Audio over wireless

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   Afternoon all!
Just getting into doing public address systems at large sports events and i'm wondering if there are decent wireless options out there? At the moment i'm running CAT5 cables to remote stage boxes.

So a couple of questions...

A) Is it possible to link my digital desk (GLD80) to a stage rack (AR2412) via wifi? will it be stable enough?

B) Or am I better off sending the audio source via a decent wireles IEM system? 

Looking at covering 130 meters. I would like to have multiple lines so I can delay the sound acordingly, but running cat5 on one job is looking tricky.

Cheers
Jim

Edited by Jimmer - 31 March 2018 at 12:26pm

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Jimmer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 30 April 2010 Location: Stroud / Glos Status: Offline Points: 2605	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jimmer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Audio over wireless Posted: 29 March 2018 at 2:58pm
	Afternoon all! Just getting into doing public address systems at large sports events and i'm wondering if there are decent wireless options out there? At the moment i'm running CAT5 cables to remote stage boxes. So a couple of questions... A) Is it possible to link my digital desk (GLD80) to a stage rack (AR2412) via wifi? will it be stable enough? B) Or am I better off sending the audio source via a decent wireles IEM system? Looking at covering 130 meters. I would like to have multiple lines so I can delay the sound acordingly, but running cat5 on one job is looking tricky. Cheers Jim Edited by Jimmer - 31 March 2018 at 12:26pm
	Light travels faster than sound....That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak!

fatfreddiescat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 15 October 2010 Location: N.E.Wales Status: Offline Points: 1083	Post Options Post Reply Quote fatfreddiescat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 March 2018 at 4:11pm
	No latency issues with IEM's, wifi devices will have to buffer the audio, minimum o abot 45ms but somewhat more for smooth playback I would think.

Jimmer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 30 April 2010 Location: Stroud / Glos Status: Offline Points: 2605	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jimmer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 March 2018 at 6:56pm
	I think IEM system looking favorite. Allen Heath say connecting a stage box via wifi is a no go...
	Light travels faster than sound....That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak!

studio45 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 16 October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3864	Post Options Post Reply Quote studio45 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 March 2018 at 3:01pm
	If you're ever in a pinch and need a quick and dirty extra channel of wireless, S/PDIF (and therefore probably AES3 as well) transports quite nicely on the video channel of a 2.4 or 5.8GHz video sender system. Like the cheap ones you can (could.....) get from Maplin, to send your Sky TV upstairs. No redundancy, no error correction, line of sight only, sometimes spits out noise on loss of signal - but when it works - it works pretty damn well!
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Jimmer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 30 April 2010 Location: Stroud / Glos Status: Offline Points: 2605	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jimmer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 March 2018 at 12:27pm
	Cheers Matt, i'll take a look
	Light travels faster than sound....That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak!