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Ok, someone has to play the devil's advocate.. Jon, any chance of an Android release for the CL-WIFI software?

Another vote here for Sound Devices to find a way to make the USB port work for connecting to a computer for file offload. I have one of the Tomaras-brand extenders (too bad the ExtenZe brand name is already taken..) but now I'm reluctant to use it for critical recording applications..

Bump for curiosities sake.. I still haven't made a purchase but wondering if anyone else has any more user feedback. Oleg, you mention it being fine for urban environments.. can I take that to mean the self noise wouldn't be sufficient for quiet ambient recording? Thanks, DH

You know I've studied this document before and one thing that I've never been able to understand is that when you look at the connections table and at figure 1 it recommends not connecting the shield to pin 1 on the male connector at all... This just seems wrong to me.

Since the topic of un-balancing keeps coming up I feel this brings up another question: In what situation would you want to ground the negative lead of a balanced line? I know one answer is that it depends on the piece of gear, but why, electrically, would you want one wiring scheme vs. the other. For example Sound Devices recommends floating the negative lead in the case of active balanced outputs (302) but recommends grounding the negative in the case of transformer balanced outputs (442&552). Much appreciation to anyone who's willing to discuss, thanks! -dh Reference to discussion on SD user forum.

For what it's worth; I have one of the camera break-away tails made by Remote Audio that has a female 5-pin for this purpose and it's wired with pins 3 & 5 unconnected. Seems to work fine.

My hope is that in response to this product that sound devices find a way to enable 5-track recording on existing 552s. Pipe dream maybe, but would make it very competitive.

Me too!

Can you tell us the the track count of the recorder?

Jack, I should be getting mine within a week. Glad to hear it's working out so far, I'd be very interested to hear some feedback after you put it through the paces in the field.

Excellent question Matthias, I've been wondering this myself. I don't see why a single qrx couldn't control a whole group but who knows.

I wonder if the effect is less severe if using a solid state disk..

Rasmus, I would suspect that it depends mainly on what the camera is able to output. The 552 itself can return 2 channels. Most cameras I've worked with require you to select which channel pair you wish to monitor.

Hey chris, Have you tried the new "softie mount" from rycote? It's a little different from the standard lyre mount as it has a special crossbar piece that connects the two lyres for additional stability. It's designed to support the weight of the fur softie on the end of the mic. However, I find that with the smaller diameter mics like the 416 and cs3e the mount doesn't always seem to grip tight enough and sometimes a creaking noise is produced. A layer of shrink tube or silicone bands in the right spots has helped in my case.

Robert, If you want to make the cable I would give this sound devices tech note a read. It describes making a cable to provide a mono output by summing the unbalanced tape out (available as a ta3 connection on the 302). http://www.sounddevices.com/notes/mixers/302/302-tech-note-adding-a-mono-mic-level-output/ You could easily apply this to a cable made for the ipod and get the mono mix you need. Best, dh

Hey jack, I use a cmc5 and often encounter rf noise when using it. The source is usually from cameras, video tx, power lines our stations, or my own zaxcom transmitter! (1st gen stereo line @ 90mW). I went the Neutrik EMC route and that mostly solved my problem. At least to the point of making the cmc5 useable again in all the above scenarios. The rf noise is still there but you really have to crank the gain and your headphone amp to hear it. For all but the quietest locations the rf noise is well below the noise floor. I just use a single emc, that plugs directly into the mic. I just wish they made a low profile, right angle version. If you wanted an additional emc on the coily jumper you could buy the male emc and use it on the mixer end. Note: A standard cable continuity tester will report false positives with the emc's due to the capacitors used to bridge pin 2.

+ 1 for the androids. It works especially well if you use a lot of google apps (calender, gmail, etc).

This is not correct! If you tune two transmitters to the same frequency they will JAM each other and you will get nothing but rf slop. This is true for any wireless system. This question keeps coming up of exactly how many channels the qrx can receive.. Think of the qrx as a DUAL receiver, just like the lectro SR. It can receive two frequency carriers simultaneously. With most wireless systems this equates to two audio channels also. However, zaxcom gear has the unique property of being able to embed two audio channels in a single frequency carrier. Thus, 4 channels via two frequencies. It cannot tune in more than two frequencies at once. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong about any of that but that's how I understand it.

I grew up in Shawano, WI.. 30 minute drive northwest of Green Bay. It should be an exciting Sunday! I'm happy all the Packer fans have something to keep them going in the brutal WI winter.

Thanks! Do you also ground the shield to the box itself?

Hey Jim, If you had time would you mind posting a picture of the inside of that box? I've been thinking of making a similar adapter with cables in and out of a box but was curious how to provide strain relief. Thanks! -dH

My guess is it will be Zaxcom's answer to the 552 more so than the 744T. Something in a smaller form factor, operates more like a mixer than a recorder, 5-8 channels, iso recording, touch screen goodness with some jazzy way to integrate ZaxNet and all the new digital wireless features into one package. Something to act as the "hub" for an all Zaxcom ENG rig.

Hey Jeff, Just thought I would give an update that the Tapatalk app is working great and I find myself reading the discussion group on my android phone just as often if not more than on my desktop machine. Thanks! -dh

I've had to deal with the corrupt/missing files issue and its a major pain in the ass and disappointment when it happens. I second that you really need to pay attention to the card activity indicator before snapping the power off, there is no soft-off/safe shutdown provision like with the 7xx machines. Test your media before trusting it. I was never able to determine if the problems I encountered were user error or card incompatibility. That said, its a great machine and a nice blend of analog and digital tech

As far as I know the sennheiser wiring scheme is not compatible with zaxcom's. I inquired once myself because I have four cos-11d's that I was hoping could be used with either sennheiser sk 50s or zax tx's... Unfortunately not the case. Since you seem to have both types I would encourage you to do more testing and determine if it really is a mic wiring scheme issue. I agree that the pins are so close together on those lemos that testing with a meter would be pretty unreliable. Determining this factor may eliminate the need to send your gear out, saving time and money. ..side note: Can any of the zaxcom users here recommend a good vendor for wiring those pesky lemos up? I've ordered cos-11d's for the sk50s several times and have had issues of the connector going intermittent with several vendors. In one case I even had to send in a tx/rx set so they could qc their work. Also, what type of lemo connector do most of you use for your zaxcoms? The push-pull type or the threaded type? Somewhere in one of the zaxcom manuals I remember reading that the push-pull type is recommended due to grounding issues.. However it seems to me that the threaded would be the better choice from a reliability standpoint since its lower profile and may be less prone to strain and bending than the longer push-pull type.. Any thoughts?