96 channels of wireless - YES

DECT is what powers my wireless headsets that I use for mumble comms. I run as many as 5 at a time in a crowded theater with no drops or interference, but be aware DECT is also used for many wireless phone systems. Some systems I think do active frequency hopping. So you could have DECT telephones, headsets, and now even IOT devices, security devices etc, competing. My limited experience with the headsets though suggests we'd be much less likely to experience interference and drops running 26 mics that way in our facility, unless the spectrum starts to really get loaded up. Just now reading.. DECT divides the frequencies, but expands it's channels by also dividing the time stream on a frequency.. That's some pretty fancy electronic trickery. In theory kiloherz audio is able to be divided up that way on a gigahertz band but a lot of things have to go right.

DECT uses a modulation scheme that is notorious for interference into analog audio circuits, much like cell phones did years ago. Chances are the system devices will have to be kept a few feet away from other sound components and cabling to avoid buzzes in the audio. The audio latency is pushing it at 16-24 mS. The large and poorly placed button on the belt pack suggests that this system is designed for the conference room, not the stage. This product might be a solution, but take a hard look at it before making a big investment.

I've worked with similar PTT conference room systems and there's a maximum number of active channels per receiver.
It's saying the 96 concurrent wireless transmitters requires 12 receivers, which means theres some sort of digital key pairing since they're not actually on their own frequencies, just sharing the pool of always active wireless bandwidth.

This is a really compelling product but for a very niche user-base. Wireless phones aren't such a worry anymore but on the high-level of the market we're already using 1.9gHz DECT for wireless intercom so these mics would be a no-go for gigs with a lot of intercom as we'd run out of DECT timeslots very quickly if we added more to that space (for example my current gig is pushing 85 wireless intercom users). Riedel Bolero, Telex FS-II, Hollyland's stuff, and RTS Romeo are all DECT based devices.

Where 96 channels is VERY appealing are audio systems distributed around a corporate campus - think some of the tech company office buildings in major cities where you might have 50 stories of conference rooms tacked on top of each other with a few presentation mics or some wireless boundary mics hooked into their telepresence setup so the RF Coordination for traditional UHF wireless gets very complex just managing zone-to-zone penetration between floors. If you could switch to a DECT setup in those instances suddenly the entire system would auto-negotiate itself and distribute timeslots appropriately.

Seems to me the gooseneck is the kicker here: the market for this system is boardrooms and the like.

Jay Ashworth said:

Seems to me the gooseneck is the kicker here: the market for this system is boardrooms and the like.

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"Congressing" system.

The new Sennheiser scheme is very interesting, bandwidth is apportioned according to needed AF bandwidth, coverage area, and needed RF signal strength. The FCC just changed the acceptable modulation schemes to permit this. Joe C from Senny has a great presentation over at Practical Show Tech.

TimMc said:

"Congressing" system.

The new Sennheiser scheme is very interesting, bandwidth is apportioned according to needed AF bandwidth, coverage area, and needed RF signal strength. The FCC just changed the acceptable modulation schemes to permit this. Joe C from Senny has a great presentation over at Practical Show Tech.

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Perhaps.

But I am allergic to complexity where it need not be, and my instinct tells me that that's the case for
80% of their target market.

I'll check out the presentation, though, since I've got most of the next 3 weeks off after 8 straight. Tnx.