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[quote name='Mog' timestamp='1385631936' post='2290364'] Did anyone notice the cover of the December issue? "25 Basses Under £500: Half a century of basses for half a grand" I'm afraid that's it for me. It's been a good run but if I had opted to hold on to my €6 I splash on each issue I could now afford one of the [s]50[/s] 25 basses reviewed. [/quote] Cop out journalism. They've done that before. And they were slated if for it last time. They never learn. Makes me angry that something that could be so good is such utter ****. Sh1t writing, sh1t editing, sh1t look... they got the sh1t end of the market nailed. You can open up a Thomann's magazine if you want to see that - or go to their website and do a sort by cost... and you'll probably find more than 25 basses... and find more comprehensive comments on the reviews either on the website or the net itself. People need a reason to buy the magazine over browsing the net as they need content from people that is worthwhile reading. Sadly, that's just not the case with BGM.

Tony - read you fb post this morning. Your band has caught the bug... I can tell. Still no sign of my customs yet... the wait is killing me!

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1385390816' post='2287624'] Used to have when they first came out, this is maybe 3 or 4 years ago . [/quote] Survey says no. .

In short, none. Sound quality is not related to ohms. Neither is output - you need to look at the sensitivity of the drivers AND the impedance. For example, if you had IEMs with a low impedance with low sensitivity, then your IEM with high impedence yet high sensitivity could be louder with the same power input. If you've got otherwise identical IEMs (e.g. same sensitivity) and the only variable is ohms, for the same power in, the IEMs with the lower impedance would be louder... how much... well, that depends... ...and just to make things a little more complex, the impedance changes with frequency...!

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1385387713' post='2287586'] Makes sense, the IEM receiver was on the left side of my belt whereas my guitar transmitter always sits in my back pocket (where the wallet goes for any pickpockets out there) on the right hand side. There would have been a bit of separation but probably not much. Will try and move it to the inside or breast pocket in my suit jacket on Saturday. Paul seemed not to suffer any issue but then again, he's using a Line6 G30 digital transmitter. Whilst I've used my Sennheiser for years, I guess changing to a G30, G50 or G90 could solve that problem but then it's a case of throwing money at a problem which can be fixed by a bit of experimentation and/or a frequency change. Besides which, I really wanna keep the wireless in the rack rather than on my pedal board where I'd have to then try and free up space and rework my signal layout. Anyway enough of that for the moment. If it ain't broke.... [/quote] Breast pocket could be bad - don't want to ruin the lines of the dapper suits do you?! Talking of suits, despite our jackets being made of gig friendly, lightweight cotton, I'm still getting drenched! I think I need to replace the shirt - it seems to be encouraging far too much heat for my liking! Anyway, running something on 2.4Ghz range for your bass is probably a good idea - especially for being digital alone - as it will remove the need for a compounder and give you back some of your bass that is being robbed by your analogue system. Good for front of house bass... but with IEMs, it depends whats happening compounder wise on your LD transmitter. I've done a lot of looking into wireless systems over the years - I'm like you, I like it all racked, which doesn't give you a lot of options at a sensible price point. I think about the cheapest "properly" rack mountable digital unit is the Line 6 G55. So about 300 quid and 45 quid for the rack ears. Otherwise, you are looking at getting the Sony DWZ Lavlier system (another few hundred quid on top when you have bought the rack ears - but to be fair, does packs extra features such as encryption) or getting something like a Stageclix, AT System 10, Shure GLX-D etc... but none of those will rack mount properly - they are all shelves and velcro jobbies. Have you got a dedicated tuner on your board? If so, you could sack it off and replace it with the Shure GLXD6. To be honest, if you are pleased with what you have in the Sennheiser, working out some friendly frequencies should get you there and keep your wallet happy. (Just be mindful some gigs may scupper your plans if they are RF noisy - we've had one or two environments where channel 70 gear has been a bit sketchy and in one case, when we had a PSM200 in the setup, completely useless. This was a big corporate show though, with loads of radio gear so it didn't come as too much of a surprise to me). Anyway, I use both my digital bass wireless and ears on channel 38 and they play nicely. Can't see why you can't do similar on channel 70 if you have enough clean bandwidth to play with. [quote] As we've often said, it's all relative at the moment. Paul LOVED my (single driver) e2cs so I'm guessing until he's tried anything better, him and Jo will probably be getting the 215s. Brian has these and seems happy too but I'll work on them to try and make them see sense and splurge out some serious wedge for serious buds. No doubt Jo will want some "BLING" plugs so I'll point her in your direction. [/quote] As you are probably aware, there's plenty of options when it comes to bling!! Rhinestone those badboys out! Ha ha. (Not my thing though!) Again, it's all relative as you say - but what I will say about IEMs is that they don't all sound better the more expensive you get. They all have their own characteristics and sound stage - you have to find the ones that suit you - you may find a quad suits you better than a sextet. It's all about finding the IEMs with the characteristics that you like - it may take you a while if you are really anal about finding your pefect IEMs. Mind you, if you want to keep budget under control, the best advice I can give, is that if you love the sound you are getting, don't start looking at other systems... that's when you start falling out of love with things... and other things start getting crazy expensive. [quote] You're welcome to borrow my LD Systems wireless for a comparison when we've a bit of downtime in the New Year mate. I'll have a look in the diary later and give you a yell when there's three or four weeks of no gigs. [/quote] That's could be quite interesting. Would be interesting to get them all together and do a shoot out. If the LD outperforms the Shure PSM200s, then that certainly worthy of a headline or two given the popularity of the PSM200 and it's performance (which in my opinion is pretty ropey)! [quote] Spill the beans! [/quote] A long way to go before the beans are spilt! It's going to take a fair bit of investment and a lot of time in preperation (which is a problem as I don't seem to have much time free at the moment!)

Wahey - sounds like a bit of a result then! It's a revelation isn't it? I just don't understand why anybody wouldn't go down this route. You are at the entry point and you are already noticing the benefits (it's night and day isn't it?) - from this point forward, your wallet is going to hate you but things just get better and better! If you choose to invest in a capable digital desk as you've suggested you are considering, things will get really mind blowing! OK - the interference doesn't entirely surprise me but you have seemed to worked that out. Just a note about proximity of devices and the like - you'll find the more distance you can put between stuff the better, so for example, I run my wireless IEM on my left above my back pocket - means I can easily drop my left hand down to adjust volume. I don't know where you put your bass transmitter but I have mine on my strap on the right hand side of my body positioned as far as it can be from the IEM receiver. Seems to work nicely. (PS, I use a Neotech pouch - they are actually spot on despite looking pretty meh in the pictures you find online). The other thing is, there actually needs to be a bit of space between your transmitter and receiver - if you are ever playing on a stage where you are standing on top of your amp and your receivers/transmitters units are right next to the ones on your body, you can get RF overload and it will cause you grief. Nothing which can't be remedied by moving the units further apart but worth knowing about all the same. So this, together with a smart choice of frequencies (e.g. make sure you are on different channels - I don't know if the LD systems reports it's frequencies in terms of channels or not?) you should be ok. Channel 70 is a bit of a squeeze (only 2 chunks of bandwidth) so don't expect to push the whole band out on wireless ears and mics if you are thinking of going that way. Anyway, it sounds like the triple drivers are doing if for you - I think you have made a wise choice there, I certainly wouldn't be pushing anything less than a triple if you are a drummer or a bassplayer - will be interesting to see how Mr Zed gets on with his dual drivers - Mr Zed - just remember to get them as far as you can into your ears to maximise that bass. Mind you, I am a bit of a bass junkie so like to "feel" the bass in my skull from my IEMs. The isolation issue that is talked about has never really bothered me that much. It's a bit odd having no spacial awareness - e.g. when you move about, everything stays the same volume - but it sounds like you are similar to my setup. With all those open mics, even if they are great at rear rejection, you'll get a good sense of audience presence but nothing that will damage your mix. As for Paul and Jo upgrading their drivers, they may be ok with some basic IEMs - a lot of guys (e.g. singers) can get away with a single or dual driver in their ears (primarily because they have their vocals forward in the mix and the band mix quite low - the opposite for what we lowenders want). I've found that it's the bass players and drummers that crave the headroom and lowend. Also, keys guys may crave some more if they happen to play alot in the low bass range - e.g. synth bass, piano, hammond sweeps and the like - they are pretty demanding on IEMs, especially if you are running with no compressors. As for the Berg - well, it's a nice cab. I haven't offloaded my cabs because I never know when I have to do a dep gig where in ears are just not an option. Plus some of the gigs that I am doing, I need a lot of speaker real estate for the visual impact. But yeah, nowadays, it's all about the PA doing all the work. The quieter the stage, the better your IEMs! For example, I'm playing Battersea Evolution next month - will have 4 2x10 cabs on stage. None of them will actually be plugged in - my EBS head will be acting as a pre to the PA... and thats about it. The only sound on stage will be the drums and guitar amp. Enjoy your IEM journey Tony - and try not to become as addicted to it as I am. PS - guess who bought a Sennheiser IEM system at the weekend? Shall be able to do a PS900/EW300 comparison for you! (Want to try out the LD system one day too!) Oh... and yeah, I've started on the next bit of tech for the show... :-p

So Tony... The survey says...?

Bush Hall looks like quite a cool venue. Must make my way down there one day... one day...

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1297871255' post='1129796'] Best not get me talking on the subject of single knob amp mounted compressors either (shudder).... [/quote] Thing is, for most people, a single knob compressor will do it... amp manufacturers know this - overloading the front end with another 5 or so knobs is too much for some people. A bank of EQ knobs will scare a lot of players alone. Effectively, its a selling point of having a compressor present to put on the spec sheet. As for having a comprehensive compressor, anybody wanting uber control over compression will have a dedicated unit or let the guy at the desk control it all. Even if a multi knob compressor was implemented on the amp by the amp manufacturer to appeal to the needs of the compressor freak, they would then have to deal with people saying that it doesn't live up to the quality of a dedicated unit. I see it as a bit of a non win situation personally.

Barebacked Mountain... where the rubber speaker surrounds have perished and you play on regardless.

I shall fill it full of Skittles.

It farted when you cut 15db?

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1384896006' post='2282112'] Ay visually its a mess. [/quote] No. Its a problem with your eyes... not the cabs.

I just hope that the whole thing lives up to my expectations - otherwise I've made a very costly mistake!

You're not wrong. Freaks me out.

Clueless. Yeah - that's more like it! Yup. Looking forward to it! (Well, not so much the PAT testing element, more the food element and waitresses that look like your ex-girlfriends...!)

And thanks to Tony too! The sad thing is, I'm kinda addicted to this stuff... as Tony has no doubt found out! (My wallet hates it when my brain goes into IEM mode!) The good news for you Tony, is my latest order won't fit in your ears. Besides, I'm more interested in the case

Thanks for the name check! Glad that you have sorted yourself out - that's a great deal you've scored for the money! The EW300 will serve you well I am sure... nice find. Have you gigged with them yet? How do you find them if you have? A revelation? I think the 1964s are perfect - a quad with double bass drivers at a great price (not cheap but very competitively priced compared to the competition) Good luck and let us know how you get on!

Tony's been buying....... looking forward to your feedback man!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1384794519' post='2280803'] There is no point in having a headphone amp, if i run through a presonus sound card ..... right.?? [/quote] Well... that all depends on what headphones you are running. Some headphones are hard to drive so using a seperate headphone amp can can give you more power to drive your headphones. On top of this, it will lower THD and offer a more controlled, detailed sound.

Our regular bassist plays it like this... and does these little bits...

If you are struggling for volume, a dedicated, portable, cheap but great headphone amp such as a FiiO should be able to drive your headphones properly - will give you a little extra if you enjoy listening to music from say, an ipod or iphone too.

Ethos Costom Brands too. Chads a master. Checj out some of his ridiculously cool cowboy boots too.