The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread - a guide to help every musician

[Minininjarob]

52 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

Ive been thinking of getting the BT cord for my IE400's. Might put it on my Christmas list. 

It seems to work pretty well to me but I’ve never owned wireless headphones before. 

[dave_bass5]

10 minutes ago, Minininjarob said:

It seems to work pretty well to me but I’ve never owned wireless headphones before. 

My local Gym has started playing crap music as loud as possible recently. Even my AirPods pro's can't cut it out. Im hoping the IE400's might be better as they are a really good fit. 

[WalMan]

Our singer has for years had a splitter from his mic receiver going to his IEM transmitter and the desk and relied on bleed for everything else.

 

Having got a better Sennheiser system myself, read the manual, checked which system he has and checked its manual I’m suggesting he take his own aux feed and run a mix of the bits he wants (no bv’s) in low focus mode.

 

Got my new moulded plugs but for some reason I can’t get the cable to stay fixed so went back to my old set that have lasted 4 years and will do as spares in future. The new moulds have a bit more mould on them that should keep them in place better. They were a bit more expensive but spreading the cost over 4+ years is worth it IMO.
The annoying part is fitting the cables to stay connected. Last set once fixed were good until I needed to replace the cable, then I couldn’t remove them 🤦🏼‍♂️ 

 

EDIT: Cable now fixed but it doesn't seem to work. Nothing coming out but checking the new plugs with the lead from the old set they work fine so it seems to be the lead 🤬 

Edited 1 hour ago by WalMan

[andytoad]

Hi all,

Im interested to know if there is a pedalboard size xlr bluetooth transmitter out there on the market? Ideally 2 channel. If so, anyone using it to send their mix?

[EBS_freak]

Bluetooth for IEM? I hope not!

[andytoad]

1 minute ago, EBS_freak said:

Bluetooth for IEM? I hope not!

I know latency. Would it be that bad for the average pub player tho, or truly shocking?

[EBS_freak]

Just now, andytoad said:

I know latency. Would it be that bad for the average pub player tho, or truly shocking?

Yup. Stay away.

[andytoad]

Just now, EBS_freak said:

Yup. Stay away.

So is the only way transmitter/receiver to wired IEM? I need to contact starfleet see what Uhura was using in the 60's lol... *tongue in cheek humour*

[Wombat]

Probably using 5.8….

[mcnach]

11 hours ago, andytoad said:

I know latency. Would it be that bad for the average pub player tho, or truly shocking?

 

Worst than truly shocking

[mcnach]

11 hours ago, andytoad said:

So is the only way transmitter/receiver to wired IEM? I need to contact starfleet see what Uhura was using in the 60's lol... *tongue in cheek humour*

 

No, you can use wifi or radio transmitters.

 

Radio transmitters have extremely low latency but sound quality can be 'meh' especially at the lower end of the budget range, but they do work.

WiFi systems are all over the place. There's lots of very cheap ones, but latency tends to be higher on those, up to 12ms in some. On their own that might not be a problem, but if you have other digital devices in your signal, all adding their bit of latency, it can get noticeable, but this is very much depending on your use. 

[andytoad]

8 minutes ago, mcnach said:

 

No, you can use wifi or radio transmitters.

 

Radio transmitters have extremely low latency but sound quality can be 'meh' especially at the lower end of the budget range, but they do work.

WiFi systems are all over the place. There's lots of very cheap ones, but latency tends to be higher on those, up to 12ms in some. On their own that might not be a problem, but if you have other digital devices in your signal, all adding their bit of latency, it can get noticeable, but this is very much depending on your use. 

Ah ok, I might just stick to wired, sounds like less hassle 🙂