Recent content by Michael Riehle

Yeah. That's my general rule. But this battery was in the original packaging. It was a brand new battery, never used. What they don't tell you is that the battery loses charge just sitting there. Who knows when I bought this battery. But it clearly wasn't recently.

So, one more nail in the coffin of my current unit. I played a show last night. Put in a "fresh" battery like I always do. Second to the last song of the night, the battery indicator on the transmitter was green. Played one more song. The battery indicator was red. If we had needed to play...

So, I just want to say thanks to everyone (and I do mean everyone) who has commented. Like I said, my Sennheiser is still working, but I can see a day quickly coming when it will need to be replaced. The information I'm gathering here will make a big difference in my ability to make an...

I've learned from experience that you never really want to be more than around 100' feet from the stage. The speed of sound becomes a factor. But I've also learned that the greater range a device is rated for the less likely you are to have drop outs within the 100'. And, actually, I hardly...

Yeah, I know about range predictions. They are useful guidelines, but there are too many things that can affect the actual range for them to be 100% accurate. I'm okay with that, really. I see it as "on average, the one rated at 300' will go three times farther than the one rated at 100'"...

First of all, I prefer digital systems. My results with them have generally been excellent. But... My X-Wire got stolen years ago and I replaced it with a clearly inferior Sennheiser system. The Sennheiser works and doesn't suck. But... It's getting old and I'm starting to not like having...

So, I have a Carvin bass with Gotoh style tuners and I've had two break - so far. I've been looking for information on this and what - if anything - I can do to prevent it. So far, it's looking like my options are: Keep spares on hand. Switch to Hipshot. Both are expensive, although the...