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Leicozic IEMs could be what you're thinking of. I've got a bunch of them. They get the job done, not great, not awful. Certainly better sounding than other popular options such as Comteks, thus in my eyes they're "good enough". Can pair them with a Lectrosonics T4 transmitter if you want more range and a more portable transmitter than the Leicozic rack transmitter. Stick Eneloops/LADDAs in them and you've got enough power to go all day long, and maybe even for the second day too.

Same, I love how power efficient and small/lightweight the Maxx is! If only I could say the same about the Sound Devices 8 Series

It's perhaps one of the biggest downsides to the Maxx perhaps, being only a single card. What I do is I run the output mix into a Tascam DR10X which I leave recording all day, as it is extremely lightweight and the battery runs all day long (a nice and easy no fuss approach to it!). As a super duper extreme scenario emergency back up that I hope I'll never have to use (never have had to use it! Knock on wood. But if I ever do then I'll be glad I had it!!).

It is ridiculously easy for a Kiwi to work in Australia (or for an Aussie to work in NZ). Essentially when it comes to getting employed, a NZer is identical to an Australian when it comes to our right to work. Of course an Australian Citzen and NZ Citizen are still two different things, even if living in Australia then I still can't vote for MPs to represent me in the Australian Parliament, or if I lost my job in Australia then I can't go on the dole in Australia. Just to give a couple of examples.

Now that Lectrosonics is technically kinda-ish sort of "an Australian company" I was hoping beyond all hope to see engineering positions listed in Australia 😞 Ah well, I can't work in America! But I could in Oz.

Well, I think we're only a few short years away from the patent finally expiring? But now that Lectrosonics is "an Australian company", I think (note: am not a lawyer, I only LARP as one on the internet) there is a pathway they could start doing this immediately if they wish? Because if they choose to then they could do all their manufacturing in Australia for their non-American sales (while keeping production in America for American sales), thus completely avoiding the American legal system and their onerous requirements? Because none of the manufacturing or sales would be done in the USA for their non-USA sales.

This is a worthwhile watch, an interview with the new owner of Lectro:

Something like a "Lectrosonics LMc"? (a LMb that's priced sub $1K) Maybe doing what @Jim Feeley suggested and releasing it under "the Blue range" like the IFBlue is (so call it a "LMblue"??), if they want to preserve "the Lectrosonics brand name" for transmitters that are exclusively $1K+

My initial knee jerk reaction was "this is bad news", but once I thought about it for a few more seconds I can see the potential silver lining here. Lectrosonics was #1 King for so long during the Analog and Digital Hybrid eras, but it feels like over the past decade they've been slipping behind vs the rising stiff competition from Wisycom, Shure, and others. (I'm a very big fan of all of the analog / digital hybrid wireless I own from Lectrosonics, but if/when I upgrade, I struggle to see myself sticking with and going next with Lectrosonics?) Perhaps this now is exactly what they need? Being able to tap into a huge amount of extra resources of engineering talent, manufacturing capabilities, new supply chain efficiencies, extra deep funding, and more. Am excited to see play out what this will mean for the future of Lectrosonics.

Ah yes, I was an idiot, misread that & replied too quickly, my apologies.

if the CSM1/MKH416/etc are within your budget, then surely the DPA 2017 is also within your budget! It's basically the same price. Were you getting it mixed up with the much more expensive 4017?

If Atomos is caring about the goodwill with the Aaton brand name, then that would indicate they plan upon releasing future products under the Aaton brand. And that's surely the only reason they're doing their current actions, to maintain and build up the goodwill in the Aaton brand name?

Definitely not worth it. It's easy enough these days to find ancient Lectrosonics non-diversity wireless that is matching frequencies for a hundred-ish bucks. So why take the risk? That's what I was thinking as well. Sony prosumer wireless that is a generation or two (or three...) old is often under a couple of hundred dollars these days, sometimes even under a hundred bucks. Just doesn't make sense to me to buy non-matching ancient Lectros on the hope that maybe "somehow" it will "work".

Hopefully this is just their first go at attempting to get low hanging fruit before taking on a more challenging project such as a Superslot receiver.

You make a fair point, but we are also linking back to him as well, I'm sure he's getting far more views (well, relatively speaking for the size of this forum) thanks to this thread being active and discussing it vs if it didn't exist. It's also helpful to share the data further, should their channel ever go offline in the years to come. (unlikely but never impossible)