Fine people of the forums,
I was curious to know if any one out there in low budget land or else where has come upon a more affordable solution to providing headphones to Director an/or scripty than the standard comtek or zaxcomm IFB?
I recently came across something that I thought I'd share and see who is with me on this one...
I'm currently running Sennheiser RS160 wireless headphones. $150 on eBay then $100 per extra set of cans. Check 'em out here:
http://en-us.sennheiser.com/wireless-headphones-digital-stereo-rs-160
Basically, you send a stereo feed to a 1/8" TRS mini-jack on a small Tx base station (runs on 2xAA not included) and it then sends that mix out to as many as 4 sets of cans. Each HP set has its own power and volume controls and the cans run on 2 AAA batteries (eneloop batteries are included!).
So on a small indie set these have worked great so far. Range is stated at 60ft which doesn't sound like much but I have not run into any issues on range.
There is an ever so slight delay though as it uses 2.4Ghz which is the same as WiFi.
Thoughts? Comments? Concerns? Please do tell!