8000 or ART Splitter would be needed. 
 

The ART is several times more expensive than the Behringer. Has anyone any experience of either device or another solution?

Yes, to both. The Behringer is fine and does the job. 

*cough cough* RTFM.

Come Onnnnnnnnn

(It's cos it would seem to be deceptively simple... but it still gets ya!)

23 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

Just a heads up that this is a slight design fault with the P2. It's very easy to slide into the stereo position when either inserting batteries or sliding the outside sleeve back on, all of our band have done this at least once. Really simple to fix once you know and to check but the first time it happens can be a panicky moment

 

the other design fault is that if you drop the unit, the battery can pop out. Easy when you know - but annoying when you are under the pressures of the gig and you are faced with the problem for the first time. Even more annoying when you find out that the wearer dropped it and didn’t tell you. Especially annoying when the battery was fresh in and the unit was confirmed as working by me.

”it just stopped working”

”nothing to do with you dropping it then?”

Anyway, nothing a bit of knowledge or gaffa can’t fix.

So, who is going to own up to creating the fake OC-2 profile, claiming to be Marcus?

Love posts like those.

"Shop delivers on goods that have been paid for shocker!"

* looks in other direction, specifically avoiding eye contact with Beedster *

Supplying Shure PSM200 IEMs deserves a firing.

4 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said:

Tbf they’ve probably got a lot on, appeasing the online shopping experts of basschat in making minor adjustments to their website without which they’d be the worst retailer in existence. 

Given their speed at delivering the new site, I wouldn’t be holding any breaths. That site is done and dusted for the next 10+ years.

Another annoyance. I click on to a product (via the text, not via a pic)

Look at that big pic in the middle. Lets click on it (seems reasonable, but maybe not because it wouldn't allow me to click on the images in the listings... but hey)...

Woah! That's great that. I want to see more. Oh, the cursor keys dont seem to do anything... and there's no arrows on the pic to scroll. Oh you're kidding me...

Click out.... look at the pics underneath... and...

oh look! same picture but now I can scroll through the rest of the images. Why not give me the scroll option on the main (and first pic) that I clicked on. I don't want to back out of an action I have done to scroll through some pics.

PS, I know this isn't BDs fault, it just shows how devs don't understand how user experience/expectations (especially for consistency - do you want me to click on pictures or not?) are often at odds with the spec  

40 minutes ago, tauzero said:

I also think that if you use the hierarchy display line to go back a level or two, all the filters should be shown with their current selections.

Agreed - I'm sure there's a popular website that we know of that does such a thing. Its name currently escapes me.

Anyway, not going to go into any more Amazon talk, I was simply referencing their UI, not their tax status and shouldn't be derailing the thread.

Plus, its verging on politics anyway. So, I'm self moderating and done on that particular aspect of the convo! (And @ped is watching)

4 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

Why would Amazon pull out of the UK? Even if they paid their fair whack, it would still leave large sums for the bloated parasite Bezos.

The don't - but the threat is enough to secure them what they want.

If there is the choice of paying out, or not paying out, which do you think Bezos would want to go with?

For a different take on the situ, why aren't you annoyed that Amazon are receiving tax credits? (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/15/amazon-could-avoid-uk-tax-for-two-more-years-thanks-to-rishi-sunaks-tax-break)

Drill mod?

3 hours ago, tauzero said:

Plus the bastards don't pay tax and [this rant continued p94].

When you figure out how much companies rely on the revenue generated via Amazon, they have the government over a barrel.

"We leave the UK and all the dependants go bust/lose business and pay no/less tax... or you let us carry on."

All the linked dependant tax revenue would be a catastrophic loss to the public coffers.

Couriers/packaging manufactures/folks selling through amazon/affiliate earners/digital media owners where the distribution is through Amazon/staff/warehousing costs etc.... the impact of Amazon pulling out of the UK would be MASSIVE.

(Doesn't make it right though)

2 hours ago, Kev said:

I do think on occasion people can sometimes struggle to tell the difference between a slow server, a slow isp and a slow PC/Browser.  Both the new Bass Direct and Bassbros website are as fast as they possible could be for me, so either the server they're on is very variable or (more likely) its browsers and pcs slowing things down.

 

I oddly miss the old Bass Direct site.  I liked how one-click it was to quickly look at different sections/manufacturers.  And I think the search defaulting to show both in and out of stock items, with no way of knowing without clicking on the product, is not a good way of doing it.

Use a third party analyser to see how BD reports its responsiveness. Spoiler - there's a lot of bloatware in the BD site, although whoever built it is probably not even aware or maybe not savvy enough around such things. Its not been coded, it's been assembled using COTS products that have been shoehorned together.

Do they not fit due them being too loose - or because the tip wont actually attach to the output tube?

9 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

People will always say what they don't like, but in reality, none of those will stop anyone from buying anything they were going to buy anyway, so where they should listen to peoples opinions, they have to bear in mind that these are just random peoples opinions when asked and unless there are real useabilty issues, they aren't that important.

 

This is not true if the product is not exclusive. People will buy the product - but not necessarily from BD.

Website responsiveness and minimal click through is a massive influencer. If you want to buy something and you can click to buy in three clicks (e.g. integrated checkout with ApplePay, Googlepay, PayPal without being nagged for details all the time - you are onto a winner. You only have to look at the speed at which you can do a quick checkout on Amazon to understand why this is a massive part of the UI and can influence the user to chose them as a store as opposed to anywhere else.  The "Buy Now" button in Amazon is a great example of this - why would the user want to go anywhere else when it is so easy and negates the traditional checkout experience. Appreciate, as good get more specialised and if the price becomes significantly different, this those attributes becomes a factor in accepting more laborious experiences).

As someone who has done a fair but of UI analysis for some government websites (which I know are mostly pap), responsiveness is a massive part of it. There's loads of money spent on active monitoring using real users as opposed to doing offline testing. You can see where people are bailing out and how they are attempting to use the system - because they may be exhibiting behaviours that were never accounted for at design time. Anyway, dont want to derail the thread will all that kinda talk.

Anyway... as a quick example of UI annoyance, it's annoying to me (and surely to others), that I cant navigate BD site and drill down into an item by clicking on the picture. In conjunction with the text, that would offer a larger click point and cater for both sets of people who want to navigate pictorially or via text link. I know BD have probably just bought this as a COTS e-commerce product, probably based on price (or maybe even being free) so it may not even be a configurable. Again, just a musing.

It was always going to be the case given the build up!

For me, Im not mad keen on the layout (I thought the last site was quite good to navigate, just looked gash and some of the copy was sloppy - that's why I find the cut and copy without the links frustrating. Ultimately, it's of no real concern to me though, just things like that comes across as a bit sloppy, thats all... I like attention to the details, especially if it's reflected in the way the business in question operates)

22 minutes ago, ped said:

Looks good on desktop, but the items are a bit too big on mobile, 1 per line. Anyway, it's better - and I don't envy them having to do it and deal with all the experts who come out of the woodwork with an opinion lol.

Punters aren't experts. But at the end of the day, they are the people you've got to please in terms of experience. So in this case, their opinions may count more (or at least as much as) the experts. Experts aren't the target buyers, the punters are.

OK, first observation -

Privacy policy been cut and copied... and they forgot to put the links in.

44 minutes ago, Machines said:

 

Probably skimped on the SQL DTU

Sound thinking... but it's not in Azure.

23 minutes ago, sammybee said:

Did he make the website himself? It's marginally better than the old one but still looks like it's from circa 2015 rather than something from 2023.

 

Somethings you can/should DIY - an ecommerce website? nah you should leave that to a pro

nope. its woocommerce in wordpress....

...which makes me question... why did that take so long?

This is the page I find most useful - https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/about-us/our-brands/

Volume is not measured in watts... thats the hard sell.