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Thom Shafer

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:30 pm

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Eric

I had a mixer pose a question to me the other day about the B6 which
flabbergasted me. He had been told, by two dealers, that the B6 was
susceptible to static electricity blowing out the mic head.

In the past several years of my personal experience with the B6 I have never
even remotely experienced that type of situation. Living in the Midwest I
am no stranger to winter time static electricity and would love to know your
thoughts on this.

My personal view is that this is a non issue but I would like to know where
this got started and why he was dissuaded from purchasing the B6 by these
dealers.

Everybody knows where I stand on the B6.

Any thoughts to clear this up?

Thom Shafer
http://www.televisionsound.com

Glen Trew

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:49 pm

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Eric

I had a mixer pose a question to me the other day about the B6 which
flabbergasted me. He had been told, by two dealers, that the B6 was
susceptible to static electricity blowing out the mic head.

In the past several years of my personal experience with the B6 I have
never
even remotely experienced that type of situation. Living in the Midwest I
am no stranger to winter time static electricity and would love to know
your
thoughts on this.

My personal view is that this is a non issue but I would like to know
where
this got started and why he was dissuaded from purchasing the B6 by these
dealers.

Everybody knows where I stand on the B6.

Any thoughts to clear this up?

Thom Shafer
http://www.televisionsound.com

Thom Shafer

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:58 pm

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Thanks Glen

I'm not sure how he construed that into a problem but I was concerned that
this was out there without a proper explanation.

Thom Shafer
http://www.televisionsound.com

"Glen Trew" <glen@nixthistrewaudio.com> wrote in message
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I'll butt in, but Eric is welcome to add.

The B-6 is sensitive to static electricity, but only in its "pig-tail" (no
connector) configuration. After the connector has been properly installed,
it is no longer fragile.

For this reason, our techs always wear grounded wrist bands when
installing
connectors on the B6.

Glen Trew

"Thom Shafer" <productionsound(removetoreply)@cox.net> wrote in message
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Eric

I had a mixer pose a question to me the other day about the B6 which
flabbergasted me. He had been told, by two dealers, that the B6 was
susceptible to static electricity blowing out the mic head.

In the past several years of my personal experience with the B6 I have
never
even remotely experienced that type of situation. Living in the Midwest
I
am no stranger to winter time static electricity and would love to know
your
thoughts on this.

My personal view is that this is a non issue but I would like to know
where
this got started and why he was dissuaded from purchasing the B6 by
these
dealers.

Everybody knows where I stand on the B6.

Any thoughts to clear this up?

Thom Shafer
http://www.televisionsound.com

Eric Toline

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:59 pm

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Re: Question for Eric Toline & Company

Group: rec.arts.movies.production.sound Date: Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 10:49pm
(EDT-1) From: glen@nixthistrewaudio.com (Glen Trew)

I'll butt in, but Eric is welcome to add.

The B-6 is sensitive to static electricity, but only in its "pig-tail"
(no connector) configuration. After the connector has been properly
installed, it is no longer fragile.
For this reason, our techs always wear grounded wrist bands when
installing connectors on the B6.
Glen Trew<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Well live and learn. That's something I never knew. Thanks Glen. Strange
that it's not mentioned on the Countryman website or in their B6
literature.

Eric

Rob Lewis

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:41 pm

Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 23 Location: Youngstown, Oh

Thom, after i spoke to you I spoke with Countryman and was told the same thing that Glenn has mentioned here. The B6 can only be damaged by static electricity when the bare pigtails are exposed or the connector is not grounded properly when installed. I then spoke to Summer at Trew audio who confirmed this with Glenn also. I felt much better about it after I had some conformation from a couple of trusted sources, so I went ahead and purchased 2 of the B6's from Trew Audio. I can hide them just about everywhere but under a t-shirt without clothing noise !!!! Still working on that one !!

Thanks to Summer at Trew Audio and Countryman for all the help. And thanks to Thom for recommending the mics. I have no doubt these little wonders will make my life a lot easier. (And Thom's when we work on the next 20/20 or Primetime together.)

Thanks
Rob Lewis

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Charles Tomaras

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:32 pm

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"Rob Lewis" <soundmixer@zoominternet-dot-net.no-spam.invalid> wrote in
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They hide under t-shirt better than any other mic I've ever tried. Just put
a small piece of tape directly over the head of the mic and tape it to the
inside of the shirt being careful not to create a butterfly wings sort of
dimple in the fabric. The cable is so thin you will no see it unless it is a
very tight very sheer t-shirt. "Most" of the time you will not hear any
clothing noise from this mount as a cotton t-shirt is about the quietest
fabric you can finda and the mic rides it very well.

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