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Ibanez WS1 Wireless System

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Ibanez WS1 Wireless System
511 AED 133,61 €
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Simple design, does its job.
DanielLeonov 23.04.2024
Pros:
* Does what it's supposed to do. Clean signal, no audible noise or latency.
* Good dynamic range. I've had another more fancy wireless system by AKG that got clipped by some of my instruments (with hot pickups), this one doesn't have this issue.
* Simple but tasteful aesthetic. No loud branding, tons of LEDs, fake wood/carbon textures on the plastic etc. Best looking system in this form factor.
* Easy to distinguish LED colours. As someone who's partially colour blind, it's often hard to tell some green LEDs from yellow ones, and yellows from reds. In this unit, they're easy for me to tell apart. It was a nice surprise.
* Long button presses are not too long. It's a personal pet peeve of mine, when "long button press" means you have to hold the button for a long time, which is really annoying. In this unit, to power it on, you have to hold it for about a second, if not less, I like it.
* Really good build quality, if you don't mind it being made of plastic.

Cons:
* The hinge turns so that transmitter's LED is always facing the instrument, on all instruments (including strat, jazz bass, and guitars with jack on the side of the body). It makes it really hard to see the LED indicator, pretty sure it would be better for it to face away from the instrument. Really weird design choice. You can probably swap it the other way if you disassemble the unit, but it's definitely not something you're supposed to fix yourself. Same with the receiver.
* Like with all the other units in this form factor, the transmitter and receiver look identical. There's no reason for them to look exactly the same. Yes, there's a label on each of them, which tells which one is which, but good luck with seing this in a poorly lit venue.
* Micro-USB instead of USB Type C charging port. I've seen way cheaper OEM products with USB C, so I don't see any reason for sticking to an outdated and less reliable socket.

Neutrals:
* Pretty minimal packaging. The box looks like one for a cheap off-brand OEM product. There's no hard case that charges the receiver and transmitter (like with other similar wireless units), just a cloth pouch. But it takes way less space this way, which is important for me too, that's why I'm not listing it as a con.
* It's branded as Ibanez, but I'm almost sure it's the same manufacturer that makes all the other wireless systems similar to this one, like NUX, Xvive etc. Judging by design and packaging. So don't pay too much attention to a well known brand.
* It's 2.4 GHz, which might be less desirable than 5GHz systems in the same price range. I don't care too much about this, but some might.
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So far so good
FauxFightersDublin 19.01.2023
Does exactly what it's designed for, haven't noticed any perceptible lag or delays, even when going through a digitech whammy,
No way to change the batteries though when they eventually fail, like all other wireless systems of this type
The plastic feels a little on the cheaper side, but I'm sure that's done on purpose to keep the weight down so there's no strain on the instrument input jack, no matter what angle it's plugged in at.
Haven't tried it in a multiple wireless system yet to see if there's interference with others on the same frequency, but since the devices are uniquely paired at manufacturing level, I'd imagine it wouldn't be a concern.
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