Wireless Lekato WS-50 short review

[Desertdweller]

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Wow that says it all right there. Lag and clipping. Yikes.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

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That thing is a piss/beer sponge.

 

[Sascha Franck]

That thing is a piss/beer sponge.

It's not a cable I'd ever use, either. Mine are black. Except when they're yellow (and yes, yellow - for historic reasons, too bad I'm by now on my last meters of the most excellent cable I've ever bought some meters of).

 

[burningyen]

I’ve been using the WS-50 system with my electric violin, because having a cable hanging off my shoulder gets annoying quick. Sounds great to me, and I guess this shows I’m no Steve Vai when it comes to latency. They don’t feel very rugged, but thankfully violins tend to bump into fewer things than guitars.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I’ve been using the WS-50 system with my electric violin, because having a cable hanging off my shoulder gets annoying quick. Sounds great to me, and I guess this shows I’m no Steve Vai when it comes to latency.

I think that due to the nature of the bowed attack, violins are somewhat less of a victim of latency.

 

[Baba]

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[Baba]

wireless latency isn't noticeable, if you've been using wireless for parts of 5 decades

 

[quadgear]

wireless latency isn't noticeable, if you've been using wireless for parts of 5 decades

Agree ... unless you have a lot of other latency in your signal chain (or you buy a really, really bad wireless).

 

[Sascha Franck]

wireless latency isn't noticeable, if you've been using wireless for parts of 5 decades

As said, in combination with other latency-introducing devices, it might result in crossing a certain latency acceptance threshold. And given my own experience and those of some mates I fooled around with all things latency, regardless of their general "acceptance value", the area when things cross the tipping point seems to be amazingly small.

 

[aflynt]

If you were using wireless for 5 decades then chances are you were using analog for a good portion of them which had pretty much zero latency.

-Aaron

 

[bucephalus]

I don't feel any latency on mine, but the hiss it introduced to the helix lt is annoying

 

[Baba]

If you were using wireless for 5 decades then chances are you were using analog for a good portion of them which had pretty much zero latency.

-Aaron

I've been using digital since around 2004. I only know what latency is because I read about it.

I mean, yes, on the odd occurence that I walked down the street while playing guitar, I could feel that latency, but not when I'm still on stage, within 50 feet of my gear.

 

[burningyen]

I don't feel any latency on mine, but the hiss it introduced to the helix lt is annoying

I don't think I've ever seen a complaint about hiss with the WS-50, and I get zero hiss with my Helix. Have you tried switching frequencies?

 

[bucephalus]

I have the ws90. Not sure if that makes any difference at all. Tried all 4 channels on them

I don't think I've ever seen a complaint about hiss with the WS-50, and I get zero hiss with my Helix. Have you tried switching frequencies?

though.

 

[Dave Lewis]

I know a couple of YouTubers that have had that make die on them not long after good reviews.
I bought my son one of these 7 years ago after watching this video and it’s still going strong

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Now that I've used the WS-50 on my bass, I can hear the crispy top of the dynamic range. My bass with its active preamp is much louder than any of my passive electric guitars.