I've been using these every week live on stage and at home for over a year. Never once had any issues. They work perfectly. No latency, no tone loss. I can walk out the front doors of the auditorium for at least 80 feet with no signal loss. These are great for sound check in unfamiliar places. Just walk out into the house and hear what your rig sounds like, make adjustments if needed etc. Highly recommend the XVive U2.
I was very curious about latency. You say none. That is great. Wireless headphones on a mixing board was too laggy for me. Anyone know a brand/model that works like these are said to?
@@aliphmaximine Battery is good. Easily 4-5 hours. They charge quickly too. Maybe 1 hr if fully discharged. I have forgotten to charge them before a set, and just plugged them into my laptop USB and used a guitar chord for sound check and run through. By the time I was ready for the gig, the Xvive U2 was ready to go. That's about 45-60 minutes of charging from fully discharged.
Good review! I bought this system over a year ago and it works great... I have a small amp set up in my living room and it helps keep the room clutter free. I walk in and pick up my guitar, turn the transmitter, receiver and amp on and I'm ready to go.... Sounds great, simple to use and just makes life easy.... I totally recommend these.....
Love mine. After 11 months of gigging weekly, the channel LED on the transmitter quit working and it wouldn't transmit. I called my Sweetwater rep who sent me a return authorization. Within a week I had a new complete unit. I only paid $6.50 to ship it. Although it was covered by Xvive, Sweetwater covers all gear for 2 years!
Freddy Snip Yes! Well, due to corona I haven't had a gig since February 😪. The only issue, though: Our singer purchased the xvive Microphone system. We tried every possible channel combination but always failed. So it's either him or me playing wireless. Usually it's me 😂.
The question is not how long will a charge last but how many charges will it take until you have to buy another pair because the batteries are not replaceable.
I’ve got a pair of these. It works really well on bass as well. Acoustic guitars without mic pickups are good too, but my LR Baggs Anthem fails badly with lots of hum. Still worth it though for the others.
Got it and used it the first day I got it on stage. Easy as pie. Charge it and plug it in. That`s it. I plug the reciever in my pedalboard and the other in de Gretsch. Rock on! Don`t think about it. Just buy and play. Of You see us live ( from this week on ) You`LL see the xvive in use. Killer and the Cool Cats .
I've always had the idea of having something like that. I find really uncomfortable at having two cables because I use my iPad with bias fx on the stage and this would really solve all my problems
Got mine yesterday, they were charged right out of the box. Works great if you are playing near the receiver, but latency becomes an issue at 10 meters with a wall. It is still fun at that distance if you are playing alone. If you are trying to play along with a rhythm loop coming from the same room as the receiver, it gets uncomfortable at that distance. In any case, one less cord is great.
These units do not work well if someone else in your band uses wireless. No matter what channel you use mine drops out even walking 2 feet away when used at a gig. Add people into the mix which are basically huge signal blocking bags of water, and I tossed mine in the trash and got a line6 G30
I used this unit with everyone else and myself also using wireless IEM, with no issues at all. It's all about the frequencies in use. I don't think the XVive U2 was your problem. I work in a tech arena the depends on frequency matching and avoiding cross over, and know that certain equipment in use or structures can jack frequencies up causing static, signal loss etc. So more than likely it's something else creating your problem, or you had a bad unit. You're the first one I've ever heard a negative experience from. I've seen machinery emit a frequency that caused signal loss, static etc. On time even a frequency in use that set off false alarms on hyper sensitive scanning equipment. The scanner alarm indicated a metal contaminate, that didn't exist. It was radio waves that set it off, not a metallic substance. Too bad you trashed it. You could have sold it, unless it was truly a bad unit.
I've had litterally the opposite experience. Was having issues with my g30 after years of joy I assumed it'd lost it's mojo. Still worked - but was fighting with venue Wi-Fi etc. I Replaced with the xvive U2 and I've had litterally no issues. Wonder why we've had conflicting experiences. Both units are great though. I kist like the rechargeable aspect and the pedalboard space free up of xvive
Hi there!! Awesome review!! When you were walking around outside with the unit plugged in, does it spin around in the output jack, or does it stay pretty stable when moving around? Thanks! FYI, the giveaway doesn't start until later tonight.
I had a Samson that I could go this far too, but if you’re playing with a band the speed of sound comes into play and you’ll always play late to what you hear.
It's 2.4ghz so literally everything can theoretically interfere with it. Where I live, I always get way too much interference and cannot use them. Perhaps there's something wrong with them, but I haven't found them to be super stable at all.
@@Wallimann Good thing you've held onto those Spectrasonic boxes. :) What is the latency like using it with the I/O recording into Logic? Is there a tipping point using it for recording? Pedalboard latency?
I just purchased a pair of these. And in regards to them working from a wireless standpoint, you’re fine. However, I was not satisfied with the tone. They definitely affected both drive and sustain. So I was highly disappointed. Will be returning them.
Just wondering now that it's 3 years down the track whether the Xvive U2's are still a viable working tool, or did they just get thrown in the cupboard? Lol
Would anyone wanna purchase my Xvive U2? It's now faulty, perhaps you can change the battery, or idk exactly what's wrong, but quite certain it can be fixed. Just that, in my area (Malaysia, Penang), no one is interested to fix it for me. So, please, anyone, offer me a small price, I'll send it to you. =)
The most important question for rock guitarists is how quiet is this at high gain settings, running through a live rig. You didn't answer that question.
I'm having the exact opposite experience of everyone using this thing. I'm getting a lot of hiss and I've tried everything from turning off my wifi router, to playing in the dark thinking the lights in the room could be producing interference. The only thing I've done that's helped is turning the gain on my amp (Fender Champion 100) all the way down. I'm starting to think it's the amp, but I have no way of testing it as I don't have another amp to try it out. Is there something I'm missing, or did I just get a bum unit?
I have these, it works well in electric, bass ole acustic, i have Sam latensi If i walk from stage in hall. Of corse i was only one who use this, there was sam radio micks, with them was ok, put twp weeks ago thei stop working, even thei are in same chanel thei kan not conneckt, i do not what happend..
COLEGA ME Encuentro con un problemon! conecte mi guitarra con uno de esos y el otro a mi interfaz, y del la interfaz con un cable normal hacia mi monitor FRFR headrush 112, y siento que hay perdida de señal, y baja la ganancia, e probado el metodo convencional que es de (guitarra -> cable -> interfaz -> cable -> monitor FRFR 112 headrush) y suena de puta madre, pero al momento de conectar los Xvive a mi guitarra y a la interfaz no tengo el sonido como si fuese el cable, al menos se nota la diferencia, sera que influye el tema de la configuracion de los canales?, o nada que ver. saludos. :c
Question - just picked up a pair on GC and trying them out. The units work fine when I plug directly into my amp - but I get nothing when I use my pedal board. My Cry Baby (wah) is the first pedal in the chain - so plugging (receiver) into that pedal and (transmitter) into my guitar. My pedal board has its own power supply - so into wall outlet. I know that my pedal board works since I cabled up first to make sure - and I check all my connections. So, what am I missing here? Thanks for the help.
Hi! Thanks for the review. Are these constant on? Meaning they don't shut off after a few minutes if you are not playing the guitar. In a live setting, I switch back and forth from keyboards and guitar and I wouldn't want them to shut off. Thanks!
I buy the blackwing wirless and they are way under volume to a normal guitar lead. And with overdrive they make a big hissing noice also flat in 3 hours. So I sent them back. So I hope viva works correctly
I bought these theys oudn great when i use them and nobody else has any wireless system around me. When i play my gigs and the other guitars, microphone and accordion use a different wireless system and my system just sounds terrible. Is their a fix to that or any ideas on how to fix that?
These are amazing for home use and practice!! Live stage concerts maybe not there yet, but we’ll be there soon!! It’s a great little technology, the only thing with them is they don’t fit properly on a stat guitar, So be careful to make sure they fit before you purchase them!! They fit on all guitars were the input jack is on the sides of the guitars, like Les Pauls!!!
Ari Koenig the piece that would normally goes into the amp goes into the output of the pedalboard you will still need a cable from amp output to the pedalboard input
I've been using these every week live on stage and at home for over a year. Never once had any issues. They work perfectly. No latency, no tone loss. I can walk out the front doors of the auditorium for at least 80 feet with no signal loss. These are great for sound check in unfamiliar places. Just walk out into the house and hear what your rig sounds like, make adjustments if needed etc. Highly recommend the XVive U2.
I was very curious about latency. You say none. That is great. Wireless headphones on a mixing board was too laggy for me. Anyone know a brand/model that works like these are said to?
JB57 how about the battery?
@@aliphmaximine Battery is good. Easily 4-5 hours. They charge quickly too. Maybe 1 hr if fully discharged. I have forgotten to charge them before a set, and just plugged them into my laptop USB and used a guitar chord for sound check and run through. By the time I was ready for the gig, the Xvive U2 was ready to go. That's about 45-60 minutes of charging from fully discharged.
JB57 what you think about compare with line6 g30? it have in same level and quality ? 😀
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Good review! I bought this system over a year ago and it works great... I have a small amp set up in my living room and it helps keep the room clutter free. I walk in and pick up my guitar, turn the transmitter, receiver and amp on and I'm ready to go.... Sounds great, simple to use and just makes life easy.... I totally recommend these.....
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Wow I was completely blown away by the range I definitely did not expect that! Thanks David for making this video! 🎸 Rock on, your guitar friend, Joe.
Love mine. After 11 months of gigging weekly, the channel LED on the transmitter quit working and it wouldn't transmit. I called my Sweetwater rep who sent me a return authorization. Within a week I had a new complete unit. I only paid $6.50 to ship it. Although it was covered by Xvive, Sweetwater covers all gear for 2 years!
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I use it for 2 years now, no issues ever, playing 3-4 hour gigs + soundcheck, no batterie issues if you charge the built-in akku bevor the gig!
And now after 4 years it is still running without issues?
Freddy Snip Yes! Well, due to corona I haven't had a gig since February 😪. The only issue, though: Our singer purchased the xvive Microphone system. We tried every possible channel combination but always failed. So it's either him or me playing wireless. Usually it's me 😂.
@@HenryMittnacht thanks for answering buddy, thought maybe you used it at home or during rehearsal. Just bought one yesterday BTW
The question is not how long will a charge last but how many charges will it take until you have to buy another pair because the batteries are not replaceable.
I’ve got a pair of these. It works really well on bass as well. Acoustic guitars without mic pickups are good too, but my LR Baggs Anthem fails badly with lots of hum. Still worth it though for the others.
Got it and used it the first day I got it on stage. Easy as pie. Charge it and plug it in. That`s it. I plug the reciever in my pedalboard and the other in de Gretsch. Rock on! Don`t think about it. Just buy and play. Of You see us live ( from this week on ) You`LL see the xvive in use. Killer and the Cool Cats .
I've been enjoying mine as a great jamroom practice tool. 😊👍
What's the sound quality like vs a cable? Would be better if it just took batteries so you could swap them instead of having to recharge.
Hey David. Great review. My question would be how did you think it sounded tonewise? Did it have transparency allowing your true tone to come thru?
I don't have a great ear when it comes to this, but to me it sounded the same.
I've always had the idea of having something like that. I find really uncomfortable at having two cables because I use my iPad with bias fx on the stage and this would really solve all my problems
Got a set when they first came out. Love them and they come in handy.
Got mine yesterday, they were charged right out of the box. Works great if you are playing near the receiver, but latency becomes an issue at 10 meters with a wall. It is still fun at that distance if you are playing alone. If you are trying to play along with a rhythm loop coming from the same room as the receiver, it gets uncomfortable at that distance. In any case, one less cord is great.
These units do not work well if someone else in your band uses wireless. No matter what channel you use mine drops out even walking 2 feet away when used at a gig. Add people into the mix which are basically huge signal blocking bags of water, and I tossed mine in the trash and got a line6 G30
You know it 🙄
I used this unit with everyone else and myself also using wireless IEM, with no issues at all. It's all about the frequencies in use. I don't think the XVive U2 was your problem. I work in a tech arena the depends on frequency matching and avoiding cross over, and know that certain equipment in use or structures can jack frequencies up causing static, signal loss etc. So more than likely it's something else creating your problem, or you had a bad unit. You're the first one I've ever heard a negative experience from. I've seen machinery emit a frequency that caused signal loss, static etc. On time even a frequency in use that set off false alarms on hyper sensitive scanning equipment. The scanner alarm indicated a metal contaminate, that didn't exist. It was radio waves that set it off, not a metallic substance. Too bad you trashed it. You could have sold it, unless it was truly a bad unit.
I've had litterally the opposite experience. Was having issues with my g30 after years of joy I assumed it'd lost it's mojo. Still worked - but was fighting with venue Wi-Fi etc. I Replaced with the xvive U2 and I've had litterally no issues. Wonder why we've had conflicting experiences.
Both units are great though. I kist like the rechargeable aspect and the pedalboard space free up of xvive
...also forgot to mention I use it with wireless IEMs
where can I find that white desk?
Funny how most players are fixated on range and not so much on tone loss.
There is no tone loss with this system!
kinda lost a bit siglanl earlier that the marked spot no ??
Wow, what a rig! Love it!
So like…am I the winner?
I have this problem with my xvive u2, the blue led light on the receiver is blinking
amazing review thanks
Hi there!! Awesome review!! When you were walking around outside with the unit plugged in, does it spin around in the output jack, or does it stay pretty stable when moving around? Thanks! FYI, the giveaway doesn't start until later tonight.
No, it didn’t move for me...
I had a Samson that I could go this far too, but if you’re playing with a band the speed of sound comes into play and you’ll always play late to what you hear.
Any suggestion on how to resolve the interference with Wi-Fi router?
Same question. Getting lots of interference.
. Question Does it auto shut off when you take like a 15 minutes break or I gotta shut it off ? Please let me know. Ty
Does anyone know if theres anything that can interfere with the signal other than going to far from the receiver?
It's 2.4ghz so literally everything can theoretically interfere with it. Where I live, I always get way too much interference and cannot use them. Perhaps there's something wrong with them, but I haven't found them to be super stable at all.
Anymore reviews on xvive pedals?
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Any noticable difference in tone/ latency? Would have been good to compare it to cable tone with the same settings on the axe fx.
No difference noticed!
If David doesn't notice any tone differences i sure as hell wont.
David, how many things in total do you think you own? Like in terms of everything.
Oh man, I couldn’t answer that!
@@Wallimann Good thing you've held onto those Spectrasonic boxes. :) What is the latency like using it with the I/O recording into Logic? Is there a tipping point using it for recording? Pedalboard latency?
Wow that's amazing.. Interesting
I just purchased a pair of these. And in regards to them working from a wireless standpoint, you’re fine. However, I was not satisfied with the tone. They definitely affected both drive and sustain. So I was highly disappointed. Will be returning them.
thank you....
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Mine shorts out no matter how close or far I am from it.
Gerry Underpass
Just wondering now that it's 3 years down the track whether the Xvive U2's are still a viable working tool, or did they just get thrown in the cupboard? Lol
They are in the cupboard, but that’s because I haven’t played live in about 9 years!
@@Wallimann Hi, I'm actually on the verge of buying a set. They've got pretty good reviews for my budget. Just procrastinating I guess.
I've loved them when using them!
Would anyone wanna purchase my Xvive U2? It's now faulty, perhaps you can change the battery, or idk exactly what's wrong, but quite certain it can be fixed. Just that, in my area (Malaysia, Penang), no one is interested to fix it for me. So, please, anyone, offer me a small price, I'll send it to you. =)
And what do you think about the tone?
I did g find the tone to be affected at all.
Try comparing the volume to a normal guitar lead
Any noticeable delay?
No
Honestly none whatsoever!! These are amazing for the price!! Just make sure you don’t have a strat, cause they won’t fit properly in the jack!!!
Returning mine. They are not long enough for my recessed input of my flying v style guitar.... Bummed out.
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Compare to a lead
The most important question for rock guitarists is how quiet is this at high gain settings, running through a live rig. You didn't answer that question.
lose the paired channel and it's a pain in the ass to re set, no instructions to re set :(
I wish mine could work :'(
Changing the channel helped it work yay :)
Great vídeo, but Mine lasted less than 1 year. Awful customer service. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this Company.
Junk. Last about 2 sets. Stay away.
Mine is still going strong after a few years. I’m sorry you had a bad experience with!
I'm having the exact opposite experience of everyone using this thing. I'm getting a lot of hiss and I've tried everything from turning off my wifi router, to playing in the dark thinking the lights in the room could be producing interference. The only thing I've done that's helped is turning the gain on my amp (Fender Champion 100) all the way down. I'm starting to think it's the amp, but I have no way of testing it as I don't have another amp to try it out.
Is there something I'm missing, or did I just get a bum unit?
Can you change the channels on it ?
what you need is a noisegate bro
Are you using active pickups?
@@jyo9735 Just curious do these not work with active pickups?
@@konjunto2477 the manual states they dont, i havent personally tried them with active pickups
Used mine for 7/8 months now and it works perfectly 👌
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Man you got one of the greatest jobs you could have
Wireless guitar is great to
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this thing is piece of shit! mine went out after a year buyer beware!!
I have these, it works well in electric, bass ole acustic, i have Sam latensi If i walk from stage in hall. Of corse i was only one who use this, there was sam radio micks, with them was ok, put twp weeks ago thei stop working, even thei are in same chanel thei kan not conneckt, i do not what happend..
COLEGA ME Encuentro con un problemon! conecte mi guitarra con uno de esos y el otro a mi interfaz, y del la interfaz con un cable normal hacia mi monitor FRFR headrush 112, y siento que hay perdida de señal, y baja la ganancia, e probado el metodo convencional que es de (guitarra -> cable -> interfaz -> cable -> monitor FRFR 112 headrush) y suena de puta madre, pero al momento de conectar los Xvive a mi guitarra y a la interfaz no tengo el sonido como si fuese el cable, al menos se nota la diferencia, sera que influye el tema de la configuracion de los canales?, o nada que ver. saludos. :c
Question - just picked up a pair on GC and trying them out. The units work fine when I plug directly into my amp - but I get nothing when I use my pedal board. My Cry Baby (wah) is the first pedal in the chain - so plugging (receiver) into that pedal and (transmitter) into my guitar. My pedal board has its own power supply - so into wall outlet. I know that my pedal board works since I cabled up first to make sure - and I check all my connections. So, what am I missing here? Thanks for the help.
Hi! Thanks for the review. Are these constant on? Meaning they don't shut off after a few minutes if you are not playing the guitar. In a live setting, I switch back and forth from keyboards and guitar and I wouldn't want them to shut off. Thanks!
I buy the blackwing wirless and they are way under volume to a normal guitar lead. And with overdrive they make a big hissing noice also flat in 3 hours. So I sent them back. So I hope viva works correctly
I bought these theys oudn great when i use them and nobody else has any wireless system around me. When i play my gigs and the other guitars, microphone and accordion use a different wireless system and my system just sounds terrible. Is their a fix to that or any ideas on how to fix that?
Will the wireless guitar system completely prevent from electric shock also
I have these and now suddenly the blue light is flashing, flickering and there is reception problem. Do you have any solution? Thanks
Sounds like a default to me, and it's under warranty, maybe you can get a new one.
It could have been more intersting if you play some chords that transposes higher and higher to feel the distance.
at that distance, did you felt the latency?
they are cool but damn i hate when im jamming a song and it just cuts out with no warning
cheers great reciew, ill check out your other stuff
That was great!!! Thanks
Odd question here: But werent you in an early episode of Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Like the gang kidnaps your character or something like that?
That wasn't me!
Can you leave these in the jackinput (of guitar and amp) after you turn them out? Or will the batteries run out? Like with a pedal.
No if you switch them off. They are off. Plugged in or not.
I wonder if it is compatible with active pickups, I use active emgs ...
No they are not compatible with active electronics. That’s what the specs say at least.
Thank you very much for the give away David and long time subscriber. Best regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Hi mate, will these be compatible with any amp? Cheers Chris. BTW loved the video.
Yes! :)
very nice device :-)
Good video but does it work with a guitar with active pickups? or an electro-acoustic equipped with a piezo ?
No. They do not work with active pickups.
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These are amazing for home use and practice!! Live stage concerts maybe not there yet, but we’ll be there soon!! It’s a great little technology, the only thing with them is they don’t fit properly on a stat guitar, So be careful to make sure they fit before you purchase them!! They fit on all guitars were the input jack is on the sides of the guitars, like Les Pauls!!!
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How do you use it if you use a pedalboard and amp?
Ari Koenig the piece that would normally goes into the amp goes into the output of the pedalboard you will still need a cable from amp output to the pedalboard input