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Audio Technica Wireless Sounds better than Cable??

#21
seanm said:
Does *anybody* successfully use rechargeable batteries in their X2? A couple of people said they where buying them and would report back. Nobody has reported back, which does not give me a warm fuzzy about their success. :atoz:

The X2 needs high voltage batteries, the regular 9V rechargeables will not work.
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I can't speak for the X2, but I use rechargeable AAs in my Sennheiser EW172 G2, and they work fine. Probably not as well as disposables, but I easily get a full night's show (sometimes two nights) out of my rechargeables.
 
#22
greenboy said:
Companding can be remarkably accurate too, though... A big part of what is going on with passive basses is that if the transmitter input impedance is nicely dovetailed and any preamping is well-designed, you don't have capacitance loading issues of a passive electronics and a cable.
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Agreed. A properly designed system can make some passive pickups sound less compressed or harsh. The resonant peak and high end drop off determined from the pickup inductance and total capacitance would shift much higher in frequency, as the self capacitance is small relative to the cable capacitance. Some people might like wireless systems more for this reason - it's very difficult to dial out peaks in the midrange or get natural high end response back at the amp. I imagine the effect on sound should be comparable to an active buffer system in a cable setup without independent buffering per pickup.
 
#24
seanm said:
Does *anybody* successfully use rechargeable batteries in their X2? A couple of people said they where buying them and would report back. Nobody has reported back, which does not give me a warm fuzzy about their success. :atoz:

The X2 needs high voltage batteries, the regular 9V rechargeables will not work.
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I use rechargeable batteries on my X2 without any problems. They're just run-of-the-mill 200mAh's you could get from just about anywhere. The only thing I have to watch out for is that rechargables give you very little warning they're about to go flat. As soon as the battery indicator drops from 5+ to 4, I've got less than a minute to get a new battery in there before it goes dead altogether. But for the amount of money I'm saving on batteries, I'm happy to work around that. I simply replace the batteries after every 2 sets (a typical set for my band is 45 - 60 min). I could probably get a third set out of them but I already have to change the batteries in my IEM every 2 sets anyway, so I just do the same for the X2 while I'm at it.

And yes the X2 is the closest wireless I've ever found to a cable. I'm convinced that's because it is digital and uses no companding. I did some double blind testing in the store before I bought it and the X2 managed to fool everyone in the room including the sceptics (myself included). No-one could accurately pick it from a cable. I took a second to lick the wounds of my bruised ego, then I pulled out my credit card and bought the thing. And for what you get, it's certainly well priced!

Seanm, is there a particular X2 thread where I should be posting this info?
 
#25
I get great results with iPower 500mAh 9v rechargeables. They do have a built-in low voltage cutoff, so as not to overdischarge the lithium cells. It's no big deal - when the battery indicator on the x2 gets into the red, change it out. I get about 6 to 7 hours of use from each charge, so I've never run out at a gig.

MX
 
#26
Petebass said:
Seanm, is there a particular X2 thread where I should be posting this info?
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Yes, there was an X2 specific thread...... but I can't find it off hand.

Don't know if I could put up with changing batteries every two sets. I am generally very busy between sets.

MX21: The ipower batteries where what I was looking at. 6 hours is about what I get with Duracells.
 

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