Luke.Harnett Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hello, We currently stock 50 + Proel fleshtone headsets for are sennheiser radio mics in are hire stock. They are very cheap to buy... but the bulid quality shows that. Has anyone found a headset that has the capability to replaceable cable if trashed and is of a better build quality and sounding ? Yes we know that we could just buy some countrymans, but alot of the hires are to school and college who will not pay that sort of money to hire. We have demo'd .. all of proel's range, CPC's Headset and Monacor ? What else could any recommend for us to look at ? Thanks Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedd Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I've been down the same route and was looking at offerings from Microphone Madness and also Da-cappo. I've not gone too far as cost is still outweighing their plus points, and I'm perfectly happy with the cpc headsets. Newer ones also seem to have slightly better strain reliefs, and a touch thicker cable I think. The moulded 3.5mm jack ends seem to be the main point of failure. As a Trantec user I've found the 4 pin mini XLR's slightly better. Nothing to say you can't re-terminate though. I've just done a load of 4 pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMitchell Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 @Luke - another +1 for the Trantec kit with the TA4F (mini XLR) connector. We have never had any problems with these on our S5 kit - they're pretty robust, however we have found the mini jack to be the weak link on their S4.4 kit, on headsets we have in a number of sites. This link may also be of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.fallon Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Have you looked at these fellas http://www.mipro.com.tw/link/2_7_2_mu23.htm I've not tried them myself but the MU55 is one I have tried and for the money its goin for, its the best in its field. (It is very cheap though) J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtheenchanteruk Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 the latest offerings form CPC with the locking jack now have heatshrink on the cable, as cedd says.They also do a range that has a detachable cable, the Mic is the same price, the cable is about £7 IRRC.The newer ones seem to have a lower failure rate, approx 3 times the life so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyb Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi Luke, We have the monacor ones in our rental stock. We buy the mini XLR style and change the connector to a locking jack and adding heatshrink etc. I'll be interested to hear what you go for. We are not finding the build of the Monacor great, but at the price point it seems reasonable. Im certainly happier for schools to break them than I am for them to damage dpa's! andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 CPC ones all the way. Tried some of the PROEL ones in the last few months. Sound quality very good, but unreliable, cable failing in random parts rendering them useless. CPC ones just keep going. Noticed the thicker cable on a few new ones. Has to be a good thing. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicktaylor Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have a couple of these bought on ebay. Just got round to trying them on a show and they have worked very well. I take on board overall robustness, but at this price and the type of level of work I do they are great. One of the "profesional" singers actually wants to keep his! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YPA-MM1-Headset-Microphone-SENNHEISER-Wireless-mic-/140709826241?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DDLSL%252BSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BUA%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D140689214652%252B140689214652%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6555680792034973128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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