Wireless interference.  Is there anything more frustrating to an audio operator? You listen helplessly through your $100 headphones to the deafening, white noise pops, made worse by the fact that you’re using really good headphones.

Sennheiser to the rescue. Our German friends are helping us through our “700mhz hellscape” by giving us a free, frequency search utility online. Technically, their receivers perform this function on the unit, but this gives us an excuse to hop on our cool cellphones.  It’s very easy to use, and real audiophiles will get a kick out of the technical specs in the drop down boxes, because you’ll be able to say very loudly things like “I’m setting this search for mixed 30db attenuation guys.” They’ll all nod and think about how they’re really more “artsy” then into that sort of stuff.

Side rant — Wouldn’t it be awesome if Sennheiser swapped out our bunk 700mhz wireless units with refurbished 500mhz units for a nominal fee? I know, I know, who would invest in that losing venture?

My company will be out a few thousand bucks on this FCC “air grab.”  Hopefully, you guys got lucky and bought most of your stuff in other wireless frequency ranges.

Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that for the first year of this new FCC rule, instead of firemen listening to their dispatchers calm voices directing them to the nearest fireworks factory explosion, they will be hearing the lovely tones of Canon in D from the nearest wedding ceremony?

A look at the interface