Do Be Wireless Or Not To Be Wireless

[haloonpc]

I myself own a Mini-Monster Cable and some NADY wireless cable. For slower/conservative gigs or when I'm practicing I use the Monster Cable so I won't use up the 9V battery; however, during bigger rock gigs I go wireless also so I can freely move around.

So what wound you prefer using?

And do you think wireless effects the tone? I think it only messes with the tone when it's low battery.

[JimmyM]

Wireless for me, please. Some of them affect the tone and some don't, but if you like your tone with a wireless, use it and who cares what anyone else thinks?

[1kinal]

For me there's nothing better than a bass, a cable and an amp. That's it.

[Johnny Crab]

ALWAYS keep a 20 foot cable with the straight end near the input of my rig and the angle end easily grabbed....in case my wireless craps out. Been using them since the first NADY units in the dinosaur days. And then use a wireless that has the full response of the bass I'm playing(a good wireless is not inexpensive). Why use wireless?

1) No cables to trip over.
2) Can visit anywhere on stage OR in the audience while playing
3) Can go out in the audience area during soundchecks to listen

[Barisaxman]

I just got a wireless unit compliments of my rhythm guitar player. He scored a couple units cheap with a PA purchase, but they didn't fit his need. I tried one, wondering if the frequency response would suit the needs of my 5 string....and it was absolutely perfect. The specs say it only goes down to 40hz, but my ears tell me that the low b was singing out just fine. It's an AKG UHF40 with body pack. Best part, he sold it to me for $50.

[agreatheight]

Three points: I think most entry / consumer level wireless systems negatively affect tone. The wireless systems I have tried had barely noticeable, but still noticeable, latency. I am mostly a stationary player, so what's the point?

But if it rocks your socks, by all means enjoy!

[Asomodai]

Well i have just paid for my first system, a Samson Airline bass system. Should be getting it in a couple of days, i'll let the thread starter know how i get on.

Also another question, Is there a perceptable difference in the time the signal from the bass gets to the amp then it would be in a cable?

So would the sound be less then immediate from when i pluck my string?

Rob.

[Scott in Dallas]

Is the speed of light slower when it's travelling via radio waves or through a wire?

[JimmyM]

Latency? Boy, it must have been a real piece of crap to have latency!