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This look good Lilliput HT10S
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I might go individual monitors mounts. Better for power, flexibility and upgradability.]
This way I can just keep 1 or 2 monitors only and add 3-4 when I need one.
Anybody wants to buy PSC euro cart monitor Rack mount if I do?
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I don’t like single use lithiums because once they are out of the pack I have no idea what their capacity is.
And that makes them unreliable.
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3 minutes ago, solowiej said:
1 candela/meter² [cd/m²] = 1 nit [nt]
so 300 nits
Oh. That is not for outside in sunny nevada desert. But love the size
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Productions have been getting me Bivigor 24 packs.
My “unscientific” experience shows around 10-15% less than “fresh” Energizer Ultimate. \
They have been working fine.
Still prefer to use Eneloop Pro Black.
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4 hours ago, Benherisson said:
They are extremely expensive but the quality is really incredible and if you watch them Eight to ten hours a day it's really worth it
It does not say the brightness. They look cool
5 hours ago, codyman said:Valid criticism but I will say my DC power port on the back of my 3u Black Magics is still very "tight" after all these years and I don't think I've ever had it accidentally disconnect on me. I think I've had my dual 7" one's from them for almost a decade now!
Good to know.
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1 minute ago, osa said:
I second this - i have mine as an emergency bu with a qrx and cam link, occasionally break it out for run n gun jobs and 360 camera jobs and also use it with a senn ambeo mic to record band practice. Hopefully soon will have my oldest son training with it as he has shown some interest.
Find an internal CL. Best quality of Maxx.
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I use it for back up in my car with 2 qrx and also sometimes when just sending to camera and the Maxx is the back up. Integrated Hop transmitter is good. Maxx barely uses any power.
I use to use it for Podcasts but now when I retired the OneUnit Nomad and put back 6XLR pre amps I use nomad for Podcasts
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5 hours ago, solowiej said:
My next trick will be a pull-out drawer unit like this, but hopefully brighter: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1709229-REG/feelworld_sc173_hd_56_17_3_1ru_pull_out.html
I've been plenty happy with my cheapo FeelWorld T51 Triple 5", though these are smaller than what you're wanting.There are a lot of choices for one big monitor. My thinking is individual monitor/inputs will not need a quad box and will not use all the power all the time. And it does not utilize the size unless you have only one input.
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2 hours ago, Axel Mishael said:
I liked the option of a Small HD 7", it is bright and you can put it on a arm and place it nearer or below and near to the mixing board or wherever you want.
Axel.
I was thinking about that. But if I go that route I will just get OSee bright monitors that are cheaper.
I can mount 2 on top an and 2 on the bottom directly to 1010 Aluminum extrusion.
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I am getting old. I need something bright. 10” will be perfect but I can go for 7”
I was thinking single 15.6 with a quad box.
What do you guys and gals use?
P.S. Not a fan of BLACK Magic’s lack of locking power connector.
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On 10/12/2023 at 4:57 PM, Ridley said:
Apologies about reviving an old thread. Some were wondering about the price point of the Cannibal Industries SuperZuca (Eric Ballew) cart. In a 2018 Facebook post he confirmed it to be $795 USD. With inflation that puts the cart at around $975 USD (2023).
To be honest it is a lot easier to make a 1010 1020 aluminum cart. You are not stuck with the small base of Zuca
Check Tnutz.com for all the parts needed except the wheels that can be purchased everywhere.
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This group has a lot of information on building zucka carts
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It is heavy.
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Strange price indeed. But as I understand it is extremely reliable. Making it a desirable choice.
“ I am getting my minicmit serviced and possibly will get the new capsule that is supposed to be better in humidity.”
AS far as DPA goes It worked great in 100% humidity 120F in the tunnels under lake mead for many years.
I would love to try it out.
But when it comes to 4017/4018 vs Schoeps the schoeps is noticeably better sounding,
I have been using the cardioid MK4 lately and is so much more natural sounding than mk41.
Cardioid in my opinion sound better than super/hyper cardioid.
Wide Cardioid sounds the most natural but not really isolating.
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On 2/15/2023 at 7:55 AM, OB1 said:
Same experience with CMIT in high humid environments (Costa Rica, Panama). Noise which appeared to simply be a highly elevated noise floor. Moved to a DPA and clean signal. Bagged the CMIT for the rest of the doc and took it out of my bag rotation.
I am dropping the mini cmit as well and getting a 4017. I love the sound but my schoeps have been very unreliable.
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Gene from audio dept makes mine.
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33 minutes ago, The Documentary Sound Guy said:
So, once upon a time you purchased batteries at an unspecified price and it was cheaper. That's not exactly a convincing argument.
Lithium prices have skyrocketed in the last year or two thanks to electric cars. Lithium batteries have gotten more expensive because of that. That's not evidence of a conspiracy or gouging. It's evidence that batteries have gotten more expensive.
$99 for a mid-capacity NP-F battery isn't a cheap price. But it isn't outrageous either. Have you seen what Sony charges for their "genuine" NP-F batteries? They invented the format, and they charge a large premium for it. Can you get batteries for less — even a lot less? Yes. If you know what you are doing, there are bargains to be had. But, most of the time with "generic" batteries, you get what you pay for. Nobody is forcing you to buy a Sound Devices battery. There are *lots* of options out there. But, it's in the interest of Sound Devices to pay for a *good* lithium battery if they are going to sell one, and some people may decide to buy it because it has their name on it. At the price they are charging, I doubt they are doing better than breaking even on the cost of carrying special SD-branded batteries, but I have confidence they are good batteries. And I'm sure that confidence will sell a few batteries for them, even to people who know they can get cheaper batteries elsewhere.
Given that Sound Devices' primary business is selling sound recorders, who cares what they charge for batteries? Buy them elsewhere.it does matter what they charge for chargers. And batteries.
they should stick to selling recorders and anything else the multinational conglomerate that owes them sales.
price gouging their customers is not only shady business practice but also disrespectful to their customers.
make something and sale it!
don’t resale price gouge like any other shitty greedy corporation out there.
I don’t understand why people always jump to deffend multi national corporations like whoever Italian mafia family owns sound devices!!!do you work for them!?
are you a resaler?
what do you care?
are you generally defending greedy capitalist price gouging as an acceptable business practice?
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57 minutes ago, The Documentary Sound Guy said:
Not based on the photo. The Sound Devices XL has the calibrator button clearly visible on both product pages that you linked to (mind you, the image probably came from SD anyway). Only the Remote Audio appears to be a 4040.
How many chargers do you think SD and Remote Audio are selling? These aren't high volume items, I doubt they would put their cash into a giant bulk order when they only expect to sell a few every year. And, yes, SD and Remote Audio might only mark up 10%, but the prices you are showing are *retail* prices, not the prices that SD and RA charge their wholesale clients. In a retail context, 50% markup is pretty normal ... that is what it takes to cover the overhead of a physical store (or, in these cases, more likely the cost of paying someone to either hold stock or to order from the manufacturer on your behalf).
You can argue that you don't gain any benefit from buying from Gotham or Trew ... as I said, I have no doubt that it's cheaper to order direct from the manufacturer if they will sell to end consumers. I've certainly done that before.
But I also sometimes from retail stores, even if it costs me more. And I'm not going to begrudge them their profit margin, because I know how expensive it is to sell retail.No not at all. I purchased bunch of batteries from Ghotam when they were sold at $120-125 each “don’t remember the exact price.
Sound devices are saying it is 5050 but it should be confirmed. My 4040s have the rubber buttons as well.
Just FYI the calibrator does nothing with an aging battery. It only introduces unnecessary fan noise. Sound devices should sale 4040.
Not to mention BS like bellow. It is preying on their own uninformed customers…
4 times the actual retail price:
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1 hour ago, The Documentary Sound Guy said:
As Michael said, RRC is German, not Chinese. And I'm not American, so... <shrug>.
And if those are wholesale prices, the retail markup looks pretty normal to me (never mind the small amount earned from re-badging), especially since Sound Devices is rebadging the 5050, not the 4040. (The Remote Audio one appears to be a 4040, but it also has a proportionately cheaper retail price).
$278 / $390 = 40% markup (IE 5050 / Sound Devices XL)
$236 / $365 = 55% markup (IE 4040 / Remote Audio HiQ Dual)
I see you Rado edited his response above to the correct wholesale price from $120 to $220. It would be nice to acknowledge this, since the premise of this entire thread rests on how cheap or expensive the markup is, and that silently-changed $100 error is the difference between a markup that is triple vs. a markup that is ~50% (i.e. a normal retail margin).
I see normal retail business practice, not gouging. If you want to order direct from the manufacturer and get a better deal, by all means, go for it. But don't slag small companies (that are also American!) for normal business practices.t was a typo that was corrected.
Those chargers are 4040 not 5050!
Those companies get even better prices buying bulk.
10% is an honest mark up. Not 60-70%!!!
I imagine they get $160-170 price per charger.
Back in the day when Vin found IE and pointed me to them and I started purchasing for everybody. they gave me a $70,000 deal for a bulk purchase with my branding R.A.D.O . I approached a LA resaler with a reasonable offer of $10 mark up for me a battery. This was back in the day around the time Audio Root battery were coming out for $330. I was offered around $100 a battery and $165 a charger pay as I go. I wanted the batteries to be affordable for everybody. But I was cut off the deal.
I am not sour. I am actually happy that lesson keeps me away from the sound business. Don’t want to live without dignity!
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RRC is Chinese.
inspired energy is AmericanI use to buy dual chargers for my friends for around $200
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This charger is made by inspired energy and around $220.
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It is a shame when our people take advantage of us!
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Horror stories? A few. Mostly Apple dongle related.