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  2. I managed to get my hands on this setup. well nearly: this one is with the active cables and MK4 but similar enough to your suggestion with CMC 1L. It‘s almost as sleek as the MSTC and very solid, but obviously you have two cables dangling down rather than just one. I‘m not sure yet which I prefer… I wonder whether the two lemo cables could be „joined“ into a 5 pin XLR cable after 10 inches or so. Kind of the opposite to the splitter cable of the MSTC.
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  4. Nobody can say for sure 100% what may happen at some undetermined point in the future, but those bands you mentioned are of course the ones we can use in the US at this time. Which one of them would be best is depending on where you work. In a lot of areas in Los Angeles, it’s fair to say scans in B1 look busy, but you can always find a few usable frequencies. A1 looks somewhat better, but random things like EMT can show up out of nowhere and wipe you out, even when the scans looked clear 5 minutes ago. Having one block of clear freqs in 941 might of course better than having 3 congested blocks…. But again, who knows what might be best on any given day at any given location. So many variables possible, including other sound mixers nearby (or driving by). And again, who knows if that gets auctioned off at some point in the future….? So in conclusion - get one of each and you should be covered - at least for now hah!
  5. Yesterday
  6. So, apologies if this has been discussed recently, but I couldn't find it. I'm buying an SRc for a friend (no, really!) and need to know the skinny on what's going on at the FCC in terms of the future. What would you buy today? A1, B1 or 941? Committed to Lectro, only. Getting out of C1. The 941 maybe less traffic, but it's only one block! Discuss, please.
  7. Just want to pop in and say thanks to FM borjam! I've been hunting an RC-F82 for way too long and ended up getting this one.
  8. You can find all the latest firmware and documentations at www.cantarx.com . There is also a "Cantar X3 User Group" at facebook with all documentations and repair guides.
  9. Hi Trev i have it. DM me your email address and I can send it to you when I get home at the weekend. cheers Paul
  10. Hi, does anyone have the latest X3 firmware file. I was on a job and planning to do the update on wrap and then the closure was announced ! any help appreciated thanks trev
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  12. Those appear to be resold from this Hong Kong seller (the "brand" in the above listing matches the e-bay username of this seller): https://www.ebay.ca/itm/174918158242?itmmeta=01HSS6Z4ZHH41TDFDTZC8YK30W&hash=item28b9ef47a2:g:yuoAAOSw4nRhLyrl&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABENpFAAlk1sD9kVhWmKCj%2FmXRpYHGSw6zwfAyvf%2B1SMxFykAVHeIygmOvRt%2FwQnoBQjDLYb2KmfqE8esjHxx%2BYBAybmxIN1j%2FcqZ0SrXn7E4sKna778tFwPsIm3EEGUha%2F0BqjUZp3XQJ%2FBnCNfoIJqFcWzuPIfzdOFA9xOXEtmnLIyHr8KUopmVPuyfQ%2FcbgwzDzvbq5V3No0hW6uo2PvGmjA00ymeDuP3Iu0vEkd4vGCfk8JEuuZRkX4e0LilUmiPyMq407QTk7iUu7QSBkdVw0gTFoy9c8WTA2iHDJL7RE5ZlV7x6OXELBMQ5I7m84Y5dfVTz0gJ2Gmag5L%2F5TWhX7HlEQ1Qn%2Fs4wEbMNi5V3L|tkp%3ABFBM7M_8ps5j
  13. I was skeptical because there are so many versions of these quick connectors and quite a vast pricing range all the way up to $45 apiece at mouser claiming scientific tolerances… but I went for it and I ordered two of these from ebay. For 15 bucks total incl shipping it is worth to try a pair https://www.ebay.com/itm/266290876999?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20240315132637%26meid%3D9da9e3f9ea6f414abfa89b08fc65cbc4%26pid%3D102055%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26mehot%3Dnone%26itm%3D266290876999%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2Mobile&_trksid=p4375194.c102055.m146925&_trkparms=parentrq%3A77a45a3818e0a24247dd5122fffff9c4|pageci%3A9795236f-eaf3-11ee-9ac7-06f0f82b2ea2|iid%3A1|vlpname%3Avlp_homepage
  14. I am old enough to remember when the industry used Carbon Tet (carbon tetrachloride) to clean and degrease cables, read/write heads, circuit boards, even work surfaces, etc. Then there was the Władziu Valentino Liberace poisoning incident where use of Carbon Tet in his hotel room sent him to the hospital and he lobbied for its banning. Then the engineers I worked with started using liquid freon as a solvent for wiping down heads, lol.
  15. 2x MRX414 Receivers H blocks 23 – 26 (596 – 698 MHz) $2450 USD each 4x TRXLA2.6 blocks 23 – 26 (596 – 698 MHz), 3 have updated screens. $1000 USD each Changing blocks. Will ship overseas. Located in Vancouver Canada.
  16. Wow they are getting so sophisticated at scamming. I really wish someone would ride out the wave and see how far they could take it “reverse prank” style and share the details for our amusement. Nosborne you seemed to get close to creating real agitation on the part of the scammer
  17. Kind of smells like a "419" scam, but very targeted and very specific. Likely the only money that will really move is the "overage" they send you in advance along with pre-payment, and ask you to then send that overage to a 3rd party (fake rental house? Lawyer? Fixer?). Later you find that their payment bounces, and you're out the overage.
  18. Vac cleaners use high power slip rings and are kind of crude for a mic signal and difficult to isolate from EMI. Their systems are quite big, for longer and thicker cables. Some even only have 2 "channels". The better ones come with constant torque springs rather than power springs. Over all, they are not made to be taken apart and I have given up attempts to harvest them from old units before. A DYH-1703 may have the right dimension, though also not small and the breaking system would probably need some modification to be quite. I do not have or have used one. I do use a DYH-1816 without the break on the boom but 3m max is probably too less for a bag to boom scenario.
  19. https://www.thomann.de/intl/stairville_cs_160_black_cable_strap_160mm.htm
  20. Got the same text and followed up, ended up getting the guy on the phone to suss out if it was real. The dude was kind of convincing, describing very vaguely the shoot…saying “I agree, it’s better for you to use your own gear and you would be more efficient with your own setup, but the production needs you to use ours. Do you know the CL8 or CL16?” Then later he said once they choose their audio equipment rental vendor the gear would need to be sent to my apartment. When I said “well if it comes to that, of course I would need to be hired for that day.” At that point he got really frustrated and said “you think I’d be on the phone with you this long and not hire you???” I’m guessing it would have been something where I front the money to some fake rental house? Or something, Fortunately I found this thread and then found a Reddit thread from 3 years ago with almost the same text email about “the esteemed position of production assistant.” Felt scammy from the beginning but I had to be sure before letting it go…
  21. Thanks: https://www.bubblebeeindustries.com/collections/other-sound-accessories/products/the-cable-binders
  22. Didn't know about these but there's also "The Cable Binders" by Bubblebee. Seems to be the same thing and might be found at the same store you buy or rent your audio gear. At least that's how I stumbled across them.
  23. Agreed that it doesn't matter which color conductor is "hot" and which is "cold" as long as it is the same on both ends. If they are different then you will have a polarity reversal. Which will also (generally) sound indistinguishable by itself but cause problems when combining coherent signals. As for me, "established conventions" is as simple as, there were about a hundred star quad cables in our inventory when I arrived here, and whoever built them chose to wire them "blue is 2." So I wire all new cables that way as well. I leave the shell unconnected. The cable shield is still connected to pin 1, so the cable is still shielded for most of its length. But where two cables meet, because the shells are not connected to anything they cannot act as a true shield. As a result there is a small unshielded area that is susceptible to RFI/EMI and is a potential source of noise. In practice, I have never encountered a situation where I think this is significant. On the other hand, a shell that is connected to shield is susceptible to introducing ground loops into a system if it touches "grounded" objects that are at slightly different potential. The most notable example I have encountered of this was when a microphone had a significant buzz every time the shell touched a metal part of a building. In that case, floating the shell made the noise go away.
  24. https://niteize.com/gear-tie-reusable-rubber-twist-tie The vacuum cleaner cable winch sounds like more fun though 👌
  25. You know it might actually be just a coincidence... I've done that too on occasion when my foremost arm is tired that I just very briefly hold the boom with the back hand and let my foremost hand down, shake it a bit and then up again. I can do that maybe for a second, not more, of course. But it looks cool in that brief second...
  26. I've had some luck with Nite Ize Gear Ties. I like the fact that you can lock those, so the cable doesn't untie itself which almost always happens when you don't want it to. I've dreamed of taking my vacuum cleaner's cable winch out and putting it on my bag.. but.. weight and noise.
  27. I’ve ordered a Panamic 2.3m/7.5’ boom pole that uses external cable. This lineman belt hook, which also comes in a gated version, looks like it might work for feeding and collecting a moderate amount of cable: Good idea or not? What’s your favorite tool for this?
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