Good day all,
In some markets such as Dallas and Houston Texas, the ULX-D G50 allows
one to deploy in excess of 24 channels. The quad units are very nice
for saving rack space and for the built in Dante. I suppose there might
be some who would find the diversity and mixing possibilities on the
quads useful. If one is using them in the same location for months at a
time the IR links are nice, but get little use. There is nothing really
special about the receivers, not that small, but appear to be robust
except for field replaceable antennas. The use with Shure's Wavetool is
an asset. While compatible with Axient transmitters, QLXD and ULX-d are
not compatible. The ability to get lavs and earsets for Shure wired
transmitters is a major asset. Shure rechargeable battery packs, and
chargers for occasional users are not economical. Out board
rechargeable AA's work fine. So I own two sets of ULXD with Quad
receivers (about 36 or so total) with Yamaha Switches. Oh yeah Shure
technical on a phone call told me I could daisy chain up to three Quads.
So either a reasonably priced distro or a couple of splitters will take
care of RF. But watch out not all splitters will pass bias voltage to
powered antennas, splitters are not that inexpensive. IN addition, i do
not know how robust the bias power supplies are as I have had a few
blown on Shure antenna distros.
I have not explored any of the new offerings, as the price of wireless
along with the features just keeps on climbing. But a kind word for my
Lectrosonics gear. Over more than a decade they have made the newer
gear backwards compatible. I use the digital transmitters all the time
from more than ten years ago with recent vintage receivers. Also I can
use the SSM micro transmitters with a wide range of receivers. The SM
series transmitters of more than 10 years ago while pricier than Shure
ULXD1's, they are much smaller.
So my Shure ULX-D's nicely racked up in two heavy medium depth (4 space)
boxes sit on the shelf, and I grab a four space 8 inch deep rack of 24
daisy chained receivers, and 24 Lectrosonics transmitters from the last
ten or so years depending on the needs of the job.
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On 2024-08-04 21:24, Joe Wilson wrote:
> I understand that the ULX-D series from Shure is a solid product
> that's a tier down from the Axient line.
>
> ~joe
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 6:37 AM 'Benjamin Anderson' via
> theatre-sound <
theatre-s...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all - I am wondering what the new goto wireless system for
>> musical theatre is. As far as i can tell it is Axient Digital, but
>> there are also some other great offerings that are worth considering
>> such as Wiseycom. I currently use ULXD and QLXD but I am looking at
>> swapping my QLXD systems out for a higher end system and any general
>> advice about the options on the markey would be most appreciated.
>>
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