only complain a little. Same problem with Audio Ltd stuff here in the US.
In Europe it costs 1/2 of what it does here. It's a good thing my rates
have doubles in the last couple of years...

.... I hope nobody believed that last line...
Billy :-(

"Frank Kruse" <frank@wildtrax.de> wrote in message
news:96ec8d22.0405100753.57188440@posting.google.com...
the people at the Schoeps booth told me that *all* new CMC-6 are
extremely RF-tight. You can ID them by the gold plated bottom when you
look at the XLR connector. They could do a modification for old CMC-6
modules but with a possible high pricetag because they have to replace
the whole electronics. Also the RF-proofing has only be done to the
CMC-6.

frank.

You'd think they might give existing owners a bit of a price break
considering it's a fix for their own engineering failings and they aren't
even changing the model number.

"Charles Tomaras" <tomaras@tomaras.com> wrote in message > You'd think they
might give existing owners a bit of a price break
considering it's a fix for their own engineering failings and they aren't
even changing the model number.

It's funny, I bought all my Schoeps stuff when the one distributor was
charging list price, take it or leave it. Then they changed distributors
and the price dropped in half, but I didn't buy any because I had all I
needed. Now I want to buy one of the new ones and the price is back where
it started. Kind of funny. I've gotten my money's worth though, so I can
only complain a little. Same problem with Audio Ltd stuff here in the US.
In Europe it costs 1/2 of what it does here. It's a good thing my rates
have doubles in the last couple of years...

.... I hope nobody believed that last line...
Billy

The Schoeps guys told me that for the vast majority the problem is a
non-issue.

came up at he same time as "particular zaxcom machines entered the
market". I guess he ment either the digital wireless or the deva.

He said that they had major problems even creating the
described effect in their lab. They had to buy very expensive RF and
HF- generators that generate huge fields that you usually never
encounter in reality just to find out what complaining people where
talking about.

The Schoeps guys told me that for the vast majority the problem is a
non-issue. I, myself have never experienced this to be honest. So they
don´t want to call this a official issue. That´s why he didn´t want to
tell me a price tag for the mod also becuase he was an enigineer and
not a sales dept- guy. He said it will not cost as much as buying a
new cmc-6 but will be more than free. He also said that the RF-issue
came up at he same time as "particular zaxcom machines entered the
market".

"Frank Kruse" <frank@wildtrax.de> wrote in message
news:96ec8d22.0405110306.40d78339@posting.google.com...
The Schoeps guys told me that for the vast majority the problem is a
non-issue.

Grrrr...... I've had the problem for years with video transmitters and neon
lights.

. He also said that the RF-issue
came up at he same time as "particular zaxcom machines entered the
market". I guess he ment either the digital wireless or the deva.

The Zaxcom brought it to a head because when the problem was only with video
xtrs you could move the video transmitter. In scenes with Neon lights I had
to switch to Sennheisers, but they were few and far between. The Digital
transmitters raised the ante because it was an either/or situation.

He said that they had major problems even creating the
described effect in their lab. They had to buy very expensive RF and
HF- generators that generate huge fields that you usually never
encounter in reality just to find out what complaining people where
talking about.

... GRRRR!!!!! Not true. I went to Zaxcom and we were able to duplicate
the problem with a common AM signal generator. That's when we realized that
the problem wasn't just with the Zaxcom transmitters. The Schoeps were very
sensitive to AM RFI (which includes AM radio, video transmission, neon
lightsm etc). AM signal generators are very common on the surplus market
for $300+. Of course you can spend up to $100,000 for the ultimate in test
gear, but I contacted Schoeps and told them their mics were sensitive to AM
rfi at -60db, modulated with a 1k tone at 300-800 mHz. And they're not
'huge fields' (!), we're talking <10 mw (that's less then 10/millionths of a
watt). Here's a link to all they needed to diagnose the problem (for
$500!). I'm surprised they didn't have one already.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25407&item=3814331744&rd=1

Funny, a few threads back I was passionately supporting Schoeps. Now....
Anyway, I'm glad they fixed the problem. They had to. There was a weakness
in their mics that would have cost them market share. They should be
thanking Zaxcom (and actually, me) for identifying it for them and bringing
it to their attention.

And thanks Frank for passing on their comments from AES/Berlin and for your
other reports.

Billy Sarokin

"

" we're talking <10 mw (that's less then 10/millionths of a
watt)"
Billy Sarokin

William Sarokin wrote:

"

" we're talking <10 mw (that's less then 10/millionths of a
watt)"
Billy Sarokin


Typo William?

Jim Rillie

Maybe it helps you calm down by saying that over here almost every US
product is more expensive that in the states allthough the euro is so
strong. for example the fr2 has a street price of 1200$ here it costs
1500euro.
I guess that´s simply the rules of the market. Makes no sense to
protest about prices. If I find something too expensive I simply don´t
buy it.

On 11 May 2004 04:11:43 -0700, frank@wildtrax.de (Frank Kruse) wrote:

Maybe it helps you calm down by saying that over here almost every US
product is more expensive that in the states allthough the euro is so
strong. for example the fr2 has a street price of 1200$ here it costs
1500euro.
I guess that´s simply the rules of the market. Makes no sense to
protest about prices. If I find something too expensive I simply don´t
buy it.

Import it yourself, simple. I know a lot of mixers who order their
gear over the Internet, straight from the US.

Works very well, especially with bigger amounts :-)

R

downside is that dependig on the product you will pay high customs on
web-orders

also you will not get service on grey-imports etc.

Frank Kruse wrote:
downside is that dependig on the product you will pay high customs on
web-orders

But not more than the "official" importer pays anyway.

also you will not get service on grey-imports etc.

Not local warranty service, that's sure. But you get all the other paid
service of course (at least here).

That´s what I mean! So why buy in the US in the first place?

usually if you don't wont to be robed ,you buy the US( and sometimes