Personaly , I try to listen with my ears not with my eyes.
Hope that the luck stays with you.
Good for you !
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Best of the best wireless system?
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Personaly , I try to listen with my ears not with my eyes.
Hope that the luck stays with you.
Good for you !
i watched the video, and i have no idea what you were doing there; which settings were you putting the receiver on?
maybe another shot, this time with the receiver in the frame, so we can see where you're setting the "cable" knob?
(oh, i'm another G50 fan myself.)
I had the XDS 95 and had a time with the low end loss. I got one of the Radial Tonebone Dragsters, and it actually did help a lot, but I was playing guitar at the time so results might vary for bass.
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"The best" is probably the high high end Shure stuff, as someone pointed out... But considering that one wireless setup would be almost as much as all my gear added together cost (well excluding Brownie!) it's probably not your best bet for the average weekend warrior...
Price to performance the Relay stuff is a hands down winner. And it's just as good as cable if not better...
Please. I use cables in practice and wireless live and have yet to have anyone say in my band or from FOH "Aww man, I can totally hear that 105.23hz drop as opposed to a bump at 40.342hz when you use your cable and not the wireless." I bet you use Monster too with that mentality... I've even tracked with my system and it was indistinguishable vs my cables.
Price to performance the Relay stuff is a hands down winner. And it's just as good as cable if not better...
Please. I use cables in practice and wireless live and have yet to have anyone say in my band or from FOH "Aww man, I can totally hear that 105.23hz drop as opposed to a bump at 40.342hz when you use your cable and not the wireless." I bet you use Monster too with that mentality... I've even tracked with my system and it was indistinguishable vs my cables.
I've had my G50 for about 8 months, and as far as sound goes, it's actually the closest that I've heard to just plugging straight in. The distance is awesome, and it's one of the only decently priced digital wireless systems. That being said, mine is actually in the repair shop as I type, for the second time. For the same reason. The plastic jack for the receiver has fallen out two times. If you move around the stage a bunch, I can't give my vote of confidence in this system. I'm actually thinking about ponying up the cash for the lectrosonic system that everyone keeps telling me is the gold standard. Just my two cents.
OK someone mentioned awful compression on one of the rigs. Which one offers best dynamics? Also I saw one of them listed frequency response down to 50, not even a low E. So I want that. And reliability, and non-interference, and a long distance. What if any boxes should go before the transmitter and not after the receiver?
I've had no issues with my Shure PGDX on my bass rig.. Like $30 more than the G50, but it comes with a padded carrying case..
I cannot reccomend any of your choices, as I have not used them all. I will comment based on my exprience. Sennheiser may be good, but be prepared to throw your unit away if you have any problems, as they are constantly coming out with new models and will not repair their older units. Shure is guilty of product exaggeration. Due to my unfavorable exprience with these two brands, I pretty well steer clear of all their products.
Like the old saying goes, don't knock 'em 'til you've tried 'em, and I've been there, done that.
not true about sennheiser. i haven't had any issues getting anything serviced with them. sennheiser themselves may not, but if you take it to a company that both sells/services products then no problem.
agree entirely with shure
