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Topic: Using Rupert Neve RNHP to power IEMs |
Paul Sutherland
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Placerville, California
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 1:03 pm |
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If you're dissatisfied with what you're hearing in your IEMs, and you don't need wireless, you might want to look at the Rupert Neve RNHP. I was ready to spend a bunch of money on better IEMs, but I got to worrying that maybe the Behringer P1 I was using was the real problem. Turns out the Behringer was the culprit.
At last night's gig, which was the first using the Neve RNHP, the harshness and tinniness was gone. My mix was smooth and pleasing all night. Now I'm actually looking forward to the next opportunity to use IEMs.
The RHNP cost $500, but it's put off for a long time, if not entirely eliminated, the need to spend around $1000 for new better IEMs. So I actually saved about $500.
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Paul Sutherland
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Placerville, California
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 1:11 pm
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forgot the picture
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 5:44 pm
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| Good to know Paul |
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Steven Paris
From:
Los Angeles
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 6:40 pm
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Review from an audiophile DIYer on the RNHP:
"Using the cheapest and most simple virtual ground split technique opposing the output resistor included in the feedback path and the infamous NE5532 driving it , multiple CMOS electronic switches and still getting the best sound you can get from TPA6120?!..."
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 7:43 pm
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I have no idea what any of that means Steve. I just know the RNHP is going to be part of my rig probably until the day I drop.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 3:29 am
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| I came across the RNDI unit also while looking at Neve's site and the RNHP unit described by Paul. Pricey, but I believe worth checking out for folks that need/use a DI box. Heard nothing but good things about the sound quality of Rupert Neve electronics. |
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Al Evans
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 6:11 am
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| Jerry Overstreet wrote: |
| I came across the RNDI unit also while looking at Neve's site and the RNHP unit described by Paul. Pricey, but I believe worth checking out for folks that need/use a DI box. Heard nothing but good things about the sound quality of Rupert Neve electronics. |
I'm using an RNDI at home to connect pedal steel and bass to a little Soundcraft mixer. Running it through the "house system", as it were.
The place I REALLY notice the RNDI is in how clean the high end is. I've used it with three different pedal steels, in two different rooms with different speaker systems, and the highs are just delicious. I've had a few tell me that can't be happening, but it sho' nuff is.
--Al Evans
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Chris Willingham
From:
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 1:24 pm
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Great info Paul. We're on wireless IEM packs, Shure PSM200. I'm wondering if I could run from our board, into the Neve unit and then into the Shure transmitter to get better sound quality from my in ears. Anybody with more impedance matching knowledge than I have a guess?
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 1:33 pm
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Chris: I have no idea what a wireless transmitter would do to the sound quality. I'm sure some are better than others.
The Rupert Neve suggests you use headphones or IEMs that are anywhere from 16 ohms to 150 ohms per their literature, but I don't think that really answers your question.
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 1:42 pm
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A follow up thought for Chris: I assume you are using some sort of belt pack that receives the signal from the transmitter, and then amplifies it for your IEMs. I wonder if another weak link in the chain is that belt pack, that's probably using a 9 volt battery to do the amplifying. Are you using the very best transmitter and belt pack available?
Perhaps the RNHP would be redundant to the belt pack and would actually put out too hot of a signal and blow out the belt pack. You would be basically sending an amplified signal (from the RNHP) into another power amp (your belt pack), which sounds like a recipe for disaster. So I don't think it would work.
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