Anyone using Ear Bud Monitors

Greg Johnson · Post by **Greg Johnson** » 28 Sep 2015 5:06 am

Anyone using ear bud monitors for live gigs? If so how do they sound and what brand are you using?

Mack Quinney · Post by **Mack Quinney** » 28 Sep 2015 7:18 am

H Greg,
We just started using in-ear monitoring. We are running a Allen and Heath board with the ME-1 personal monitor system. I am using an older pair of the Shure SE ear buds. (I think they where SE-C2 if I recall, or something like that.)

Every thing works fine if everyone uses the in-ear system. Unfortunately we have a singer who wants floor wedges. This tends to be a problem in that you get bleed through on your in-ears and it makes you second guess your volume.

We have mic'ed acoustic drums and also used digital drums. If the player is not too loud that works fine too.

I do like the clarity. No distractions and you can hear yourself with the ME-1 system and control your personal mix.

My two cents.

Mack

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 28 Sep 2015 8:06 am

I have Westone UM-2s. Overall I do like the control that we have over stage levels but I miss hearing the real tone coming from my amplifier.

The IEMs seem to compress everything and there's no longer that indefinable quality of 'moving air' that comes from a good amp and guitar.

I know that my IEMs are a long way from being top-of-the-line (they were around $200) and perhaps I'd get real benefit from more expensive ones but, so far, this is the extent of my experience.

I wouldn't want to go back to the every-man-for-himself ethic that used to prevail on the band-stand, though!

Dyke Corson · Post by **Dyke Corson** » 28 Sep 2015 7:12 pm

Roger I have the molded 3-way Westones and they sound good, but not 5x the money over the UM-2s. The UM-2s sound great and the bottom end is actually better than the molded ones I have provided I have a good fit with the ear tips

Bryan Daste · Post by **Bryan Daste** » 28 Sep 2015 10:19 pm

I got a Posse Audio personal mixer and a set of Shure SE215 monitors. The mixer lets you control your own vocal and instrument mixes, and it has onboard ambient mics so you don't feel closed off from the room. Works great! The shures are entry level IEMs, but with the memory foam tips the seal & sound are quite good.

http://posseaudio.com/
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