André Boisvert

I lifted pin 3, plugged everything back in (this time using a UM400), and I could hear my mic nice and loud... along with a whole lot of RF garbage including a radio station. Touching the antenna made it worse, so I removed it and voilà! Perfect sound! I think my TA5 is not wired correctly. I'll look into it. Thanks Larry, and thanks RFSound for posting your question here. Apologies to Obama.

I've got the same Sennheiser power supply that I once tried to use with my Neumann 81 and Lectro 195 (this was years ago) as a plant mic. I got the same results you're getting. My XLR to TA5 worked with everything else. I blame Obama.

My 81 was my only boom mic for 16 years and never, ever did I have an RFI or humidity issue. Granted, the RF landscape has changed in that time, but humidity hasn't.

There is when using an RM. I don't know how that translates to moleskin.

I wouldn't say iPowers are out of the game yet. If a Litelong craps out after 10 cycles, it's not a winner. Some long term use is required. I'm also concerned about 1 out of my 4 batteries showing considerably lower results.

That's placing yourself out of their line of sight.

I bought 4 of them to try out in my UM400s, using the same charger. #1 - 5h32m #2 - 3h40m #3 - 5h48m #4 - 5h07m I retested #2 and got 3h48m. Aside from that one, the numbers look good. It'll be interesting to see how many cycles they can take. Thanks for the link Vin.

I know of one case of a broken Schoeps sitting with the Canadian distributor for a good month before being shipped out. So when I had an issue with my 41 several years ago, I got in touch with Schoeps and sent it in direct. It was only after I had shipped it (early August) that I found out they shut down for the month for vacation. Doh! I was without it for 7-8 weeks, but the actual turnaound, had I shipped it later or early, was 3 - 4 weeks in my case.

When doing interviews, I'm always thinking of the worst case scenario; one minute, a guest is sitting comfortably in the back of a chair, and the next he's sitting on the edge of it, leaning forward to emphasize a point. I think I'd have to be too far forward or too high up to cover that kind of range if my boom was locked down. Years ago, facing a few days in studio doing nothing but interviews, I made this ugly looking thing from scraps I had in my shop. I bought a light stand (on the small sets I work on, I try to be as autonomous as possible), and this is the result; With this set-up, I find standard chair height to be too low for me to sit in - I end up with one arm straight up to hold the boom. A stool is ideal, otherwise I'll throw a sound blanket over the arm of a chair for extra padding, and sit/lean on that. I'm currently working on a Magliner based "cart" designed specifically for all those interviews I do, with an incorporated folding seat that would have me seated at stool height all the time. If I ever get it done, I'll post pictures. And +1 to what Jim said about staying out of the eyeline.

Brillant!

Thank you Masaki. And please thank your wife Jason. I may be sitting down, but I gladly stand corrected.

Masaki!!!!

I always thought it was he-row-see. ?

Dish means: Give us all the details.

You may want to PM Denielle. She would be very qualified to answer your questions.

As in August.

Like the newsletters I get from Trew or PSS? Certainly doable.

Aren't you the lucky one; it's in your backyard: http://www.filmtontechnik.de/service.html

The inputs look very good, but would you not be better off with 90s for your 411 outs, so that the cable coming out of your XLR isn't subjected to such a hard bend?

On the plus side, a lav in a tuque is probably the best sounding, least problematic concealed placement I've ever used.

Over the 7 years of the life of this discussion group, Scott has removed all his posts on several occasions (3 or 4?). It's sad, because he provided some very valuable information. I don't know the reason(s), but it's a repeating pattern.

Would you care to expand on how you got this incredible collection together? There must be some good stories behind some of your acquisitions, and I love a good story.

Very, very impressive! Thanks for sharing.

Very good to know. Thanks.

Click on "More reply options". If uploading from your computer, click on "attach file" or the image icon. Dragging your cursor over each icon and stopping for a few seconds will reveal what each icon means. If your pictures are already posted somewhere, use the link icon. The big advantage of using a link is that you can insert text between each picture. Click on "preview post". If your pictures don't show, they won't appear on your post. Try again. If everything looks good, click on "add reply". Looking forward to seeing your collection.