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SMNetwork Archives / on the other end of the headset spectrum

« on: Apr 23, 2005, 12:59 am »

Wireless headsets are certainly the ideal.  I work at a theatre that has wireless headsets on its older stage and yet the brand spanking new theatre they just opened 2 seasons ago was built with hard wired headsets.  Budget reasons I know, but boy does it make life on that deck difficult!  You either stay on headset as much as possible and trip everyone with the cord running 20 feet behind you or you leave headset anytime you have to walk somewhere...  sometimes it's a very tough choice.

We're still working on that....it's just  matter of time before we erode all resistance.  Muahaha.

And to pitch in my $0.02 my lightweight clear com is only useful when i'm stationary.  The boom is too heavy for the headband, and it tends to flap around when i move lot (like when calling rail cues while moving scenery) and makes a really annoying fhwappa fwhappa throughout the system.  I've sent it back twice for repairs, and right now a cleverly knotted length of tie line keeps it in place.  I rarely use it backstage now, it just isn't sturdy enough.  

Next time i'm going with the telex.