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Anyone A/B'ed the Furman HDS 16 vs the Mytek Private Q?
I'm getting ready to get one or the other of these. Opinions would be
appreciated. TIA, Doug Joyce Animix Productions Durango, CO 970-375-7081 |
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Anyone A/B'ed the Furman HDS 16 vs the Mytek Private Q?
In article .com,
"DJ" wrote: I'm getting ready to get one or the other of these. Opinions would be appreciated. While I can't say as I've done an A/B, I've done sessions with both setups. One thing I need to stress with these multichannel headphone systems is that you need to use efficient low impedance headphones like Sony 7506 otherwise musicians will complain that the system doesn't get loud enough. The Furmans have some nice features.. there's a talkback system of sorts built into it, but also can lead to musicians leaving their talkback button in during takes. The Furman also has TT patching right at the master distribution amp.. so you don't need to spend money on extra wiring to get into the system. (That is if you already have a TT patchbay) It also uses funky old printer-cable type connectors to connect the satellite units. The Myteks are very clean sounding and intuitive to use, but use DL type connectors for the satellite units which can be expensive. Also, try out the Aviom system. They are digital, run 16 channels (those extra channels come in very handy) and only require you to run an ethernet cable for connectivity, which makes for cleaner (and cheaper) cable runs. They're a little less intuitive, but are easy to use with a 30 second tutorial for every band member. Greg |
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Anyone A/B'ed the Furman HDS 16 vs the Mytek Private Q?
DJ wrote:
I'm getting ready to get one or the other of these. Opinions would be appreciated. Not trying to be argumentative... really... but a quick question: are you using a conventional console or a DAW? Here's a cheap and not too dirty cue solution if you have a conventional console, but don't do a lot of bussing while tracking: I ran an 11 pair (remember when all multipairs were (N*8)+3 pairs???) from the patchbay to the studio proper. It terminates on 4 multipin connectors in the wall. Then I built four little mixers with nothing more than a single chip "power amplifier", a one opamp summing stage, eight pots and one stereo pot (ok, and some capacitors and resistorsG) which connect via multipin to the wall connectors. The stereo input is normalled to the cue mix out on the console. The remaining mono inputs are patched to 8 of the 16 submix busses as required to give each performer "more me" in the phones. This lets me create a basic stereo cue mix which I control, and then each performer can add a little drum or "me" or whatever to get the mix they need. Granted, I had the multipin connectors and cable left over from a project long forgotten, so this was a really inexpensive project for me. It is very flexible, and thus far I've had no complaints. Oh yeah, one last detail, I run the bipolar 18VDC on the 11th pair... if I were doing it again I probably wouldn't do that... it hasn't caused any problems yet, but it does make me nervous! I also considered a 16 mono + 1 sterep arrangement, but my room is probably too small to hold that many people!!! |
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