Samson RXD2 USB Digital Wireless Stick Receiver for XPD Series (Receiver Only)
The RXD2 is the USB stick receiver from Samson's XPD Series digital wireless range, supplied on its own. This listing is the receiver only, with no microphone and no transmitter, so it suits replacing a lost stick or adding a second receiving point to a system you already own.
- Plugs straight into a computer: the RXD2 connects directly to Mac or PC computers over USB, with no interface or driver box in between.
- Works with Expedition PAs: it also plugs into any Samson Expedition Series portable PA system that has a USB wireless port.
- 3.5 mm output: the 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) output allows headphone monitoring, or lets an XPD2 handheld be used with any device that has an analogue line input, including smartphones and other mobile devices.
- Output levels: maximum analogue audio output level is 9 dBu, and the headphone output delivers 22 mW into 16 ohms or 32 ohms.
- Small and low power: operating voltage is 5 V DC, and the stick measures 89 mm x 23 mm x 8 mm at 10 g.
The analogue output is the addition over the previous generation system, and it is what turns a computer-only receiver into something that can also feed a camera, a recorder or a phone.
The RXD2 is the USB digital receiver from Samson's XPD Series, sold here on its own without a microphone or a transmitter. It is a stick receiver that connects directly to Mac or PC computers, or to any Samson Expedition Series portable PA system that has a USB wireless port, and it is one of the few parts of a wireless rig that fits in a shirt pocket.
What a receiver on its own is for
Two situations bring people to this listing. The first is replacement. The stick is the part of an XPD system most likely to go missing, because it is small, it lives in a USB port on someone else's laptop and it travels separately from the microphone. The second is expansion, where a system that is already owned needs a receiving point at a second computer or a second Expedition cabinet so the gear does not have to be walked back and forth. Check that the transmitter already on hand is an XPD Series unit before ordering.
The analogue output changes the scope
An added feature over the previous generation system is the 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) output. It allows headphone monitoring straight from the stick, and it also lets the XPD2 handheld be used with any device that has an analogue line input, including smartphones and other mobile devices. That is a genuine change in what the receiver can do. A stick that only speaks USB is tied to a computer or a compatible PA, while one with an analogue output can feed a camera, a field recorder or a phone on a shoot.
The numbers
Maximum analogue audio output level is 9 dBu, and the headphone output produces 22 mW into 16 ohms or 32 ohms, which is enough to check a signal on a pair of earbuds without an amplifier. Operating voltage is 5 V DC. The receiver measures 89 mm x 23 mm x 8 mm and weighs 10 g, so carrying a spare costs nothing in bag space.