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Hoping for some advice from those of you who’ve been on the IEM journey that I’m just embarking on. I've come crashing into the 21st century and joined a band with a decent PA setup and who all use IEM. Not having used them before, I consulted this great thread and I’ve sorted myself some LS10 Pros and a P2 headphone amp. Plugging directly into my amp’s DI in my man-cave environment I get a pleasingly useable tone, nicely rounded and defined. Unfortunately we get almost no chance to rehearse, so I’ve had to hit the ground running with getting used to using the IEMS at gigs/live. Of the 3 gigs I’ve done so far with them, I’ve had mixed results. I’m tending to find the sound can get overly boomy and lacks definition, and last night the tone was really unpleasant – horrible top end coming through so all I could really hear was fret noise, with little definition. There was an unpleasant low mid-y dissonance to the tone which I couldn’t seem to dial out with my bass' EQ, so much so that it almost sounded out of tune (it wasn’t!!). I did have to have my amp stage volume turned down pretty low, so wonder if this contributed as the previous gig the sound was better, but can’t help thinking this was because sound from the amp was making up for inadequacies in ear. I realise this may be a mixer setup issue, and last night we briefly played with that (it had a preset tone curve from a previous bass player with mid-scoop), and effectively bypassed any EQ to my ear mix. This didn’t seem to help much, although there was a small improvement. There’s obviously limited scope to experiment in a gig environment. I do have particularly small ear canals (!) but feel like I get a reasonable seal from the IEMs after upgrading to comply foam tips; the guitarist and singer sound great in my ears. Even so, I guess I’m asking if what I’m experiencing sounds to you experienced folks like inadequacies with the seal or setup of my IEMS, or whether you think it lies in processing of the signal somewhere else between my bass amp’s DI and my IEM? Do you think I would benefit from a different IEM make/model with a different inherent tone? I am planning to go custom moulded at some point next year, but would like to get to a place where I’ve at least some experience and confidence with IEM under my belt before I splash the cash. Thanks in advance and apologies for the small essay!

Yes, the balance XLR outputs are line level.

I have a couple of things to add .. Imho the status look way better than the Ibanez . That blue just looks uninviting. Looking at the necks of those and the cort space basses, it looks to me that the neck on my Washburn status is better quality 🤔. Are the necks of the Ibanez really that different ?? I have seen people having issues with the Ibanez basses with marks on the neck - plus having issues changing strings causing scratch marks on the neck .Quality control has been mentioned about them . just looking at that last pic of the Ibanez fretless . The tuning knobs look much better placed than the cort space basses ,and Hillman which look awful imho .

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I have a handful of kids in my class with different forms of autism, suspected NPD and ADHD. ADHD is relatively straight forward so long as you can draw on large reserves of patience. The most autistic kid out of the two is an absolute sweetheart and by far the most interesting student in the class. She's always full of surprises and it's absolutely impossible to generalise or normalise her. She's doing her own thing and doing it quite well but I do worry a little about her hyperfocus and staying safe.

I put in 31dB Decibulz for the pack down and it was still deafening 😞

I might have a situation where I have to use a traditional backline for a bit. Can the QC run enough output to properly drive a PA power amp? 1.4V?

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Repetition, tension and release. That's all music is. Next time; increase and decrease the volume and get the drums to go with you, miss the riff and sit on the root for the same number of bars the riff is. Add a gliss. or an octave. They'll lap it up.

I hope Dr Showbiz helps you out...

Believe it or not, a lot of thought went into the design of the UK plugs and sockets...

Daniel - Elton John

I still love a BB, although these days the weight has taken them away from me... 🙁