Wireless receiver for active speakers

[DJCC]

Anyone using them?

If so, what brand?

Pros?, Cons?

I have a wedding coming up that I need to place remote speakers in a side room where they are having dinner, toast, and such. You can see directly into the room from the "Ball/Bar room but there is a large stone fireplace in the middle of the ball/bar room that defelcts the sound so you cannot get good clear sound in the dinning room.

Thanks for your help guys and gals!!

 

[DJ J Mac]

We've got a remote speakers that we can setup. We basically take a wireless lav mic and reverse it. We run a modified "Y" cable into the transmitter end of the lav mic, transmit the signal back to the receiver (which is with the speakers) and then use a standard "Y" cable to branch off to run the speaker cables to the actual speakers.

 

[rickryan.com]

Same thing as J Mac. I have a couple of AT mid-grade lav units and Ben supplied me with 1/4" converter cables for the beltpack. It works fantastic and I've used them at 200-300 feet with no problems. I've had several clients and planners who were highly impressed when I put these in place. One thing though, make sure whatever mixer you're using will feed the full mix to the transmitter. On my Denon X500, you have to remember to engage the Cue button to get the mic to the wireless. It's a detail that's pretty easy to miss when you're on the gig.

 

[DJ J Mac]

Rick just reminded me, we run ours out of the booth outputs on the back of our Denon X-900 mixer.

 

[rickryan.com]

Rick just reminded me, we run ours out of the booth outputs on the back of our Denon X-900 mixer.

Yep, that's what I do as well and about half the time I forget to engage the cue button until someone comes up and says "Hey, we can't hear the announcement in the other room!"

 

[DJCC]

I use a 16 chanel mixer with 4 seperate zones so no problem there.

Thanks for the help. The only lav I have is the GTD audio system.

Rick, what AT unit are you using?

 

[rickryan.com]

I use a 16 chanel mixer with 4 seperate zones so no problem there.

Thanks for the help. The only lav I have is the GTD audio system.

Rick, what AT unit are you using?

2000-series I got from Ben. I have 2 of these units and have 1/4" converters for both. They're usually used for lav duties in ceremonies.

 

[steve149]

Another option is the reverse of the wireless bodypacks and that is to get a used wireless IEM (in-ear monitor) system. I've seen basic systems (Nady and various Chinese) for under $200. The better ones (Audio Technica, Shure, Sennheiser) will cost more, but maybe someone has a 2 receiver setup on eBay or Craigslist.

 

[rickryan.com]

Another option is the reverse of the wireless bodypacks and that is to get a used wireless IEM (in-ear monitor) system. I've seen basic systems (Nady and various Chinese) for under $200. The better ones (Audio Technica, Shure, Sennheiser) will cost more, but maybe someone has a 2 receiver setup on eBay or Craigslist.

I own one of the cheap Nady units. Don't do it. It sounds like crap and has interference issues.

 

[NLFX Pro]

We can make the adaptor cables for most wireless bodypacks, or as Steve said if you use an IEM system it's pretty straightforward. I have a couple IEM systems that we are blowing out right now. I have a real nice Sennheiser 300 series G2 and a Shure if anyone is interested.

 

[DJCC]

We can make the adaptor cables for most wireless bodypacks, or as Steve said if you use an IEM system it's pretty straightforward. I have a couple IEM systems that we are blowing out right now. I have a real nice Sennheiser 300 series G2 and a Shure if anyone is interested.

Can you make an adaptor for the gtd audio bodypack??