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  1. I've had the last ring stuck too. Opened it carefully with a water pump plier, protecting the ring with a piece of tire tube. It's better to tighten with pliers by the top end of the ring !!gently!! cause the lower part is not laying on anything (more risks to warp). See here (black part is by the lower side of the boom, golden is the upper side). http://www.nagrit.com/catalog/images/ghiere.jpg If the top screw ( http://www.nagrit.com/catalog/images/vdb_repl-tip.jpg ) is hard to take off, after removing the ring, screw a suspension to pull it. Like already mentionned, do not use any liquid lubricant like WD40, dust and sand will stick on it. WD40 can be useful to remove adhesive residue, but right after clean with soap and dry.
  2. Thanks Paul and Fellows. Very interesting to share experiences, and uses. Noisy backgrounds have the benefit to cover the self noise of this kind of preamps. I'd be curious to listen the same test in quiet environment. And compare dynamics and transients between Beachtek and Sound devices. MKH60/50/40 would be my choice if I had to use a low budget preamp: high sensitivity, roll-off filter switch, -10dB attenuation switch. MKH60 is more forgiving than the MKH416 when the boom has to move from one person to another. I mean, transition from in to off-axis is softer than the 416. Despite this I prefer the 416. Plus, MKHs are very reliable in wet environement, I've experienced that in South Asia: where my Schoeps were - temporarily - unusable (ccm4+8, cmc6.4 and cmc6.41), MKHs were still operationals. Since I've used DPA 4060 and 4061, I don't go back to TRAM mics with pleasure... Here is another sound comparison to add DPA and Schoeps mics to the list (too bad they didn't show the mic placement and recording equipment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=razdOs_SdWM -I think it's Swedish spoken-
  3. Here is a link to rules on Air France flights: http://www.airfrance.fr/FR/en/common/guidevoyageur/pratique/marchandises-reglementees-airfrance.htm And IATA recommendations: http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dgr/Pages/dgr-guidance.aspx http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dgr/Documents/passenger-lithium-battery.pdf I use to separately wrap spare batteries into shockproof envelopes and sealbags. And stuck them in my suitcase (with clothes) far from conductive objects. And put any liquid (shampoo etc) into tough sealed bags too! For small rechargeable batteries I use carrying cases ( http://www.storacell.net/ ) still in sealbags. So far, at any airport inspection I've been thru, they always validate it (Air France, Ryanair, Qatar airways, Air Asia...). Hope this helps you.
  4. Olá Ramallo, I'm afraid you'll have your equipment to be sent back to the Zaxcom Company. For basic servicing in Europe (I'm in France) you can go to the official representative in your country. My Nomad inputs board has been replaced by Areitec in Paris (a simple open, unplug, replace and close operation), but to add IFB option to ZFRs I had to ship them back to Plompton Plains USA. I think that as soon that it's require to manipulate sensitive knowledges (mainly software modification), they don't want to trust representatives and prefer to keep their secrets jealously locked at home. Patent protection... But as mentionned below in this post: call Zaxcom! They are very reactive and efficient. You'll find a phone number and repairs form at the Zaxcom website, support/repair tabs.
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