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A friend and I attended the opening afternoon of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Friday. The crew at the Swan Stage had these wonderfully retro-looking handsets, replete with tangly coily cords, for communicating between stations. Maybe this is common (I don't get out much) but I thought it looked very cool and like they were having fun.
(http://Hello.jpg)
BTW, the quality of sound and overall production was superb throughout the event. I was particularly impressed with the Towers of Gold Stage later in the afternoon from which a radio show was being streamed without interruption. One act performed while the next got ready. The switchover, maybe during a brief announcement, was made seamlessly time after time. It was a real pleasure (and instructive) to hear and see what's possible with such well coordinated crew and performers.
--Frank
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That's still a standard Clear-Com thing, the HS6 telephone handset. Useful if you don't want to deal with a headset. Talk button on the handset itself, so you have to remember to leave your beltpack talk switch latched on.
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A friend and I attended the opening afternoon of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Friday. The crew at the Swan Stage had these wonderfully retro-looking handsets, replete with tangly coily cords, for communicating between stations. Maybe this is common (I don't get out much) but I thought it looked very cool and like they were having fun.
(http://Hello.jpg)
BTW, the quality of sound and overall production was superb throughout the event. I was particularly impressed with the Towers of Gold Stage later in the afternoon from which a radio show was being streamed without interruption. One act performed while the next got ready. The switchover, maybe during a brief announcement, was made seamlessly time after time. It was a real pleasure (and instructive) to hear and see what's possible with such well coordinated crew and performers.
--Frank
I've been using the Production Intercom version for years.
HH10A -still a current product and looks like they now have a cool red one available too, (for that "Moscow Hotline" look)
-as well as the HH10B with a hardwired cradle that has a hang-up switch like a classic wall-phone.
http://prointercomllc.com/category/headsets-handsets/
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I needed a cheap, point-to-point intercom and went to an army surplus sale, bought two sets of TP6N field telephone.
Works well, after all it was designed to be used under fire.
http://tp6n.blogspot.com
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I've been using the Production Intercom version for years.
HH10A -still a current product and looks like they now have a cool red one available too, (for that "Moscow Hotline" look)
-as well as the HH10B with a hardwired cradle that has a hang-up switch like a classic wall-phone.
http://prointercomllc.com/category/headsets-handsets/
And after all these years, I still can't hear/understand anything over com during a show
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And after all these years, I still can't hear/understand/believe anything over com during a show
Fixed it for you.
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I'd like to have one, especially in red, but I don't have anyone to talk to at the other end :'( Maybe I could put a pay phone at the side of the stage for the band to discuss the monitor mixes. It would cost them a dime for each adjustment :)
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And after all these years, I still can't hear/understand anything over com during a show
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That's crazy. In my experience, when the show is at full tilt, radios with shoulder mics are unusable, where com (via these handsets) is a sure bet. I never have any issues hearing over com during 105dBA+ shows.
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That's crazy. In my experience, when the show is at full tilt, radios with shoulder mics are unusable, where com (via these handsets) is a sure bet. I never have any issues hearing over com during 105dBA+ shows.
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Lake Street Dive has an HH10A clipped to their brand new SD-12 they are out with.
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All of mine are either red or white so they are easier to find in the dark. All except one. A corporate client decided to start using one on stage during head table type staging and I thought he’d really like the red phones but nope, had to be black.
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All of mine are either red or white so they are easier to find in the dark. All except one. A corporate client decided to start using one on stage during head table type staging and I thought he’d really like the red phones but nope, had to be black.
Mine used to be white about 25 years ago. It's now kinda a dingy beige/yellow/ick color, but it's still one of my prized possessions along with my Baby Blue speaker station.
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That's crazy. In my experience, when the show is at full tilt, radios with shoulder mics are unusable, where com (via these handsets) is a sure bet. I never have any issues hearing over com during 105dBA+ shows.
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For me it is a clarity issue. I can't understand the words with the background noise. It is in the brain not the ears.
I can't hold a conversation in a noisy party or sporting event, either.
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Maybe I could put a pay phone at the side of the stage for the band to discuss the monitor mixes. It would cost them a dime for each adjustment :)
Haha. With some bands that would be a good idea.
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Haha. With some bands that would be a good idea.
Give Neil a red one, connected to the side of his "monster rack of noise".....
He'll never put id down.... ::)
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I needed a cheap, point-to-point intercom and went to an army surplus sale, bought two sets of TP6N field telephone.
Early 1950s, my dad worked for a phone company in ND. At the time they transitioned from crank to rotary dial. He saved a few phones from the dump -- two oak wall phones, a Bakelite wall phone, and a Bakelite desk phone (which has a crank where you'd expect to see a dial).
Sometime in the 1990s I resurrected them, connecting them as an interview between the house, shop, and sauna.
My brother has the place now. I should repossess those phones, I could use an intercom between my house, shop, and barn.