Audience blinder, LED or Conv.?
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Esoteric
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We just this past month found a LED blinder that we like. Really nice little unit and the first one we have seen that works like a conventional blinder. Before that I would have said go conventional. Now we go LED (about to put together a touring rig to replace our current one going from 400A 3 phase to 180A single phase).
Mike
Mike
Yeah, this question probably determines the answer.
Call me old school, but I'll always be partial to lo-vo ACLs. I was so knocked out the first time I saw a rack of them pointed at the audience.
HTSL
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Esoteric: Yeah I have been Researching a lot about the differences and I wanna get a word from someone that has used both. Is it a big difference because we use conventional blinders which are powered by a weak dimmer box that is held in the truss, but its not much powerful so we cant really leave it on for long or else the fuze goes out. Now that LED lighting is going BIG we want to switch to led blinders but want a good view of how they punch the crowd. Thanks BTW
bishopthomas
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Too harsh on the crowd? What do you expect from BLINDERS? As for LED/Conventional, from a blinder perspective they both do the job. It just depends on what you want to accomplish. LED's can change color, so that's a good thing, but it's sometimes hard to achieve that 3200K look of conventionals. I wouldn't stress too much about it, just get what your budget, power availability, and ease of hang/strike will allow.
Les
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The only think I can see hating about LED blinders is the lack of amber drift. I love how a Molefay (or Par can) looks as it's ramping up or left at a glowing state between uses (probably more of a preheat function than anything, but it looks cool). I also like how slowly they fade out.
LEDs act more like a strobe light and if that's your thing, awesome.
LEDs act more like a strobe light and if that's your thing, awesome.
DELO72
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I'll chime in as an audience member and not as an LD on this one--
As an audience member who values their eyesight- Please do NOT choose LEDs for audience blinders unless you plan to HEAVILY frost the beam. LEDs quite frankly SUCK when they hit your eyes. I came close to walking out of a few concerts where the LED movers panned the audience and harshly shown in my eyes. It's distracting, painful, and annoying. That ISN"T what you want the audience to be thinking about or experiencing. You want them focused on the show, and hopefully enjoying the show, not blinking, rubbing their eyes, and cussing out whichever @#$% designer chose to shoot LEDs at them like I was doing the entire time.
As an audience member who values their eyesight- Please do NOT choose LEDs for audience blinders unless you plan to HEAVILY frost the beam. LEDs quite frankly SUCK when they hit your eyes. I came close to walking out of a few concerts where the LED movers panned the audience and harshly shown in my eyes. It's distracting, painful, and annoying. That ISN"T what you want the audience to be thinking about or experiencing. You want them focused on the show, and hopefully enjoying the show, not blinking, rubbing their eyes, and cussing out whichever @#$% designer chose to shoot LEDs at them like I was doing the entire time.
I've never been a fan of blinders. But if I have to use them, I'd prefer a conventional source. There are several blinder type effects that aren't standard Mole looking blinders. Depending on your needs/budget/etc. you might find some of them. ADJ or Elation used to sell a mini-brite or something that was pretty decent. I don't know what's out now, but I'll bet you could find something cool.
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HTSL
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When i think of a blinder I picture this
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