Hi all,
We're having issues with our Countryman e6 earsets w/ 1mm Sennheiser cables in that the connection between the earset and cable seems to be breaking excessively. We typically use Transpore tape on the cheek, behind the ear (near the connection) and at the base of the neck (with actor looking fully down and away to ensure adequate slack.) However, we still seem to be losing an excessive number of cables each show to failures at that connection point (5+ w/ 32 mics over 10 performances). Granted these are amateur, student, and children performers, but I've run several shows with MKE2's and similar actor demographics and had zero or very minimal (1-2) failures.
I had thought of using a small Hellerman sleeve stretched over the connection to keep it tightly together and isolated from tape, movement, etc. and just having an entire spare earset + cable backstage to swap in case of a break, then having the A2 cut the sleeve and replace the cable as normal if needed once the entire broken rig is off the actor, but wanted to consult the hive mind for solutions, too.
Thanks!
We're having issues with our Countryman e6 earsets w/ 1mm Sennheiser cables in that the connection between the earset and cable seems to be breaking excessively. We typically use Transpore tape on the cheek, behind the ear (near the connection) and at the base of the neck (with actor looking fully down and away to ensure adequate slack.) However, we still seem to be losing an excessive number of cables each show to failures at that connection point (5+ w/ 32 mics over 10 performances). Granted these are amateur, student, and children performers, but I've run several shows with MKE2's and similar actor demographics and had zero or very minimal (1-2) failures.
I had thought of using a small Hellerman sleeve stretched over the connection to keep it tightly together and isolated from tape, movement, etc. and just having an entire spare earset + cable backstage to swap in case of a break, then having the A2 cut the sleeve and replace the cable as normal if needed once the entire broken rig is off the actor, but wanted to consult the hive mind for solutions, too.
Thanks!