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mdshunk said:
FWIW, I've always stuck with Shure for both wired and wireless mics when I have the choice. Can't get more old-school than their SM58.
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I agree!!!


This is true, yet you still pay the old mackie price!

A couple of good brands are:

Alesis
Allen & Heath
Peavey
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Good info!

I'm already working with GuitarCenter--yet they aren't looking to good on customer service.

I'll be hiking to www.tedbrownmusic.com later today.
 
For wireless mics Sennheiser or shure are top of the pile. If you buy a Sennheiser in freq. range B (518-569mhz i think) you will be good for a while.

Speakers, you don't even want to get into it..... Just read Harry Olson's "music physics, and engineering".
My top pics are
Meyer, Danley, EAW, and McCaulley

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OH, you need amps! Lab Gruppen The C series rocks. C6800: 4 channels of 1700w. into 4 Ohms. Great bottom end and fast transient response! Then again they're $4k each.
 
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Samsung? They make good TVs.

What do Mackie, Behringer, Samsung, JBL, and Altec Lansing have in common.
They will not be found in a real professional install. I know I'll hear it for this, but I've been involved with pro audio for 10+ years, and have various reasons for disliking all of the above products. JBL is just an acronym for Just Big and Loud. They sound poor when compared to a good similarly priced box from many other manufacturers.

After my last amp saga you could add Crown to that list too.:mad:
 
hey_poolboy said:
Samsung? They make good TVs.

What do Mackie, Behringer, Samsung, JBL, and Altec Lansing have in common.
They will not be found in a real professional install. I know I'll hear it for this, but I've been involved with pro audio for 10+ years, and have various reasons for disliking all of the above products. JBL is just an acronym for Just Big and Loud. They sound poor when compared to a good similarly priced box from many other manufacturers.

After my last amp saga you could add Crown to that list too.:mad:
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Really! The consultant @ Ted Browns says Mackie is the best. He also said JBL is very good! Behringer was shot down--yet he said Samsung is good for my install.

Note: The install is for vocals only. They will have no music, just speaking!
Your thoughts??

Happy to be learning something new!
 
Vocals only it would be acceptable.

I don't think I could use Mackie if you gave it to me.

All of the Mackie stuff I have had experience with is very noisy, or really colors the sound a lot. The only Behringer thing that is any good is their ADA8000. It's an eight channel mic pre with ADAT Output and input. Even their Analog-Digital conversion is pretty clean.
 
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Vocals only it would be acceptable.

I don't think I could use Mackie if you gave it to me.

All of the Mackie stuff I have had experience with is very noisy, or really colors the sound a lot. The only Behringer thing that is any good is their ADA8000. It's an eight channel mic pre with ADAT Output and input. Even their Analog-Digital conversion is pretty clean.
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Suggestion noted!

Your thoughts on UHF wireless being obsolete in the coming year?
 
UHF, check out this article.

Just google wireless or UHF auction, and you'll get a plethora of articles. In '09 we'll only loose the upper bands. All mics will still funtion, but these devices are licensed and must accept any interference. So, if a local police or fire station, or TV station sets up something in that bandspace your mics will pick up interference from them. Remember, these bandwidths are only being auctioned off. They may or may not actually be used at all or may not be used in all areas.
 
The weirdest thing is, all of the theatres and churches running wireless mics on the TV channels in question are breaking FCC rules, because only broadcasters can use these frequencies. Of course, most folks don't know that, but the people who sold the goods to them should have known better. Here's a link to a detailed and potentially boring article on the subject:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080717-wireless-mics-at-center-stage-as-white-space-testing-begins.html

The lawsuit by the "white space" proponents against Shure and several other manufacturers and distributors, will stir up this mess real good.
 
grich said:
The weirdest thing is, all of the theatres and churches running wireless mics on the TV channels in question are breaking FCC rules, because only broadcasters can use these frequencies. Of course, most folks don't know that, but the people who sold the goods to them should have known better. Here's a link to a detailed and potentially boring article on the subject:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080717-wireless-mics-at-center-stage-as-white-space-testing-begins.html

The lawsuit by the "white space" proponents against Shure and several other manufacturers and distributors, will stir up this mess real good.
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Oh great!:roll:
 
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