Has anyone ever rehoused an IPA? I'd love to get a baby nbox but I have the money for an IPA now.
I'm looking at throwing it in one of these: https://www.hammfg.com/electronics/small-case/plastic/1591
I’m curious, why? It’s damn tiny just making it bigger.
Moving it from a metal to plastic housing. Most venues in town have a walk-through or wands now.
i have not tried getting my AT853s, Ugly and A-10 in a venue yet but i'm guessing those will probably trip any walk thru and that would be the least amount of metal in any of my rigs. its a lot of copper wiring, i assume that is gonna trip it. wands - really don't matter how much metal you have really, it's where its at is most important and most are beating those easy - i mean, one less piece would help but its not gonna effect me or most esp those with bigger mics that need an IPA to power them. the bigger mics are tripping any walkthru so all your other shit could be plastic and its still going off.
I wish i had the rechargeable battery in my IPA, timing is indeed everything sometimes.
UPDATE on the Powering option -
Jon says the IPAv1 needs 12v to be most effective, the 9.6mah - 9v battery setup noted above might work but i wouldn't take any chances and it could reduce the effectiveness of the mics, it may power them but not to max SPL or dynamic range (this is my guess). he has a power cable he can make that will upconvert any 5v battery to 12v and you can use any battery pack that is 5v with a USB-a out of the battery pack, with the 4.0mm right angle output into the IPA. didn't get a price but i think that depends on length. he said based upon the draw, a 3000mah battery should last 200 hours. i would assume 1/2 of that so that ain't bad either and a 3000mah tube might be as small as we can find. just need to be careful with USB-a input not coming loose in the bag when stealthing.
UPDATE 2 - Price is quoted at $19 for this cable up to 1 meter. The upconversion of 5v to 12v part of this cable is in the USB-A connector. He said basically any 5v battery will work to power the IPA indefinitely basically, he's not sure if it would create any interference issues having the battery near the IPA but he said most likely not, would have to test that. I'm sure the USB-A plug is snug enough in the port to not have issues of it coming loose. that would be my only concern.
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