Shopping for wireless. Line 6 anyone?
Frederic Gelinas
http://line6.com/xds95/
Anyone as experience with any Line 6 wireless? I don't want to break
the bank for a wireless. With only 10 gigs/year, a top of the line
Sennheiser would be overkill and a waste of money. I'm not a tone
freak either.
For $299, I didn't find anything else that claim to be flat from 10Hz.
The signal is converted to digital in the beltpack, the airwaves carry
a 24 bit signal to the receiver and then it's converted back to analog.
On paper, it sounds like a good idea. Is it?
Other suggestion of cheap wireless system that would work for me?
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DGDevin
I bought a Line 6 product some years back, when it failed while still under
warranty getting it fixed was an exercise in frustration. Only by getting
the amp manager of the shop where I bought it to intervene on my behalf did
L6 finally return my call(s) and refer to a local warranty depot--that kind
of customer service I don't need to experience again. Oh yeah, shortly
after the warranty expired it died again, so L6 is permanently on my Do Not
Buy list.
Jose de las Heras
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The guitarist in one of the bands I play (Richt Hoat Chillis) uses one... it
seems pretty good, battery lasts forever too...
Jose
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I bought the Samson that someone on this board told us about (on sale for a C-note!).
Other than eating batteries like candy I like it pretty well. In certain venues it may
introduce a little hiss.....that may be from extra-strength flourescent lighting or the
like.
Batteries are good for only 4 hours, so I get about a gig out of 'em. I leave my old
instrument cable on the floor in front of the amp JUST in case! LOL
Stipo
Frederic Gelinas
Will try to sell the other one to the guitar player...
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Jim Carr
Here's my review the Samson Airline AP1B. I think it's discontinued, but
you might be able to find one used somewhere.
http://www.azwebpages.com/bass/Samson_Wireless.htm
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Mike Fleming
<dgd...@invalid.invalid> writes:
> I bought a Line 6 product some years back, when it failed while still under
> warranty getting it fixed was an exercise in frustration. Only by getting
> the amp manager of the shop where I bought it to intervene on my behalf did
> L6 finally return my call(s) and refer to a local warranty depot--that kind
> of customer service I don't need to experience again. Oh yeah, shortly
> after the warranty expired it died again, so L6 is permanently on my Do Not
> Buy list.
Whereas I am delighted with my reliable and very good Variax 300.
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Mike Fleming
Baabin
of the water to say the least. Here's but a couple of reasons why:
1. You are not stuck with only one channel (5 user selectable)
2. 5 level display for battery level, signal strength, link status, and RF
Channel.
3. Q-Diversity receiver eliminating drop outs, multi paths, and interference
4. Freq Response to 10Hz to 12kHz
5. Small size with great portability
6. Batteries last for a reasonable time... with the battery level display
there is no reason you should die out.
7. Great customer service.
8. Range: >150 feet (50 Yards) LOS... where would you really need more?
Are there units that are better? You would have to paint the picture of what
you define as better for me. This unit does all you need and would easily
fit in your gig bag as well. If you want to discuss it more in detail drop a
line.
Smitty
baa...@cox.net
"JimmyM" <m...@nnn.com> wrote in message
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There is only one good cheap wireless...and that is Line 6's X2. I
have the $200 model, and aside from the battery clip wires being
easily pinched, it is the best sounding wireless I ever used. The
only problem I have with it is line of sight dropouts, but the sound
is stellar.
DGDevin
>> I bought a Line 6 product some years back, when it failed while
>> still under warranty getting it fixed was an exercise in
>> frustration. Only by getting the amp manager of the shop where I
>> bought it to intervene on my behalf did L6 finally return my call(s)
>> and refer to a local warranty depot--that kind of customer service I
>> don't need to experience again. Oh yeah, shortly after the warranty
>> expired it died again, so L6 is permanently on my Do Not Buy list.
>
> Whereas I am delighted with my reliable and very good Variax 300.
I was happy with my L6 product too, until it needed warranty service. From
what I saw online my experience was not unusual at the time. Researching
reliability and customer service *before* buying would seem to be the way to
go. Since then I've talked to service techs when looking at new electronics
etc., their opinion on which models are more likely to show up on the bench
is worth hearing.
Rudolf Ziegaus
Yep, but the problem is that these are historic data which may or may not
apply in the futere.
There is a (very qualified German computermag which rates notebooks in
several categories, one of them being customer service (based on a customer
poll). I once bought a notebook based on their advice and was dismayed to
find out that the former excellent customer service had degraded highly to
a poor service (again based on their poll one year later).
The problem was that the customer service moved to Ireland, and the service
had degraded instantly. Fortunately I never needed their service.
Or look at Fender guitars - quality used to change to a high degree in the
past.
This is not to say you should not care about this issue but their is no
garantuee that service or quality will continue the same way...
Rudi
DGDevin
>> Researching reliability and customer service *before*
>> buying would seem to be the way to go. Since then I've talked to
>> service techs when looking at new electronics etc., their opinion on
>> which models are more likely to show up on the bench is worth
>> hearing.
>
> Yep, but the problem is that these are historic data which may or may
> not apply in the futere.
True, but you can pick up useful info on specific models, and just knowing
the Bass-O-Rama 2000 has a bad rep with repair techs in terms of reliability
would be worth knowing.
I talked to a tech about one amp I was thinking of buying and he pointed out
the "new and improved" model had some manufacturing shortcuts that made it a
real pain for techs to work on and thus any repairs it might one day need
would be more expensive than on older versions. Knowing that certain models
are more likely to need repairs, or are more expensive to fix than other
models seems to me to be useful information quite aside from a company's
customer service history.