Adam White

I don’t love the plastic tubular ones anymore. Sometimes they tear the battery covers and they don’t hold enough cells. These plastic boxes are actually free at Home Depot if you buy 48 disposables. You can also buy empty ones on Amazon. I much prefer them and it’s very clear where your live/dead cells are.

I did some work here in Toronto in August 2023 with a crew for "Beverly Boy", and none of us have been paid as of Feb 2024. It was an industrial video for a medical lens company and we filmed all around a hospital with real doctors and client on site. A few weeks ago I received $100 as a "good faith payment" but I'm not hopeful about the rest. Beware... AW

@LarryFwhen talking about "BNC-T", does the 2x1split by RF Venue fall under that category? Or could a pair of these be used to good effect in combining two bag receivers, and spreading out/raising the antennas? Similar circuitry to the mini circuits product discussed above?

Just made a little video comparing a CS-M1 and a Neumann km185 in my studio. Not entirely scientific but I found it interesting!

Also, turn your headphone volume down...

Following. Anyone? Love this form factor, compared to the alternatives.

UPDATE - The problem I was having was NOT related to the CS-M1. It's a known firmware bug in 633 v4.61!!

I'll dig up a sample asap. I went into Trew a few weeks back and we easily recreated the capsule distortion with new units and alternate mixer/recorders. Determined that it was not specific to my particular microphone. Just get loud with it and compare the results with your other mics. I personally think the SPL limits are not what they claim to be, but I don't really have any idea of how I can test that accurately. Adam

I tested my mic against another unit. Same level of sensitivity to capsule overload. Happens at any gain level and regardless of preamp. Sort of disappointing because it really means I can’t count on it in very loud/dynamic situations, eg even a seated interview with a loud laugher! I would love to hear some other testers chime in on the subject. Best Adam

My microphone isn't performing to this specification. Like @Kisaha I have been experiencing a fair amount of clipping at the microphone as well. Virtually anytime I get a good yell, laugh, whatever. It's not a gain staging problem. I use the 633 and I don't even know how to clip this recorder if you have limiters on. It's the mic. I'll be reaching out to a Sanken rep in the new year to investigate (and testing at length with some other hardware)...

Winter in Toronto is cold. If my audio bag can warm my jacket and gloves, I say, bonus!

@jason porter curious about how your skydive audio turned out! Cheers Adam

Now that's a hack! Thanks @LarryF!!

I'm sure many of you accumulate partly discharged AA lithiums. What is the most accurate way to measure their remaining life? Right now I've got this: - a voltmeter? I gather that it's not a great measure unless their under a load - a Pulse-load battery tester. There's no spot on there for lithiums and this guy says it's inaccurate because of the flat discharge graph. - Stick them in a Lectrosonics SMQV transmitter, and look at the battery readout on the receiver, either the voltage or the lithium setting. I don't own a single battery (smv) transmitter so it's not isolating a single battery either way. Any other hacks that are more helpful? Thanks in advance!

Hey! Thanks everyone for your responses. It's currently in the Sennheiser shop and I think it's getting a new pcb, at a cost of around $350. I will be calling them next week to get the full story.