Yes, especially if one doesn't need the full length of said cables and doesn't have the time and/or inclination to modify said cables.
This is what keeps me cautiously optimistic, but only by the slimmest margins.
Introducing the SDS200
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Siren 2.0? Interesting thought.
It's not intended for high fidelity (music or full rich sound). It's a communications speaker that is intentionally designed to sound flat and yes, even a little crappy as you say. The frequency response of a perfect speaker for music might be 20Hz-20kHz! The range of the Uniden BC15 is 500Hz-5kHz. This makes it sound sharp and clear specifically to pass the most intelligable portion of the human voice.
The first SDS 100's came via Korean Air.
Quick questions on the Inland Pro Sound 2000 multi media speakers. When ordering is the AC power supply included? Also, how connect to the SDS100? Do I use a stereo plug? Thanks
I would be surprised if they use the RJ45 jack for a RH. Since it's currently used for 802.3 - there isn't any power out, unless the SDS200 offers POE 802.3af (or at), which is entirely possible - but then the RH would have to be an IP based unit - to which I imagine would drive the cost up significantly, versus a serial type head unit. The USB jack would be much more plausible.
Wonder if the first batch of radios will come via a cargo plane and the rest will trickle in via cargo ships over a period of time.
With the government shut down, will they get through customs? Are government workers inspecting items coming in from China or Vietnam considered essential? Or will the scanners just sit there on a pallet in their port of entry until the government reopens and can be cleared?
If the ports or customs were shut down this country would be on its knees in less than a week. The economy would tank, unemployment would soar. That applies to both import and export.
FWIW - I doubt if any customs are off at all. The amount actually inspected is just a few percentage points of the total incoming
That's good to hear. I was worried the scanners would be left outside to get rained on until the government reopened.
This. My son is in that industry. If the ports were shut down, I'd have heard about it two seconds after it happened.
Wow, discussing modes of transportation and ports of entry. People must really be getting bored waiting for this thing LOL
No football for a couple of hours. Too cold and wet to go outside. Nothing much good on TV.
I think what D19 is trying to say is that "press" credentials don't give stringers the right to drive that way...II'd have to agree.
They can have red/amber lights???
I don't have an issue with the media if, 1) it's legit, and 2) they don't include themselves in the actual response by racing to the scene.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
No football for a couple of hours. Too cold and wet to go outside. Nothing much good on TV.
I think what D19 is trying to say is that "press" credentials don't give stringers the right to drive that way...II'd have to agree.
They can have red/amber lights???
I don't have an issue with the media if, 1) it's legit, and 2) they don't include themselves in the actual response by racing to the scene.
Absolutely no excuse. There is always a risk when driving like a sausage. I can't begin to tell you the inherent risk when driving code 3 to EMS calls...and that's when using red lights, sirens, and EVOC training. Now, take the same (traffic/risk) circumstances, WITHOUT lights, sirens, EVOC training, and common sense. I'm sorry, but I just don't agree with stringers, or any media for that matter, rushing to the scene. If they miss the story, so be it. They then have more time to do a post-incident report.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Uhhh... I think you're posting in the wrong thread.
Well, something strange is going on I'll give you that. I did not write any of what is in post #155 but it's showing up under my username.
TailGator911
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yes, it comes with AC direct and the audio is connected by 1/8th in. standard plug - very basic plug and play
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Anyone have any idea, can the SDS200 Record the I/Q Waveform Data ?
That's the problem with descriptions like "crappy". Audio sounds different to different people. What sounds tinny to person A sounds bassy to person B.
Next mix in some older folk who have lost the upper part of their range and everything sounds bassy unless it's really tinny. Then that sounds normal to them but tinny to someone with normal hearing.
Then mix in a communications system that is tinny to start with. It will sound even more tinny on some speakers, but normal on one that has more bass response. But that speaker will sound bassy on a properly set up system by comparison.
But, the correct response for communications is 50-3000 Hz. (all else being equal such as a properly set up communications system. On many analog systems you can get away with 300-3000 Hz since audio below 300 Hz is often (but not always) subdued. But for digital you need the full range of 50-3000 Hz.
What audio comes down to is that the speaker audio should sound pretty much exactly like what the user sounds like in person.
Bottom line is that if you don't like the audio of any given receiver, add an equalizer to make it how you like it. (of course, if your hearing favors the bass, a cheap tinny speaker may be just what you need to make things sound 'good'.
As for the Uniden scanners, I've found the mobiles to usually be pretty authentic. Yes, the portables are more tinny, but there is only so much bass you get get from a tiny speaker. Since the SDS is SDR-based, perhaps Uniden can add an equalizer (even basic bass/nominal/tinny) via firmware which likely wasn't possible in past models.
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