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Jan 07, 2023
Seamless performer with the Squeezebox family
The most complex part of this product is setup, specifically getting the Controller hooked up to your WiFi. This is simply because the method of entry for alphanumeric characters is a little tedious. But once you've done it, it's done.
The Receiver is basically a headless Squeezebox, with WiFi and Ethernet, plus analogue and digital audio out, and indeed you can control any other Squeezeboxen with the Controller that you might have. You'll almost certainly want to run a Logitech Music Server with all your music on it, so bear in mind that while all these Logitech hardware products are long discontinued (why?), the Music Server is now a community supported product and extremely feature-rich.
Jun 18, 2019
Powerful, easy to use, cost-effective - what more do you want?
This product is increasingly hard to find, but offers exceptional audio processing power for both broadcast and music applications and at a good price.
We've bought these units primarily for broadcast voice applications and so cannot comment on their use in music recording or via the line input. However the unit provides what is essentially a complete channel strip consisting (L to R) of the following:
A Mic Pre with gain control, a basic 4-LED level indicator, phantom power and 80Hz HPF, plus a button to use the mic pre on its own;
A VERY powerful but very easy to use compressor with input level and release controls;
A de-esser (which I've never used);
An LF/HF enhancer which boosts bass and/or treble without muddying the sound;
An expander/gate that lets you remove room background noise below a certain threshold and by a chosen amount; and
An output gain control that enables you to maintain a good gain structure for the signal path into your mixer.
There are tutorials on the web for how to set this unit up as a starting point for broadcast applications - BSW has a video and cheat sheet that springs to mind - but in fact once you get the hang of what the controls actually do, it's very easy to set up.
"Gotchas" include: Don't apply too much Drive to the compressor or it will remove all the dynamics in a voice and can be noticeable. Follow the maxim that if you can hear what it's doing you've turned it up too much; Be careful with the Expander/Gate ratio. Too much noice reduction here can sound a little "papery" on speech as the gate flutters in and out on breaths and other sounds when you are using a lot of compression. Try to set the Threshold so that it gates out room noise but only just, so the minute you speak or breath it opens up.
My one complaint with this unit: they should have included a main power switch, even if it was round the back attached to the power socket. While a larger studio may well have a big power switch that brings everything up at start of day, and while there are arguments for leaving gear on all the time, if you are NOT using it all the time it would be nice to be able to switch it off. I bought an IEC in-line switch to do the job, but a built-in switch associated with the power socket would have added almost nothing to the cost - and you could still leave it on if you wish.
Oct 26, 2016
More uses than you might think
This is a compact shotgun mic and you usually think of them as being good for audio capture with video and focusing in on distant sounds, for which it is no doubt excellent.
I got it for a different purpose, however, namely recording voiceovers and speech for radio production. It was recommended for the purpose by a contact on a Facebook broadcasting group and it sounded like an excellent idea - you position it about 4in away and while you do have to stay reasonably on-mic to avoid losing top end, if you're reading a script this isn't an issue.
In this application the sound is full, with a wide frequency range yet with well-controlled bass; I got the pop shield too and it simply does not pop, period. And it is great for rejecting room noise. Recommended.