CHEAP In-Ear Monitors vs EXPENSIVE

[@r.e.dawson2104]

Thank you, Darren. Excellent video. Look forward to you videos. Built my studio 2 years ago and have you as my gold standard for input and information. Appriciate your time always! Cheers!

[@bryanjames6520]

*Mr. Darren! Excellent video - DUDE !!! Rock on !!!*

[@myinitials8691]

Damn, what a beautiful studio. You are equipped very well. Congratulations Darren your studio is own beautiful wow.

[@1electroboy]

I was looking forward to buy them like 2-3 weeks ago. My band is still on wired IEM, but after this review we will definitely get them. For 5-8 people in band IEM system is pretty expensive, but this looks like a real good cheap solution. Thanks Darren!

[@davidnorris6262]

Thanks Darren for the heads up cheers

[@guyattpark]

G'day Darren, great introduction to your secret sauce. Could you later evaluate the critical component of this signal chain i.e. the iem's themselves. Notwithstanding the cost savings of a transmitter and bodypack receiver, the actual iem's differ from one manufacturer to another. Perhaps interviews with your musicians on their performance mix preferences, experience with different company products etc.

[@fuzzysghostmodels9840]

Thanks for sharing that with us, Darren. It's good to hear an honest opinion when it comes to these things that take a bite out of the pocket book. Keep up the great content here and SingIt Live!!

[@TorontoBlueJaysFan99]

Thanks for the behind the scenes information love all your videos!

[@jeffalbro4534]

Phenyx Pro BNC Antenna Kit, Four BNC Connecting Cables 50cm/1.6FT for Front-Mounting Antennas, Compatible with New Version PTU-4000/6000/7000, $46.00 form Amazon or $ 72.00 form ebay in the USA

[@CraftyMusicTips]

Great eye (ear) opener mate, I’ll share this info around to the relevant folk 👍

[@MattyFitt]

Hey mate, very informative as ever. I love unboxing videos. Keep them coming!

[@psmail007]

Yeah ... you can get those G4s for about $A500 less than the link you put in at the time of the posting (turramusic and sound devices) ... but your point is still sound for sure. I had a bad experience with a different cheaper wireless IEM (LD Systems) so I am looking very close at more expensive options. But yes this is compelling and I'm keeping an eye on the supplier you linked to, they have one left at the time I am adding this comment but I'd be interested if they got more. Thanks for the tip and very much digging this and the SIL channels - thanks!

[@blackbuttecruizr]

I used a similar unit for my church, they worked flawlessly.

[@ralphdeonarine9133]

Thanks for this review Darren. Was considering getting a couple Behringer P2's but this for a cheap wireless option is making me think of going this way.

[@jeffalbro4534]

One thing you might do is get extenchions for the antena's to the frount and not keep them on the back, I did have some problums like you had with my In-Ear amps being in the rack with the antena's in the back, cause it has to go thru or around your gear, and there is interferance there. Pretty cheap fix. Something to think about. I will try and find a link for you on them. As you know all the older great systems had them all on the frount, I'm sure they work better that way, cause your not playing befind the rack where the antena can shoot you a strong signal, it has to find you thru your jungle of studio gear, lol

[@bartmulder6995]

Very useful, thanks Darren!

[@juanziegler1471]

very nice, Alot of us need to stretch the dollar. And yes move past analog recording lol . I'm trying, you help, ty again .

[@dodo13500]

Thanks for doing this Darren. I was thinking about bringing some into my studio and now I can pull the trigger!

[@sert7]

Great video,thanks.

[@TL-wu4id]

It's best to use wires in stereo imo if on budget; some musicians don't move much anyway. You'll get to hear closely how it sounds on speakers. We use CCA CA24 in-Ear Monitors which cost about $150 each but are worth it. Our Yamaha TF1 mixer has 16 aux outputs so 8 stereo pairs with separate eq, compressors, effects...ect. The sound is balanced, strong, and clear as if we are listening to live music. The bassist and drummer are very happy with it because it can hit low frequencies without any problems; they simply control the volume on each channel on their phone without affecting the others. Wireless in stereo is good but I was never able to achieve the quality of the wired setup. The difference is 85% only. True because they don't transmit in full audio frequency such as from 30hz to 20k so I had to adjust to match with the original mix; I believe the one you bought only transmits up to 15k or 16k in mono. I can imagine what it sounds like 🙂. We only use a reliable wireless system for singers. I think nothing can beat Shure PSM300 at the moment for its stereo function. It's the best and closest to the wired setup.

[@producernerd]

you are welcome to spend the money on the Shure. I agree it is better but this video COMPARES a cheap version to the ‘out of most people’s price range’ models. Of course wired sounds better but that isn’t what this video is about.

[@ironblast5]

I owned the shure psm300 and it was awful I sold it a few weeks after buying it the audio technica 3000 series wireless system smokes everything else I've compared to so far including the shure psm900/1000, mipro mi909, Sennheiser g3/g4 and Lectrosonics Duet all those units cost considerably more

[@producernerd]

great to know👊🏼

[@Ray-um3if]

Hi Darren, great video very informative. If you do any more unboxing videos please get yourself a sharp knife 😂

[@vanessapedia]

Hi Darren...Great Video by the way...I was wondering if you had any ideas which may help me...I use the Shure PSM300 Wireless System along with the Shure GLXD4 Wireless Microphone System...I do gig a lot and we normally do our own mixing where the mixing desk is set up on stage near the Bass Player to control...The problem with this is that the Mixing Desk and my Wireless Units (Ears and Mic) are behind me and I find that I sometimes get some drop-out for a only a second but this is enough to be annoying as you could fully understand and appreciate...Could this be because there is no direct line of sight between the Microphone and the GLXD4 Receiver Unit and if so do you have any ideas on how to maybe rectify this other than setting up the GLXD4 Receiver in front of the Microphone which as I stated is always behind me...Thank You Darren...Very Much Appreciated...Jody.

[@producernerd]

There is a Shure antenna system to give you better range and reception. Sennheiser also do one. Google and you will find

[@gl9412]

Darren - get a ceramic box cutter ☺

[@dmoss1285]

Darren, just to make sure, are the belt pack receivers stereo? So 2 channels of stereo on the transmitter correct? Thanks.

[@singitliveworld]

They aren’t strictly stereo. It’s more like channel on channel with a tight image. Sennheiser added a stereo/mono function in their unit and this one has only frequency switching 4 banks of 10 frequencies

[@chrisossenbeck1979]

Great information. My concern from reading the description is that they are mono. I see a left and right input. Does it take a stereo input but only deliver a mono output? Im wanting to have a stereo IEM solution for my studio. Thank you for great videos. We should collaborate sometime. 😊

[@willreachington1197]

Hi everybody. What frequency is legal in Australia to use for in-ear wireless systems?

[@producernerd]

Go here and enter your address for legal frequencies in your area channelfinder.acma.gov.au/

[@grubboy3514]

Just a question...What frequency did you choose and is legal for SA?

[@producernerd]

channelfinder.acma.gov.au/

[@kristerudden3990]

The ebay ad say its Mono? Did you test mono/stereo?

[@producernerd]

I can’t hear stereo even though there is 2 inputs. it’s def Mono

[@ieone800]

Hi Darren, I am keen to know how these IEM's are working out? Are you still using them and do the artists that record with you like them as well? If they are still a good option then I may look at these for recording as well. Cheers, Adam.

[@producernerd]

I am still using them although they seem a bit loud sounding and are definitely mono (Left PLUS Right).

[@jamesrocks300mf]

What's the verdict.

[@producernerd]

These are usable but the left+right thing along with a sort of 'hot' input no matter what gain you set is a bit of a pain. I'm getting them looked at by a tech. I'll make a vid about it if I'm successful

[@lmmedia4714]

Is the headphone output MONO or STEREO?

[@producernerd]

Stereo but you must feed both inputs. Feed one side and headphones are in mono

[@lmmedia4714]

@@producernerd thx.

[@kevinkilmerchoi]

@@producernerd my band has two of the exact same IEM systems - ours are MONO. Even though it has left and right inputs, the two are mixed together and that is what you hear in both L and R ears out of the receiver's headphone jack. I knew this before I bought them, so it was a conscious decision to accept the mono limitation. Bought them a couple of years ago, so maybe there are multiple 'generations' of this generic IEM system? Do your transmitter and/or receiver have a model/version number on them?

[@samdavid8313]

What name are they how can I get one.

[@producernerd]

Try looking in the video description. Under the vid click on more...

[@marcovitchoups8827]

génial good good good !!!

[@mullencat2]

Such junk, why would you waste your money. They maybe workable in a studio but would never use them live

[@producernerd]

agree