Does anyone use In Ear Monitoring?

[Skins]

But not the obvious headphones!

I have alot of outdoor gigs coming up and need to provide some in ear monitoring on stage, but away from any speaker stacks or monitors.

Does or has anyone used a suitable system that they would recomend?

Ideally looking to spend between £150-£250 tops, but have just seen an ideal sure set for £800:eek:!

any advice would be pucka.

Thanks guys,

Shaun

[A1DL]

But not the obvious headphones!

I have alot of outdoor gigs coming up and need to provide some in ear monitoring on stage, but away from any speaker stacks or monitors.

Does or has anyone used a suitable system that they would recomend?

Ideally looking to spend between £150-£250 tops, but have just seen an ideal sure set for £800:eek:!

any advice would be pucka.

Thanks guys,

Shaun


Shaun

Recommendations: Shure or Sennheiser - both industry standard.

You've not said how many channels of IEM you require, however you are unlikely to buy anything half decent for the budget you have quoted.

Look at hiring instead - contact Mark Payne at SFL - not too far from you (Reading) - the Shure IEM is £50ish per day, you could afford six channels of quality IEM well within your budget.

Out of interest - what's the desk? Are you running mons from FOH, or split?

Tony

[spin mobile disco]

Or go for the budget version and use a pocket tranmitter with in ear reciever. The same thing security guards have been using for years. Only costs about £100 per reciever. Not saying its exactly pro but would work quite well as as stop gap measure and a lot cheaper.

[JAMdisco]

When I was in my band we bought a low budget in-ear monitoring system. Used it at a band practice and then sold it on the next day - it really was THAT bad, signal interference, low volume, mushy sound quality - even with half decent in-ear phones (cost around £50/set)

We then procedded to buy a Sennheiser for around £1000 (can't remember the model number) but the difference was astounding. Clarity, plenty of volume and no signal interference at all. Unfortunately the band only lasted about another 4 months after that so never really paid for itself. Needless to say, we sold it for £600 and cut our losses :(

Basically what I am saying from my experience is, either go for a proffesional (but expensive) system, hire or don't bother at all.

Hope this helps.

[Skins]

Out of interest - what's the desk? Are you running mons from FOH, or split?

Tony[/QUOTE]

Thanks for your replies guys, to give some more detail, we will be covering off sound for 3 stadiums, (thats 2 footy stadiums and a speedway stadium)

we have done a few sound checks, but its impossible to hear anything when your smack bang in the middle of the pitch/track.

The desks are both formula sound jobbies, unsure of the model but would guess they are around 3 years old. (they are not mine!)

Im thinking than rather than cut corners, investing in a decent brand would be a wise move.

S

[A1DL]

The desks are both formula sound jobbies, unsure of the model but would guess they are around 3 years old. (they are not mine!)
S

:confused: You may struggle as IIRC the PM90 only has 1 aux (PM100 likewise) and the smaller DJ mixers have no Auxes and no monitor busses. How many mixes so you need?