Wireless Choices

[Mongo1]

Hi all,

I've been embarking on a quest for a while to choose a wireless.
I can never stand in one place while playing and I just hate the tether.
I've been through low budget Nady and Samson Pro systems.

The two systems that have my attention (around $500) are the:

X2 (XDS-PLUS or XDR95)
http://line6.com/digitalwireless/compare.html

Sennheiser EW172
http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/productdetail.asp?transid=G2-11
http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/mat_dev/stat/G1-archive/ew172.pdf

Any experience members have on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Mr.Hetfield]

I have the X2 wireless (rackmount).

Probably the best out there for the price and no tone loss

However I have heard from people that the cable that goes from the guitar to body pack, craps out.

But, you can buy different ones.

PS. Stock up on 9volts. It like to eat them

 

[Old BF Shred]

Comments I've heard about the XDS systems is poor range. Like only 30 feet (??!!)

The rackmount is supposed to be better.

I have 10+ year old Shure VHF that works from down the street! No, really! :shock:
Sounds awesome, too.

Shure reliability is legendary.
Sennheiser is a darn good name, too....

Good luck

 

[fox5150]

I've got the EW-172. Great unit. If you want to rackmount it you need to buy the accessory that allows you to put the antenna at the front of the rack. Reception great, never had a problem with it interfering with anything. The transmitter pack uses AA batteries and is pretty economical with them. I can get 3 gigs and soundchecks out of one set. Don't notice the difference between that and using a cable. The only nuisance is that there are different sensitivity values to stop it peaking, which I have to change between depending on which guitar I'm using.

Other those things, excellent!

 

[Mongo1]

Thanks for the replies.

Something I'm curious about is if the guitar still has a natural interaction with the gain stage.
Some have reported that the digital conversion and buffering used, kill some of the analog type responses to say, a WAH or OD.

 

[fox5150]

Thanks for the replies.

Something I'm curious about is if the guitar still has a natural interaction with the gain stage.
Some have reported that the digital conversion and buffering used, kill some of the analog type responses to say, a WAH or OD.

Can't say I've ever noticed it with the Sennheiser. As I mentioned in my post though, you have got to set the input sensitivity right for the guitar you're using.

Simon

 

[domct203]

No complaints here with my X2.

Dom

 

[AssaultMotive]

I can speak for the Sennheiser. It is great! range is awesome, though you have to be careful setting the gain on the transmitter. If you notice that you don't have as much "umph" as you do with an instrument cable...that's probably why.