EBS_freak

Those knobs are very cool! - but agreed, not for this bass.

Hopefully you'll get a better result next time around the loop. re: open jaw would suggest a bite block - make sure you have a bite block though - don't sit there just holding your mouth open.

Oh... and expect droooooool. 

It was more a behave directed to them - not yourself.

To be honest, I had no end of bad experience, particularly around their Live system - and whilst the fit was always OK, when I switched to acrylic, I realised that the whole sales pitch of silicon and it's advantages was a bit of a myth (oh and by the way silicon shrinks over time).

I remember have my first triple monitors (at the time, the top of the range) from them and thinking - is this what people rave over? Very disappointing - no headroom and very farty with a harsh top end. Of course, others peoples opinions may vary - and this was with their old drivers.

Funnily enough, when I got my impressions done at Banbury, I asked them directly about bite blocks - "oh, we don't bother with them" - I still sat there with two fingers in my mouth, to imitate a one inch bite block as best as I could - and also not engaging in any conversation with the person taking the impression despite them speaking - as it pretty clear that moving whilst having an ear impression isn't going to work out well.

Another thing to try, is when inserting the inear, pull back quite hard on your earlobe so it opens up the ear canal a bit, then twist in the in ear... and hope for a tighter fit!

ACS haven't heard of bite blocks? Behave!

Anybody in the IEM business - and certainly folk who have been in it as long as ACS have certainly will. Their social media even shows the use of one during the taking of impressions.

@SteveK - where are you based?

2 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

It has an oddly foetal feel......

 

What is that control plate covering up?

Custom Lynx Neutrik 16 Way Multicore Stage/Wall Box System

Length (from box to connectors, metres):

8

Fly end – breakouts/tails:

500mm

Free standing

Box:

12 x Female XLR, 4 x Male XLR

Fly:

12 x Male XLR, 4 x Female XLR

100% use a 1 inch bite block every time… well… the only application where you don’t need a bite block is if you are an audiophile type who sits still to listen to music.

Those who complain of a rubbish seal generally have not used a bite block. I remember cringeing at the trade shows when I was working with the CIEM company - and we would see other stalls taking impressions without a bite block or having full blown two way conversations as the impressions were being taken. One way ticket to a pants fit.

49 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

I have absolutely no idea whatsoever. It was a long time ago and not something that I retained. Can't even begin to guess.

Surely it's got to be Donna Lee?

Love Me Do - The Beatles

In my early days, I just worked through The Beatles complete scores book, pretty much in line with albums.

Oh man 😵 The world is a bit darker without Dr of the bass. Rest in peace sir.

22 hours ago, Jack said:

Don't think Romesh looks an awful lot like Wayne personally, but whatever.

At least Im not alone!

1000 pounds - competing with some high end powered 10 PA cabs there.

But why?

I can understand that.

47 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

 

I have mine on my pedalboard.  I run a line from my pre pedal to one input on the transmitter and the other channel is fed from the PA; it means I can tweak just the bass volume from the transmitter without needing to get engineer to boost me.

`you run in mono?

The digital aspect of the Mipro will have even the best analogue compander based IEM system beat.

The EW is likely to have a further range and due to the lower frequency rf - better for passing through walls and stuff.

If you are worried about drop outs and interference, the 5.8 system is going to be way more stable than a 2.4 system. As I say, if you have line of site and can keep the units close to the stage, right now, I’d go MiPro.

Blu tack is your friend. (turn and resqueeze)

I see Thomann have started stocking it now (£469) - https://www.thomann.co.uk/mipro_mi_58rt_58_ghz.htm

I believe there's no additional costs on the published figure...? (I haven't bought from Thomann in years)

9 minutes ago, acidbass said:

Thank you @EBS_freak and @warwickhunt - will investigate

 

Curious as to how these systems would work with a traditional antenna splitter setup - I wonder does the fact that it's digital matter in this regard?  Planning to rackmount 4 x systems with an antenna splitter/combiner and a paddle antenna or two for clarity of signal.

I dont think there is an antenna combiner for these yet. Before you spend the money - I have the full paddle setups on my Sennheisers and Shures... and even for some sizeable stage, the inbuilt  ones are good enough to the point I dont bother with the external paddles. You can always find somewhere at the back/side of the stage to put them. As long as you have line of sight, you're likely to be golden.  

33 minutes ago, acidbass said:

What's the current best budget wireless option (£400-ish budget max per system?)

 

Used a Sennheiser XSW wireless IEM system on a tour in October and also for a number of smaller gigs since,

 

Quite disappointed with the quality compared to the G4 (which is around twice the price).  The XSW suffered dropouts multiple times during every show.  It seemed to be when the system was driven quite hard.  For example, when I was just playing bass, it would be fine.  But when I tried to sing in addition to playing bass (which is my job) the system would cut out momentarily for maybe half a second right in the middle of my part, which was hugely frustrating and offputting.

 

I really wanted to like the XSW system as I was planning on buying 4 for my band and keeping them rackmounted with an antenna and distributor, but sadly I will have to look at other options.

 

Stretch a little to the Mipro MI-58RT (<2.2ms latency - digital - sounds better than any analogue system. 5.8 - so make sure they are by the performance area

XSW is dog compared to EW300 G2+ - stay away

17 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

Ive always been one to do updates as soon as they come out, but since i started to use my MacBook as my main instrument im now very careful. As you say, it seems to be the plugins rather than main apps that are slow to get updated.

 

i do have iOS betas on all my other Apple devices though 😂

Have your "music" build on an external SSD. Remote boot from that on a gig - that way you can always run an "outdated but stable" version. When it came to software and gigging... I was of the mind, if it works and is stable, dont mess with it.

yeah, you have a rear firing sub - tbh, whoever is running PA here is kinda making a meal of it by the sub placement in the first place. 

Indeed, you'll be surprised how much can come out of monitors... and of course, the output from this will reflect back into open mics too...

5 hours ago, W1_Pro said:

I might be wrong of course,  but that skate on the corner of the stage looks like its holding three Adamson E218 subs. Thats a bloody funny place to stack subs. Also, I can't see a tower, which would be the obvious place to put top boxes. Odd....

Indeed - additionally, being a trio, I'd hope they are running cardioid to minimise back spill. But the whole PA deployment looks like a nightmare anyway.