Testing the Cable Free Guitar Waters

[Relsom]

What do you mean by “less robust”?

I apologize for the delay in responding. Maybe lack of headroom is a better description, which makes your comments about gain staging make a lot of sense.

 

[Relsom]

Still messing around at home with the CFG 5.8Ghz SonikSphere and the Westshell G7 UHF. I haven't found anything stating what specific UHF frequencies the G7 uses. I now see that CFG has released their own UHF set. They call it the Nexus, and it costs the same as the SonikSphere, and claiming <2ms latency. That's a lot better than my old Sennheiser RS 120 or 175 UHF headphones. Interestingly, they are taking advantage of the 657~663Mhz Duplex Gap left over from the 600Mhz selloff from a few years ago. Just like the SonikSphere looks suspiciously like the Lotmusic 5.8 set on Amazon for half the price, the Nexus is packaged in the same housing as the Eastrock units priced at 1/4 of what CFG wants for the Nexus. Who knows at this point if the internals are any different. The market is so saturated with these that it seems its all about marketing rather than anything tangible making a difference. At least the CFG comes with a 2 year warranty...so they say.

CFG is working on a IEM TX/RX set, so that should be interesting. I have the Melonare PM-1 set. I could probably use it in a pinch, but its not real loud and has an occasional momentary hiccup that resembles a crashing wave or surf, a bit worse than what the Westshell G7 does to my bass signal.

The SoniKSphere has been nice and solid sounding without any interference, but I haven't tested it in a congested 5.8Ghz environment.

 

[GuitarRebel]

I was using a Shure GLXD6+ but got tired of dealing with the transmitter pack. I switched to the Fender Telepath and am much happier - 5.8, long battery life, no noticeable latency or sound degradation.

I wish I had the same luck with the Telepath.
I have active electronics on my bass and the Telepath isn't ready for prime time in that regard.
I have an entire case of wireless dongles because I love the concept, yet the only one that plays nice consistently is the Sennheiser XSW-D, but I need two transmitters to get me through a night due to their anemic battery life.

 

[CamJazzBass]

Still messing around at home with the CFG 5.8Ghz SonikSphere and the Westshell G7 UHF. I haven't found anything stating what specific UHF frequencies the G7 uses. I now see that CFG has released their own UHF set. They call it the Nexus, and it costs the same as the SonikSphere, and claiming <2ms latency. That's a lot better than my old Sennheiser RS 120 or 175 UHF headphones. Interestingly, they are taking advantage of the 657~663Mhz Duplex Gap left over from the 600Mhz selloff from a few years ago. Just like the SonikSphere looks suspiciously like the Lotmusic 5.8 set on Amazon for half the price, the Nexus is packaged in the same housing as the Eastrock units priced at 1/4 of what CFG wants for the Nexus. Who knows at this point if the internals are any different. The market is so saturated with these that it seems its all about marketing rather than anything tangible making a difference. At least the CFG comes with a 2 year warranty...so they say.

CFG is working on a IEM TX/RX set, so that should be interesting. I have the Melonare PM-1 set. I could probably use it in a pinch, but its not real loud and has an occasional momentary hiccup that resembles a crashing wave or surf, a bit worse than what the Westshell G7 does to my bass signal.

The SoniKSphere has been nice and solid sounding without any interference, but I haven't tested it in a congested 5.8Ghz environment.

I have the CFG Nexus UHF wireless. It has worked really well so far.

 

[bebass]

I have the CFG Nexus UHF wireless. It has worked really well so far.

Me too!