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04/22/2003 12:45 pm
Any of you guys got a wireless system? I was looking at ones by Nady but duno where to start! Any brands you liked or hated, any problems that come with goin wireless?
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04/22/2003 3:38 pm
Shure is more popular , one of my friends got one .
I haven't played many of these and I don't have one myself (I'll get myself one in the near future anyway), but the only good brands I heard of are Shure , Nady & Sony.
Don't get an old VHF model.
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04/22/2003 5:31 pm
I have an Azden wireless, and I've had very good luck with it. It's probably three or four years old now and I've never once had a problem with it.

I've been warned away from Nady's stuff (by a Nady dealer, by the way) because if it breaks it has to be sent to the factory to be repaired.
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04/23/2003 6:17 am
AKG WMS40DVGB Microtools UHF Diversity Guitrabug Wireless System is VERY cool - very compact!

its just a lil "bug" that you plug into the guitar - no box that you have to attach to your belt and link it to the guitar with a cable or sumthing - just a lil "thing" that you plug into the guitar.

heres a pic of it - http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--AKGWMS40DVGB


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04/24/2003 11:58 am
Are those suitable for gigs or consert? or just playin at home?
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04/24/2003 12:58 pm
For gigs of course - who would build a remote system for home usage? would need a large room for that *LOL*

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04/24/2003 3:29 pm
LOL :D :D :D
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04/24/2003 7:44 pm
If used at home , you'll simply kill your battery's life for nothing.

Also people who use wireless on stage prefere to use normal cables at home/studio , cuz wireless slightly change the tone.

Vai & Satriani are using cables exclusively on stage and in studio... In an interview , Satriani said he uses guitar cable that cost about $300 a feet !
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04/25/2003 4:11 pm
$300???? a feet? mannn..the cable must be around 5 cm thick!
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04/25/2003 7:03 pm
I don't think it's about thickness , cuz an average cable has got almost no resistance , therefore no need to make it thicker to decrease resistance.

It's the shielding and stuff like that ... I've studied soemthing in college about shielding with different layers and stuff , shielding techniques can be complicated and expensive.
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04/26/2003 7:27 am
What shielding techniques? ?confused?
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04/26/2003 1:26 pm
Those insulating stuff that covers the metal wire inside are called shields .
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04/27/2003 3:31 am
At $300 bux a foot, that kind of cable probably boils down to type of wire used instead of shielding techniques. Granted it's probably a directional cable, twisted, braided, and shielded, but instead of using the typical copper wiring, it's more than likely using silver. There is a company out there named Kimber Kables that uses silver exclusively in all there speaker wiring, RCA, and guitar cables. I had some of the speaker wiring, and they really do make a difference.
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