Wandering Ear Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 4 hours ago, cstauffer said: What amp are you using out of curiousity? Thanks... CRAIG L-Com with an Omni antenna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanpeds Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 3 hours ago, alenK said: Can you explain what transmitter you use? The two channel receivers seem very attractive for the price, but the SR 300 G3 Transmitter has kept me from considering them for bag use. Thank you. I am currently using the sennheiser IEM system for my boom ops. I have a rack mount SR300 on my cart and then a SK300 in my bag. It allows me to seamlessly switch from cart to bag. Everyone else on set listens through Comteks. I considered Lectrosonics IFB and Zaxcom ErX but decided against them because I could get the whole sennheiser system for around $1200 at the time. There was a sale so I decided to pick them up and try it out. I've used the lectros a lot in the past and they do get really good range but they sound just okay to me. The zaxcom system was just so expensive to get into since I don't use zaxcom recorders or wireless and I was always worried about the range without amplifying the signal. In the future I will probably upgrade to the new Lectrosonics duet system. As far as video village and everyone else though, they will stay on comteks. I have a blend of Comtek and listen Technologies Receivers and never get any complaints and they get really good range with a BST75-216 with mini mite set at high power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alenK Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Thank you for explaining. I just read the SK300 manual and suppose I understand, but want ask to be sure. When you go to your bag setup do you sacrifice the ability to use a two channel send to the IEM receiver? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanpeds Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 57 minutes ago, alenK said: Thank you for explaining. I just read the SK300 manual and suppose I understand, but want ask to be sure. When you go to your bag setup do you sacrifice the ability to use a two channel send to the IEM receiver? Thank you. I run both cart and bag in mono. No reason for me to send mono dialogue into 2 channels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alenK Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Thank you for explaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Spaeth Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 13 hours ago, alenK said: Can you explain what transmitter you use? The two channel receivers seem very attractive for the price, but the SR 300 G3 Transmitter has kept me from considering them for bag use. Thank you. you can use any Sennheiser transmitter that is G3 compatible, so an SK 100 G3 or upwards. Though that one has only 30 mW, with the antenna mod many people have done on their G3s you have many options to increase range, although for bag use the range is very good as is. With a pocket Tx you will only transmit mono though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 I use the Sennheiser system as well. On my cart I‘ll use the left channel for my boom op and the right channel for the others. While it can transmit only at 30mW, I can remote the antenna which helps a lot. In my bag I have two skp2000 transmitters which transmit at 50mW, so that compensates a bit the non-remote antenna. My boom op will have to switch to another frequency, but that’s quick to do. But I don’t need to touch any of the other receivers which is a big plus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claus Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 another +1 for Sennheiser. I use two SK300 G3 bodypack transmitters on my cart; one for boom, one for director/script/village. On both transmitters I have the SMA mod, so I can remote my SNA600 antennae. It works really well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alenK Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Christian Spaeth said: ...With a pocket Tx you will only transmit mono though. Thank you for the helpful information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstauffer Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 16 hours ago, Wandering Ear said: L-Com with an Omni antenna. Would you be able to provide a specific link to the one that is working well for you. There are a lot of antennas listed at L-Com. Thanks! CRAIG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Foy Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 All this talk of range problems, Antenna's and Mods etc really only confirms that I made the right choice with the R1a's. For Timecode I use Tentacle Boxes. My IFB Kit works hard and often and I am very happy to say that I never have range issues, failures or complaints. Yes the entry price is high and yes the battery life is not as good as Comtek, but you normally get what you pay for and if you change batteries at lunch time you will be fine. One thing to note is that choice of headphones is important as the R1a's prefer higher impedance for optimum sound. I use the Williams Sound HED 021's which are 32 Ohms. My IFB Kit consists of: 1x Lectrosonics UM400a Transmitter 3x Input Leads 14x Lectrosonics R1a Receivers 14x Williams Sound HED 021 Headphones This all fits into 1x 1520 Pelican Case with TrekPak Insert. Cheers, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinTheMixer Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 11/22/2017 at 5:25 PM, Wandering Ear said: L-Com with an Omni antenna. Hi, And I have a couple of different L-com amps, the L com Omni antenna and the L-com very directional antenna. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 11/23/2017 at 7:28 AM, cstauffer said: Would you be able to provide a specific link to the one that is working well for you. There are a lot of antennas listed at L-Com. Thanks! CRAIG I'm currently using this one: http://www.l-com.com/wireless-antenna-24-25-ghz-51-59-ghz-7dbi-rigid-rubberduck-antenna With this amp: http://www.l-com.com/wifi-wlan-cellular-amplifiers-1-watt-24-ghz-80211b-certified-indoor-amplifier-kit-rp-tnc-connectors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alenK Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 On 11/24/2017 at 1:36 AM, Steve Foy said: ...R1a's prefer higher impedance for optimum sound. I use the Williams Sound HED 021's which are 32 Ohms.. Can I assume that there is a small typo, or at least some particular perspective that may be explained further? In the world of headphone choices, a 32 Ohm load seems relatively low. The Sony 7506 design is 60 Ohm which is already much lower than the dozens of "hi-fi" 600 Ohm headphones on the market, while the infamous Telex CES-2 earset is rated at 125 Ohm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Foy Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 22 hours ago, alenK said: Can I assume that there is a small typo, or at least some particular perspective that may be explained further? In the world of headphone choices, a 32 Ohm load seems relatively low. The Sony 7506 design is 60 Ohm which is already much lower than the dozens of "hi-fi" 600 Ohm headphones on the market, while the infamous Telex CES-2 earset is rated at 125 Ohm. Yes, well noted....... I probably should have pointed out that I was speaking relatively in regard to most common headphones used for IFB's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alenK Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 Hi Steve, Thanks for explaining. I honestly did not know that there were (m)any choices below 32 Ohm, but I can understand why it is a good idea to avoid them if you want the output of the R1A to seem civilized. Thank you. Edit to add: http://soundfirst.com/images/Earbud_Impedance.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ao Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 camera dept does not know what 2.4 frequency they are transmitting on. use this list if they throw a preston channel number at you preston frequency list: channel MHz Channel MHz Channel MHz 0 2402 10 2424 20 2458 1 2404 11 2428 21 2460 2 2406 12 2432 22 2462 3 2408 13 2436 23 2464 4 2410 14 2440 24 2466 5 2412 15 2444 25 2468 6 2414 16 2448 26 2470 7 2416 17 2452 27 2472 8 2418 18 2454 28 2474 9 2420 19 2456 29 2476 when follow focus units have difficulty due to interference, the camera dept often jumps on to other channels randomly. I have had the camera dept knock out my zax ifb often, in a challenged environment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rillie Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 Ao, As usual you are a very generous font of useful information, and HB2U as well. Not that I use those frequencies myself. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldmixer Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Did the soundguys solution nomad zaxnet amp ever make it to market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, fieldmixer said: Did the soundguys solution nomad zaxnet amp ever make it to market? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldmixer Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Any intel or rumour as to why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanpeds Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Something with the company that was building it didn’t have the proper licensing in place and they weren’t able to get another supplier. They did have a handful available for purchase if you called gene. They may still have some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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