[SML] wireless com that I don't hate

[Keith Arsenault]

glad to hear this . . I have $ 20k worth of FreeSpeak II gear on it’s way ! ! ! 



> On Sep 24, 2016, at 9:55 PM, Brian Munroe via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> I’ve finally gotten to use a wireless com system that I don’t hate – the ClearCom FreeSpeak II.   I’m just a dopey carpenter, but usually I hate all the wireless systems, especially the digital ones.  This one is different.  Here is what it doesn’t do that most wireless com does:
>  
> ·         It doesn’t turn on the mic accidentally when I bend over
> ·         It doesn’t change the volume if I brush up against something or my shirt moves (the volume control is recessed in to the pack)
> ·         It doesn’t fall off my belt or my pocket – it has a slight curve to the pak and hugs my hip
> ·         It isn’t heavy.  I hardly know I’m wearing it
> ·         The featherweight headset our sound team ordered doesn’t give me a headache after 10 hours of tech
> ·         It doesn’t drop out when I go to the basement, or outside the stage door, or to FOH (I’m sure that’s more of proper antennae placement than anything else)
> ·         It has plenty of volume 
>  
> I’m working on a play (“The Front Page”), so we aren’t exactly pushing the limits on it compared to a musical, but so far I like it.
>  
> Brian Munroe
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