xrisrandall Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I am looking into replacing the Goosenecks on my Strand 530, as they have taken an increased amount of damage over the last few years. With the current trend of LED everything I thought I would extend that to their potential replacements as well... So my Question to the Room: Anyone tried these: http://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_ledxlr...enhalslampe.htm or anything similar? Warm White would be nicer (but then a piece of 162 or something can fix that) But flexibility of the stalk plus shape retention is important too. Perhaps I am over thinking this a little... Any thoughts / experiences greatly appreciated - Xris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirkenstein Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Any thoughts / experiences greatly appreciated I own the exact one in the description. It's usable, but if I remember correctly the pool of light is quite a narrow oval along the long axis of the head, maybe a 15-20 degree beam angle. I'd have to dig the lamp out to check exact angles. However, the version I have does a very serious design defect- the supply voltage is not rectified or smoothed, so if provided with an old-fashioned AC supply assuming incandescent gooseneck lights (say, old Zero 88 desks) it will flicker unusably at 25Hz. I fitted my own rectifier and smoothing cap in the XLR plug, and it's been fine for me ever since. I don't know if the 530 supplies AC or DC, so I can't say if this is going to be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Hampson Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I have a USB version of the same unit, I found the beam ange to be very narrow, I wouldn't be as generous as to say 15-20 degrees. It's good for lighting up the Go button, but to be honest, very little else. The gooseneck itself was of a reasonable quality and does stay in shape well, the only problems I had was with the stability of the USB conector but that does not concern your case. I paid a little more for the one I have, and to be honest I never use it any more. The best I have ever used are the Genuine LED Litlelites, but then that is reflected in the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.sealey Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 We have four of these in regular use, two on our sound desk on 4 pin XLR's, and two built into a 1U panel with a dimmer in the top of our outboard rack I will agree with the views on narrow beam angle, but I'm guessing that this is the nature of LEDs. On our rack it isnt such a problem, as we have a fairly tall rack, so the narrow beam angle works really well in that instance. When I'm engineering, I usually angle the goosenecks on the desk so the light 'criss-crosses' (if that makes sense) and it's adequate enough to work under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davethsparky Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Yes, we have some and I detest them because of the narrow beam angle, but someone has hidden all of the proper ones so I have to use them at the moment. I find them a particular pain on the pearl because I can't get it to sufficiently light the roller and preset faders at once and so have to keep moving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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