this!

Can you explain your reasoning a bit more?

@@leopoldwhylie5076 audio quality is crap

I think that even with the battery mounts that the unit is more than 1U tall

See my video on budget intercom options: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtupZbqQtqjShY0.html

The headsets themselves are fine. The wireless system is limited by its use of DECT.

It's just as likely that iKan is rebadging the Hollyland system. They do that a lot. The intercom world needs a shake-up. I think we're on the verge of affordable, good quality systems.

I'm going to ask the community to weigh in on this. I still haven't found any other affordable options I'm happy with.

It connects via one of my Yamaha Tio1608-D stage boxes. The manual for the T1000 describes how to make a cable to interface with a separate analog intercom, so that's what I did. The Tio unit converts between analog and Dante, giving me a way to add the T1000 to the rest of my system. Adding Dante does not improve the quality of the T1000. In fact, if any music leaks through (say, for example, Program audio is included in the audio injected into the T1000) all audio becomes completely garbled and unintelligible. You have to be really careful with the T1000 that only speech goes through the system or it breaks down quite badly. My intercom is assembled from multiple different systems. See these two videos: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qa5meZySquDMnmg.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtupZbqQtqjShY0.html That said, in early December I completely re-did my intercom based around a Behringer X32 Rack mixer with the X-Dante interface card. So almost all intercom audio now goes through Dante to get in and out of the X32, including the T1000 system if I use it. I'll be shooting a video about the new system sometime in the near future.

@@djp_video Thanks for the detailed reply. I look forward to that video. Also, if you include those affiliate links, that would be helpful too. Be blessed and stay well.

These do use 3.5mm jacks, so many headsets are available. The mute feature is done completely by the headset, so if that's something you want you'd need to seek out headsets that have that capability.

@@djp_video Thanks for letting me know!

There's a link in the description.

I'm not sure the impedance. But I don't think I'd recommend these over some of the other options out there.

It isn't particularly amazing.

My experiences with the Eartec systems have not been positive.

The RJ45 port on the T1000 is an analog signal - so it isn’t Ethernet. The Blackmagic intercom products have AES/EBU connections for audio. So you’d need a way to convert between analog and AES/EBU. The least expensive way to do that is the Behringer SRC2496 sample rate converters, but it seems as though those have been discontinued so you’ll need to pick one up used. Please take some time to watch my videos on my intercom system. They will answer many questions for you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qa5meZySquDMnmg.html (older video, using a system similar to what you’re looking at) and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rruWjdGLy5zUiX0.html (newer, Dante-based system)

@@djp_video Oh thanks a lot! I'll watch these videos right now. In my Blackmagic SetUp everything is linked through cascade ethernet cables, and i thought that if i linked this intercom to my switcher, it linked into the network of the whole system and could receive signals such as tally etc... My mistake. In the manual of the t1000 the network port seems to be made only to link two t1000 intercom systems between them, in order to have up to 8 beltpack etc is it right? Anyway, I'm going to watch your 2 videos in order to clear my mind about it. Thank you Maestro!

You can link two T1000s with an RJ45 cable, but it would need to be wired in a special way to swap the receive/send signals. A normal Ethernet cable would connect Receive to Receive and Send to Send, which wouldn't work.

They have an adapter that plugs into one of the USB ports on the base and it gives you GPIO inputs. There are then 1/8" outputs that can drive LEDs on the belt packs.

I modified an Ethernet cable by adding XLR connectors. The wiring diagram is in the manual.

@@djp_video did you wire this to a 4pin XLR and plug it into the headset port of a Comms pack(?) Or did you interface with the wired Comms in a different way? Cheers

The RJ45 port on the T1000 provides a line level audio input and output. The cable you build converts from RJ45 to XLR (or whatever). Interfacing into another intercom system is going to vary based on what system that is. It isn't the same level as a headset, so if you wanted to wire into another intercom using a headset jack you have do modify the signal. If you're going into an audio mixer, though, the line level signal coming from the T1000 is already of the right type. If you want to connect into a Clear-com or similar system you'll want a 4-Wire adapter. 4-Wire is another way of saying line level audio.

@@djp_video that's what I knew. Just with you in the video saying you had wired into your Comms, I didn't know if there was a tick/hack around the 4wire adapter 👍 or something I was missing else where.

Worship Leader Hangout review has the sound quality I experienced. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jKmYipCdvtqmYYk.html

It came with my set. I didn't have to buy it separately.

Weird, the one my colleague has just came in carton boxes

Not through Ethernet, but a common 4-wire interface to Clear Com would let you connect to this system.

Using a custom CAT-5 cable you could link two. But the gating of the audio could prove to be awkward with that many people trying to talk

@@djp_video Thank you for your answer! Sure, I would assume that mostly only person talks, the rest are just getting the instructions and are on mute. I'm hesitating between these and Eartec Ultralight and possibility to expand the set is their biggest advantage.

These are much better than the Eartecs

@@djp_video Sorry to bother you with this, but could you specify in which way they are better? I've been watching reviews/reading opinions for a couple of weeks now and ATM I literally have no clue which ones to choose... I would very much appreciate if you could say in a few words, why you would choose Hollylands over Eartec :) I need to decide within a week which ones to buy...

The Hollyland headsets are a lot louder and have better sound quality as a whole. I’ve used the Eartec units a few times and did not care for them at all. It was hard to hear and understand.

They have an optional GPIO interface that connects to one of the USB ports on the base station. The body packs have a 1/8" output that allegedly should be able to drive LEDs. But I haven't been able to test any of that.

I have no plans to

Primarily because we need constant communication, and everybody (particularly the director) needs to have the ability to talk at any time. Two-way radios only allow one person to talk at a time (so if someone else is talking you have to wait for them to finish), and because it takes a little time for receiving radios to detect a signal and open the channel, whenever you use a two-way radio you have to wait a fraction of a second to start talking -- something that isn't very compatible with fast-paced video production. Similarly, we don't like intercom systems that have any delay in the audio either. When I say "Take 1" I need for the operator of camera 1 to know right then that they're going live, not 100ms later. Otherwise they'll respond too late to start a motion shot, for example. Music-related events like concerts are particularly problematic, as we like to time the camera moves and transitions to the beat of the music, and if camera operators are hearing director instructions or program audio late, their moves probably won't line up.

It took me all of 10 minutes to make an adapter cable to go from the RJ45 to XLRs

Doug Johnson Productions yeah that one is an easy fix and not quite a deal breaker but I would like to see a more rugged connector on something that is clearly portable unit.

It is actually an Ethercon (or clone at least), so it's pretty rugged.

Doug Johnson Productions yea but let’s be honest who’s going to use it with an ethercon connector I know I don’t use them on equipment that I have that has them but 95% of that is permanently installed. Something like this that is portable with that price tag should have XLR. Really though this a minor issue the problem is the audio quality I had high hopes for this and had looked at the unit above this that is a full rack but I think that has sent me back to the drawing board.

@@djp_video Hey There we have this unit and I've tried to make an adapter cable. Is there a diagram you used to make your adapter?