Brace Audio DWG-1000 guitar wireless

[lonewolf]

Since I dumped my soon-to-be-illegal 700Mhz-range AKG analog wireless on eBay, I decided to get one of these new digitals from Brace Audio. With the Bing discount, it came to about $120 shipped new in the box.

I haven't used it at a gig yet, but I'm really impressed. All you do is pop the batteries in, plug them into the guitar & amp and they automatically link. They say you can use 4 systems in one place.

It sounds and feels better than using a wire. Super dynamics, zero compression and almost no noise--significantly less noise than a cable. I cranked the Koch Studiotone to full gain and it was crazy how quiet it was.

I read somewhere that the frequency response is not as purported, but I can't hear any degradation of the highs. Since its digital, you don't need to worry about the lows--I expect that it would work right down to the 10hz spec. It should work really well with bass guitar, provided your guitar's output isn't too high. Both units run at 3 volts on 2 AA batteries, but I'm not sure if they step that up for the A/D circuit or not.

I haven't gone out in the backyard yet because the 3' snow bank hasn't melted yet, but the signal got thru 2 3-layer brick walls with no line of sight before cutting out. I can't imagine it dropping out under a typical room situation.

Down side:

-The removable belt clip really sucks--cheap plastic and hard to use.
-The 5V wall wart power supply for the receiver is not included.
-It comes with two cheap stereo 1/4" to 1/8" cables. I suppose they are OK, but they remind me of Radio Shack.
-There is no On/Off switch--you have to remove the 1/8" connector to turn them off.

[lonewolf]

Finally gigged with it. I didn't do much crowd surfing with it, but I never had anything but a solid connection that sounded at least as good as a wire. The receiver was on the floor, among wires under the mic stand tripod.

Two downsides:

1. it drains those AA batteries quick--I think 4 hours is probably the limit with fresh batteries. I didn't have fresh ones, so I had to switch back to wire for the 3rd set. It was a 4 hour gig with 3 long sets. That's OK....I had a chance to compare it to a wire...couldn't tell the difference.

2. ya gotta remember to unplug the wire at breaks to shut the units off, otherwise, it keeps on draining. An On/Off switch on the receiver unit would be nice.