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  1. EBS_freak
    The detail will be down to the Balanced Armatures compared to the dynamics of the AT.
  2. EBS_freak
    Agreed - that's why I do such things whilst watching TV. If you are going to burn time in front of the idiot box, you may as well get something productive out of it. For the less than 10 minutes to make a reliable speaker cable (I reckon I could make one in less than 5) - it seems a good investment to support the knowledge that your gear is good to go. But maybe that's just me.
  3. EBS_freak
    As above, make them up yourself... but I would recommend H07RN-F cable (2 core). Once you've used that cable, you'll want to use it for everything, super flexible, no kinks in your cables, easy to coil for transport... and lies flat on stage. Brilliant stuff.
  4. EBS_freak
    24-bit 48 kHz digital systems means that you are running above CD quality (16 bit 44.1 kHz). It's pretty safe to assume that, especially in a gigging situation, you'd be hard pushed to hear any subtle nuances in the A<>D conversions. Given the fact that the delivery medium is likely to be digital, or through a digital desk, you are going to be converting to 24-bit 48kHz at some point... even if you are lucky to have a 96kHz desk, if you are using wireless, you've already downsampled to 48kHz at some point in your bass chain (although having said that, a few 96kHz systems are beginning to crop up). There's quite an interesting (it's not) debate to be had about 48kHz vs 96kHz, - streaming from handling of transients, anti-aliasing etc etc... In reality, I suspect the reality of what most people can hear, it's a moot point. The big win for me, is the reduced latency - so less latency in plugins, less latency in IEMs... but at a CPU cost and reduced buffer size. Anyway, risk of thread derailment.
  5. EBS_freak
    Latency doesn’t impact tone - it doesn’t relate to the question I was answering.
  6. EBS_freak
    You will notice less loss of top end when comparing digital wireless to longer cable runs - a few systems have a cable tone simulation for this very reason (just lops a bit of the top end off). Analogue wireless... bit of a lottery. Good companders will mean less perceived signal loss... but certainly you will get a loss in top and bottom end due to the compander.
  7. EBS_freak
    That'd be nice above that array of Bergs.
  8. EBS_freak
    That 212. Hands down best EBS cab.
  9. EBS_freak
    Aha! I see. I didn't know either.
  10. EBS_freak
    @dave_bass5- I think your thoughts ran away with you. Are you talking about the standard wireless (for instruments?)
  11. EBS_freak
    Can't beat a little freshen up! Now get a brush and get all that gunk out of your bridge!
  12. EBS_freak
    Bass > PA.
  13. EBS_freak
    UE900 are long since obsolete. If you were looking at a reshell from lugs anyway (with a donor set of UE900) you’d be in for around 500 - which is circa the price of Roberts triple and quad anyway… If you like what you have, give lugs a shout - don’t know if they will rehouse dynamic drivers… but you know, nothing to lose by shooting an email. Circa 250 for the shells and a bit extra for ear impressions should see you under 500 total spend (especially if using your existing mees as the donor)
  14. EBS_freak
    BA = balanced armature. Type of driver... (typically IEMs use BAs... and can use dynamic drivers (like how'd you'd think of a typical speaker)) Dont quote me... but I suspect all the manufacture of these drivers are done in China anyway. Knowles certainly has a manufacturing presence in China. re: custom drivers for manufacturers, just remembered that I read something about the tweeter in the JH Sharona that was down to a unique partnership with Knowles... let me see if I can find the link. EDIT: here you go - https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220502005085/en/JH-Audio-Debuts-Flagship-In-Ear-Monitor-with-Exceptional-Treble-by-Knowles’-New-Balanced-Armature-Supertweeter Also - I suspect that that the mass production market will be using off the shelf drivers (I know KZ do), whereas the large custom IEM companies, such as JH as evidenced above, have some tailor made, as I said before, to engineer themselves out of some of the constraints when building multiple driver pieces.
  15. EBS_freak
    The component prices of BAs tend not to be too high. The cost associated with manufacture was historically down the the labour intensive custom shells that were hand poured. With 3D printing, the labour intensity has decreased dramatically and build times have gone down incredibly. However, what you are really paying for, is the the R and D in getting an IEM tuned nicely. So this means the manufacturers scope out loads of different drivers and tubes and damping to get the crossovers as good as can be. Of course, some manufacturers spec their own custom BAs to engineer their way out of the constraints of combining off the shelf drivers. Notably JHs single housed quad BA (recall its Sonion) escaped the issues of phase alignment for example - and is built specifically to their spec. So in short, types/manufacturers of drivers is only a small part in making an IEM sound good (or bad).
  16. EBS_freak
    And don’t forget Sonion and Bellsing. Most balanced armature based IEMs are going to be made up from one or the others (or a combination of)
  17. EBS_freak
    Just had a look at the Mee. They are custom tips as opposed to custom shells. I can't really comment on the Mee as I have no experience - but I do know of peoples experiences with Shures with custom tips... and they aren't good - they tend to separate at inopportune moments.
  18. EBS_freak
    That's exactly I went to my first customs. My ears are just weird. Nothing but customs stay put.
  19. EBS_freak
    I mic the kit in its entirety.
  20. EBS_freak
    I shall tell you the secret of how to get anybody in your band onto IEMs. Have a talkback mic. FOMO soon kicks in when the rest of the band is laughing at what is being said over the talkback mic between numbers... and you're not.
  21. EBS_freak
    I used Recorderman and Glyn Johns for live use for a while... never convinced. And neither was the drummer.
  22. EBS_freak
    That sounds like somebody who has damaged hearing. Playing at home at quieter volumes and maxing out the mids and highs so that they can hear note definition. They are somebody that could really benefit from IEMs - in that you can split the bass to two channels. One with a front of house sound... and one with a clanky nasty donkey horrible trebly mess for your bass players monitoring needs.
  23. EBS_freak
    Bump
  24. EBS_freak
    Not gold… Silver on the other hand….
  25. EBS_freak
    BA wont benefit from any “burning in”. Dynamic drivers - the jury’s out… but I’ve always been in the camp of just use them. Unless you are using earphones for mixing and mastering in a professional capacity (and you don’t use IEMs for this anyway) - just get on using them. Especially in a live situation, the nuances between a burned in vs non burned in will be so negligible in real world terms.
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