Jonathan Frank
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It’s been ‘fun’ trying out suggestions (and new ideas). the ‘it’s like trying to stop a series of leaks’ analogy is perfect.
Putting the old speakers in another room on another circuit renders them silent. Replacing one of the new with one of the old results in noise from the old (but not from the new if it was in a silent phase). Cell phone has been a concern (not sure it’s limited to AT&T – which is what I had – as I have been finding phones to interfere on shoots even. Would love a ban on phones in theaters but that’s another argument 🙂
So it’s either the electrical in my office or interference that is more prevalent there (which could be anything from the cell towers I see outside my window to my neighbors who run a hair salon in the adjacent apartment…don’t ask…). Luckily the newer ones have less a problem (and I’m hoping it stays that way and doesn’t increase). And I’m trying to move them further away from my ears so I hear the interference less.
But if anybody has had a similar experience and bought a set of speakers that worked better shielding-wise…let me know (I have 25 days to return these)
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I’ve had them plugged into a basic power strip, I’ve had them plugged into a different APC backup.
Let’s go with the assumption there is something in the building as I have two sets of speakers of the same brand acting the same way.
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And thanks, guys for your help and feedback
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As I live in an old NYC apartment with towers every where you look…the answer is yes to any interference possibilities. Hence my wondering if there is a brand with better shielding
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I live in an old New York City apartment…getting anything done is an impossibility. I would guess that code is not…quite up to snuff. Which is why I have all my computer and sound equipment on a Premium APC Back Up (which is supposed to correct high/low voltage and has a site wiring fault indicator that would scream bloody murder if improper grounding was happening).
If that’s not enough of a line conditioner, is there anything you recommend?
Of course right now the speakers are silent (as are the old ones which I plugged into an outlet on a different circuit).
Being in NYC, there are towers everywhere (I see two cell towers on the roof across the street in fact).
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How can one tell? If you mean the electrical, no idea what is on the other side of the outlet nor do I have any way of changing anything. The Cables used are all top of line and new and plugged in according to specifications.
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As I said, it occurs regardless of whether the computer was on or not and whether there were cables plugged into speakers or not. It’s not happening 100% of the time – there will be instances of silence (such as now) and then interference will start and will go on for a while (minutes…hours…)
As mentioned, I replaced the connector cables (and upgraded them even).
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Yeah, it’s very grey on grey (with an interviewee who is also very grey). But as the other is very VERY pink (plus it looks perfect in some circumstances and adding anything makes it look horrid in those).
Trying Sorenson Squeeze as Adobe doesn’t seem to have any sort of xh264 capabilities for Mac (there’s a plug in for Windows only) and the major Quicktime download site is closed (and the downloadable version is for Snow Leopard and isn’t giving me confidence it won’t screw things up in Mountain Lion)
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Normally I’d throw caution to the wind and agree that if it looks good on my computer (and normally everything has looked good and consistent – what I see in ProRes is what I will get (or pretty darn close) when I compress to h.264.
Of course this client has turned problem child. And of course this footage is showing the most discrepancies when I look on other computers (or even using different programs and browsers on my computer).
I’m having x264 thrown at me elsewhere, so maybe trying that in Sorrenson Squeeze is an option…
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They are! Thanks for pointing me towards it. I had scoured the Lowell site and there are no manuals or links with the eggcrate (and mine came sans manual). And this isn’t the copy that came with my Rifa55…