EBS_freak

So my JH Audio Roxannes arrived at long last and I wasted no time in doing my first gig with them. All I can say is -woah, next level. So much headroom, bags of bass, mids and treble on tap. They are much warmer than the ACS - and as a consequence I found them less fatiguing. These things have to be as about as good as you can get. I really don't know how you could get better. Absolutely sublime. The top end is different to the ACS so I'm setting up a new profile for my monitor on the desk. I shall let you know how this journey goes. Now, if only I could get the functionality of the live system into them... Haha.

Signature update required. They look absolutely great. I'm really impressed with the build of these - and they are fantastic value for money, especially given the price of the competition.

Quality controls in terms of what? The primary concern historically would be the cables - but they have been beefed up now, especially on the T1 and T2 lives as they come with interchangeable cables - they are required for the ACS live system anyway as the T1s come with a standard jack socket and the the live system comes with a multipin connector to change in your monitors. (The latter also comes with an adaptor to change the multipin to a standard jack so you can still use them with your ipod etc without changing the cable every time). I think it's like everything though - look after your gear. If you shove them in your pocket, then obviously risk of damage is greatly increased. ACS build time was amazing too... I had mine in under 3 weeks. I have been currently waiting over 6 months for a set of JH Audios...

Heres the Sensaphonics system - [url="http://www.sensaphonics.com/3d-hw"]http://www.sensaphonics.com/3d-hw[/url] [url="http://www.acscustom.com/uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=91"]http://www.acscustom.com/uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=91[/url] - here's the T1 Lives - note, you need to buy the ambient pack on top. Here's my pack - As for ported, here's pretty much the top you can buy at the moment - [url="http://www.jhaudio.com/product/ambient-fr"]http://www.jhaudio.com/product/ambient-fr[/url] - good luck getting anything from JH Audio at the moment though - waiting lists have gone through the roof (my order for a set of JH IEMs has been in for over 6 months already)

The options that you could do are (if I understood correctly) - Use external condenser mics into a little mixer that you can mix with your ipad output and then pipe out to your IEMs (either directly or via ambient pack). You could go wirelessly however the "ambientness" would be of a fixed position and not move with you. (For example, if you walk closer to the drums, they won't get louder... this can be a good and bad thing however!) As far as ambient pack solutions are concerned, there are two options. Sensaphonics and ACS. The ACS system is more advanced than the Sensaphonics system (there is a link between the two companies historically but that's one for another day). The other option is to use an Audio Technica M3, that has an aux input for an external mic (just clip it onto your collar or something) on the beltpack. Finally, you could go for a ported IEM with an adjustable port for allowing the appropriate amount of ambient sound in. However, be aware, that having a port on an IEM will sacrifice you bass response... For me, ported IEMs are never a good idea.

Quick q - Did you have an open or closed mouth impression?

OK - so I know somebody who has just dropped cash for an AKG IVM4500 - am looking forward to checking this out as it has onboard DSP that gives a simulated ambient room sound and also a nice dbx compressor. Will be intrigued because this is potentially a great solution when you aren't using your own desk and a sound engineer at a venue can at best send you just a dry as bones bare aux mix. It's a comparable price to the PSM900 so I'm obviously interested in it's pure sound quality compared to the PSM900 and EW300 in addition to the added feature set that it has in the DSP department which the Shure or Sennheiser stuff hasn't got. In other news, Tonyf? Where are you?

What a f**k up.

I think that what I would want from an onboard preamp for live use would be very different for studio use.... just throwing that out there...

Good stuff. I've chopped and changed pouches a lot. Had an excellent pouch made for my Sony unit by Ethos custom brands (leather) in the States. I specified everything on the case - slots for the LEDs, cables, everything. Perfect. They make some absolutely beautiful stuff. Absolutely fantastic. My Shure unit currently sits in a Neotech pouch. Absolutely superb also - the reason I bought this is because it offers protection all around the unit, unlike the Levy's one. Just throwing it out there if you haven't already seen it as an option. Your smartphone will mess with the range - especially if you have wifi/bluetooth turned on!

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1398165392' post='2431023'] It can, but I have a blanking panel in the space. [/quote] One of those special airtight ones yeah?

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1397239459' post='2422188'] My MIJ 1985 '75 RI Jazz, refinished by our own BassDoc (Howard). [/quote] Beautiful colour.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1398109774' post='2430599'] During the summer I do quite a few outdoor festivals and have a bigger rack for that which holds all of the above and a wireless receiver. (7U - I leave a 1U gap between the amps to help cooling.) [/quote] PS, leaving a 1u gap above an amp, can actually be a negative move. For example, the airflow from a poweramp that has front to back cooling, can end up pumping air in from the front and then drawing (the warmer) air in from the top of the amp back into the front...

Cracking piece of kit. You'll love it!

Having another play around with monitoring setups and was looking at running my existing IEM transmitters in mono instead of stereo and running the packs in focus mode to effectively double the amount of monitor feeds available running the existing transmitters (obv would need to up the number or receivers.) Would be interested in Tony's experience of using his stereo transmitters for 2 mono feeds because the PSM900 doesn't run that great as a solution for two mono feeds. Whilst I still think it's the best out there for stereo, when running in focus mode, there is still a bit of leak between channels. Shure stipulate in their documentation, that it's only ever intended as a "more me" mode as opposed to a true mono mix. So there you go... but after some research, I found that the db difference between channels for a P9R is 20dB and that is increased to 60dB for the P9RA. I was aware of the gain option difference between the two packs (you can run a P9RA for longer cos you can run the gain lower but still maintain the required power to drive your inears) but this was a new one on me. I run a mixture of the two packs and whilst the the P9RA's seperation is better, I still think the Sennheiser EW300s I have are better for seperation to use two packs for mono IEMs. This may not mean a lot to a great people - but it could be useful when determining your bands IEM strategy. Got another PSM900 incoming - but now at the point where I'm struggling for spectrum. Channels 38 and 70 are looking rammed right now... adding any more channels is going to bring with it a whole host of intermodulation issues I can tell! Any more monitoring feeds are going to have to be wired! (that's what comes from running a ruck load of wireless mics, wireless guitar transmitters and wireless IEMs I guess :/ ) EDIT: aha. Been doing some reading. True seperation of stereo for two mono feeds not entirely possible! I get it now.

Whats happening with the Bass Centre. I was there on Monday... and I seemed to be in an alternative world where they were attentive, wanted me to play everything and were genuinely being top guys. I was looking round for the ghost of Beadle.

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1396919857' post='2418821'] Alembic with the obs body shape [/quote] See?

Tony's new toys look amazing!

I only roll out the big rig for visuals. Otherwise, I'm happy with letting the PA (feed in via the preamp of my EBS amp) do all the work and have monitoring via in ears.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1397379161' post='2423259'] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/sony_dwz_b30gb_guitar_set.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._guitar_set.htm[/url] They're back! [/quote] They're gone!

http://www.thomann.de/gb/sony_dwz_b30gb_guitar_set.htm They're back!

Never had a problem. Have used it for charts, control FOH PA mix, monitor mixes, everything. Never let me down.

Huh? Now that is weird. That is the very first report I have come across as something untoward happening on the Sony. Keep us informed of any other strange occurrences. As you say, it's nigh on impossible for a freak channel change...?

FFS man, this is inexcusable. What I would do at this stage, is contact Line6 in the States - HQ and inform them of what a poor job that the UK is doing in representing their brand. Image is everything and this is doing nothing for it. If they are trying to do build their rep as a credible pro alternative to Sennheiser and Shure in the UK, then this is not the way to do it. Line6 is slowly building up its market in this sector but they have a long way to catch the likes of Shure and especially Sennhesier... For example, look at this - http://spares.sennheiser.co.uk/evolution-wireless/sk-g3-100-300-500-tx That is how you cater for spares in this market... and I can get this next day.

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1396110252' post='2410046'] A sunburst jazz [/quote] Bloody hell, you change your mind every couple of days!