Top 5 In-Ear Monitors Under $50 on Amazon.com

[@WorshipLeaderHangout]

Here are some of my new favorites: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXPGooOajt-JkK8si=afWDLpt8ELTBySP7

[@zamielsiberio]

There is a member on our team who has a hard time hearing her mix due to an inner ear problem and we do not have the budget to be able to get her better monitors to help not fatigue her ears as much and maintain her hearing healthy!! It would be an amazing opportunity to be able to bless her with these monitors!!

[@dougstille7649]

A tip that helped with my CCA-C10's is to take the twist tie that comes with the product and wrap it around the two wires to create a tension adjustment neck slider thingy. When done properly it works well! Also, ZNARI earbud foam tips are helpful for sound isolation. :)

[@NyashaKeys]

I'm gonna give it to my ears

[@samueldelanyo473]

Nice come back

[@RexyFan]

😂😂

[@joannapoles9938]

I love to have these for the Musicians leader. As a small worship group is hard to look for in-ear systems that can be good on price and last a long time. I truly appreciate your sharing of these 5 options for the Church Musician community. I know that if we get one of these options as a church we can work together to get more in-ear headphones so that everyone in the worship group can hear themselves and the singers.

[@jonathancarlisle7898]

Nice comparison! I just purchased a pair of KZ AS-10s, which falls just outside your criteria. First practice with them I was disappointed - muddy, lack of solid bass, wouldn’t stay in my ears. Ordered some foam tips and it made all the difference. They’re comfortable, plenty of bass, clear vocals and instruments. Definitely keepers (with foam tips)!

[@kejames26]

I'd love to give these to my drummer. We're learning to use IEM systems in our ministry cause we always have a hard time hearing each other. I know he would love them!

[@sjuvanet]

God bless you sir

[@JGMinistries]

I want to gift this to my younger brother, who is a drummer at the church. He is currently using bulky headphones and often gets frustrated. He was promised a pair of IEM from someone in the church and was measured for them and everything. That guy never kept his promise and hurt my brothers feelings and he became discouraged. I know these would be a HUGE blessing to him and lift his spirit as he continues to serve in the church!

[@davidrojas6457]

"These just lacked a lot of low range... now, they did go down to 30 Hz......." ...bruh

[@leftdamaged187]

Well it may have the response, it doesn't mean it was at the same levels other frequencies can achieve on the same output power.

[@maximilianrau6656]

I thought so too... I don't know what instruments he wants to hear down there XD

[@leftdamaged187]

@@maximilianrau6656 electronic bass waves. There is some music that plays down that low. Yet once he gets below 20hrs it is inaudible. So i can agree with you and wondering why he really wants to get that low on a headphone. I could see if it was a theater or even a car system. This way he can feel the sensations, as well hearing the air movement.

[@skizzlemane1]

Mstr Unknown ....none of your responses made sense. You’re using the wrong terminology and the entire statement is convoluted. It was in fact frustrating trying to comprehended what you were trying to convey 🤯😒

[@leftdamaged187]

@@skizzlemane1 frequencies aren't just sound. They also are vibrations. So being 20hrz and lower is inaudible. The only way for you to acknowledge the wave would be through sensation. A.k.a the vibration the wave contains. Headphones do no get that low for you to receive such lower vibrations. Even then at the ear canal are mainly 20hrz frequencies

[@brianhill617]

I bought the BASNs on your recommendation and I have to say you are right on the money. They sound especially good using a ‘Dragonfly’ DAC. In case folks don’t know the DAC in your phone is not that great although they are improving. Basically it converts data (1s & 0s) into a sound you can hear, hence the name Digital Analogue Converter. I thought you’d like know. All we need now is an affordable DAC. By the way did you know that BASN stands for Be A Sincere Newcomer?

[@rkhicks214]

I have been working on expanding/improving our audio system over the past 4 years. I recently added 2 IEM units that our contemporary WL uses. I almost have our Blended WL, my boss, the worship pastor, convinced to start using IEM. So, I will give these to Charles Colvin as his introduction to using IEM's. By the way...he is 63 years old...if that adds any points to your selection criteria.

[@chadbeach2540]

I would give these to our newly added musician who is our lead guitarist who is using some headphone worse than what Apple gives you. He ubers to church and rehearsal every week and is dedicated to serving the church. He is an amazing person he has been through some rough times that a God has brought him through and brought him to our church and had brings an amazing dynamic to our worship team.

[@stevenpope1462]

I am currently giving my first go at drum lessons. I would give them to my student. He reminds me a lot of myself when I started playing. I always wished I had a good pair of headphones for rehearsing when I was first getting into music! I think he deserves a reward for all he has accomplished so far!

[@rickbiessman6084]

There are two things that I would have found REALLY important to know: 1. Isolation. If you’re on a silent stage or have drums in an aquarium, this is a non-issue. If not, ... this is arguably more impartant than sound quality. 2. Sound linearity above 100 Hz. While I love sub bass too (who doesn’t?), I think this is much much more important. IEMs don’t have to be perfectly linear but they shouldn’t have 15 dB dips or spikes and most in this price range have that. To my ears, that has disqualified every budget IEM I’ve tried. I know you did this test about a month ago but is there any chance you could elaborate on this? P.S.: Excellent closing words.

[@rickycarter6433]

I am a worship pastor from Clinton NC, I would like to give them to our newest piano player. She can’t afford nice IEM’s. She is a mother of 4, all with disabilities. She has been so faithful to the team since she started and has been such a blessing to the team. At the time she has a pair of $10 Walmart earbuds. Great video, I have been wondering about cheaper earbuds that I could gift to the worship team members that can’t afford good ones. Thanks for the info!!!

[@jjaammoo7777]

I have tried all of those buds and my choice for musicians was the KZ ZS3 (not listed). The main reason was the listen-ability over an hours time. Not harsh yet clear for long term listening. This is a relevant category when you're talking about monitoring an instrument. All of those others were way too harsh on the high end. The ZS3 have plenty of bass and separation when fitted properly to your ears. And at $12.99 they were a steal. The bad..the connector kept falling out. One dab of super glue and no problems after. A side note, I play drums and keyboard and use these with my worship team and secular band. Our worship team uses the Roland M 48 and my secular band runs the Behringer X32 with Ipad personal monitoring, hard wired into a Anleon S1 headphone amp. I was using the Shure CL 215's, but these $13 KZ ZS3's sound way better!

[@Drummer55]

Your first mistake was using an iPad. Apple restricts the bit rate to 192 kbps. That might be why all these IEMs struggled.

[@_thisisdavid]

I was actually watching this video to help out our worship team. And when I heard give away, my first thought was our worship leader. She is the pastors daughter and has grown up watching her dad pouring his heart into the church. Just to catch the same heart and passion for the church. She is always giving and caring. But sometimes lacks confidence. Except this year so far she has already made commitment to step into her calling. Honestly I could go on about on it. But God has put it on my heart and my wife’s to serve this family who is always serving.

[@blessedwes]

I’m going to give this to my drummer. I am the MD at my church and my drummer is a 16 year old high schooler. Lives with only his Dad and always is using our over the head sound booth headphones when he plays the drums during service. I believe this would be an awesome gift and motivation for him!!!

[@SSSmickey]

I want to give these to my cousin/pianist/Music Director. The reason is because he has been my musical guide since I was 10 years old. I started playing drums for the church when he was in the prime of his musical life. He groomed me and was patient with me, when he could have gotten any drummer. I appreciate him and love him. Now I can actual play a little and I would be happy to bless him with a pair.

[@janissarywalker6312]

I want to give them to Natalia. She's a (high school) worship powerhouse at our church. She's a coach for the Kids Church worship team. She also leads in the Youth, Hispanic and Sunday morning teams. I've noticed she doesn't have her own in-ear monitors which is why I watched this video to see which ones I should get her. I'm hoping you help me bless her with the tools she needs to serve the Lord.

[@lukereseburg]

I would like these because I want to give them to my wife. She plays keyboard and sings with us at church. She is pregnant with our twins and has such a heart to serve and worship. If I don't get to give them to her, I hope it's a blessing to whoever does get then!

[@shawngoeller]

Check out the BASN Bmaster. Looks just like Bsinger pro. They have a black color. Less labeling with cleaner look. And the big difference is they have 3 drivers instead of 2. Slightly more on cost but worth it. Still under $100 on Amazon. I really like using mine and use them a lot. This isn’t an advertisement. Just throwing out some more info from the brand. I’ve actually got 4 out of the 5 in ears he talks about. I’d gave to agree with him.

[@Hexalbeore]

I will give them to my wife...she and I sing at our local church and i am trying to build and elevate the quality of our ministry - in terms of technology / I will go and buy myself a pair thanks to your review and may our Mighty Lord bless everyone on this comment thread and you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.

[@WesleyKennedy]

I will be giving these to my sister who is a co-worship leader with me and is a gigging musician. Will be a fantastic blessing to her.

[@JoshCoyoyDrums]

I’d give them to a singer in my worship team who hasn’t been able to buy some in ears! I’m the MD at my church and while we are all on custom IEM’s this one singer came in and hasnt been able to get IEM’s as she’s in college and her parents can’t help her financially. She definitely shows serious potential and currently using iPhone buds as her in ears. I’d appreciate the help and i know she would be really grateful!

[@asysr28]

I know its late like a year late..but my brother could actually use these. He was our formal worship leader and suffered a stroke and for that he lost alot of hearing in one ear and some in the other. He normally sings in pitch but due to the lack of hearing he has a hard time to sing in pitch because of the stroke. Even with a stage monitor sitting in front of him he still has a hard time. This would be awesome for him. God Bless

[@gunchatv8472]

I would give thease to my little sister. She is new in our worship band and she can't afford headphones for $50 It would be great blessing for her.

[@Tealc2323]

You need to try Blon BL-03, TRN V90, KZ ZS10 Pro and if you want something dead cheap, be amazed by QKZ VK4.

[@nathanirizarry1839]

I would give the in ears to my friend and keyboardist in the youth worship band I lead for, we have been through 4 years and 3 different groups of band members. And I feel he would love the in ears and we can better our worship experience with these.

[@jamescamil]

I want these because I want to give this to my church piano teacher. He takes care of his three baby girls while writing music for the band and also he makes sure that everything from ac to just work and is properly maintained. He never gets paid a cent never complains never ask for help he just wants to help the youth draw closer to god. In addition to that, he helps I just want to give him something to thank him for all that he does

[@setor3ful]

My worship team just began using clicks and tracks and we have a huge monitor issue. I would love to give these to our piano player and our pastor. He's had a tough time with money starting the church and all and is playing with his iphone headphones. Any ways... even if i dont get these you're videos are super helpful to our ministry. Thanks again brother.

[@chaseledet561]

I’ll give them to one of my best friends and worship leaders. His name is Geoff and he leads our youth worship team and partners with me (the MD) to sing 5 services a weekend. He’s also a full time student and works part time on top of all that. He’s a trooper and could really use a blessing for his ears.

[@russellkennedy8734]

I want to give these to my lead rhythm guitarist for my youth praise team. He does not have a great set and he is very faithful to be there and lead our students to the throne. He loves Jesus and loves leading. Thanks for the giveaway! Great video.

[@EricRyanSound]

MMCX connectors are king. I wanna try the CCA C16s but I am with Westone running ES50 custom IEMS (5 drivers) - I know a great singer on broadway (Nashville) that only can afford the Shure SE215 as he doesn't know about these. He works extremely hard but we are always broke. God has blesses me with an endorsement from Westone so it would be amazing to give these to a musician in need!

[@victornorfus1130]

We are a brand new church plant and I want to set our worship leader up for success. I want it to be a gift for taking this journey with us church planting

[@AriesGaldo]

Hi! This comment may be the same as the other comments but I would really like to have that and give to my friend who's a drummer in my church. He shared to me that he really wanted to buy an iem but at the same time he doesn't want to spend much because it's a little expensive and he can use the money in other things. He's only using a normal earphones everytime he serves at the church and I really appreciate his heart in serving in or out of the stage. He helped me in some of my struggles and also this way I hope that I can help him also have what he needs. Thank you!

[@Nasute]

We have a young drummer that we have taken under our wing. He is progressing greatly and not just drumming, but in his school life, and just making better life decisions and as we have begun to transition to in-ear monitors, he doesn't yet have a pair. I know he'd love these and also see it as a sign of encouragement that we are rotting for his success. I will be taking a look at these BASN's also.

[@jimistephen]

I just bought a pair of the KZ monitors and they're great, I wish they had a slight more lowend, but for what they are they're awesome for $18

[@kornjankhrit2816]

do they have a mic

[@gregblass3328]

I am so lost. They sound like absolute and total garbage to me.

[@Kingelvis1975Eruditus]

I want to give this to my nephew in Mexicali Mexico. He is a singer of the Christian church, he got an amazing voice and this will help him to truthfully heard his potential. Also he is an amazing Christian, he help lots of people even with all the limitations down south, I believe he received blessings from God.

[@GhettoDebbie]

I’d definitely give these to my sister. She plays guitar and I play piano at our church. She got me free ear molds for my custom IEM’s. If I could give back to her for it, would be awesome!

[@christinajones486]

I would give these to my husband who is the worship leader at the small church we are helping to build and grow. I'm the keyboardist and I already use IEMs as does our drummer. It would be great for him to have a set too for better communication on the platform. I have a talk back mic I use with the drummer, but it would be GREAT to be able to communicate directly with worship leader.

[@phoenixhandyman4597]

My son plays drums for our local church. He plays about 150 per year. He uses his ears every day and he has gone through several pairs the last few years He is eighteen and getting ready to graduate soon so money is tight . But he could really use them. Blessings

[@JoshVigil5280]

I will give them to my wife. She’s a amazing singer and huge heart. She gave her pair of shure’s to a new member to the worship team. Awesome videos keep them up!

[@javiercardenas6493]

Brandon, he is a drummer at a church I used to go too, he is 15 yrs old with a dream and vision of being a pro drummer for Christ, he has always wanted to buy his own in ear, but times can be tough for family and financially, I see his input as a musician, dedicated, and submitted you will be a blessing.

[@tk.gaines]

I realize this is way old but someone may still need to hear it. If you’re a worship leader you don’t need IEMs to enjoy the music. You need IEMs to hear what your musicians are giving you so you can constructively direct the sound. That’s not to say you need a pure reference set, but you need to have an approximation of what they’re hearing in the pew so you can talk with some realism to your team and to the booth.

[@AnthonyGonzalez-lw1ek]

I’m gonna give them to my Daughter who is doing cello and has been asking me for something like this but never knew what I was looking for

[@Tobathor]

I want these because I want to give them to my worship teams guitarist. His hearing isn't what it used to be and he still uses a powered monitor. I would love to be able to give him something that could protect the hearing he still has and give him a way to keep playing safely.

[@ChiefLevite]

If chosen, I would give these to my drummer. He is the only band member still rocking over the ear headphones and the looks that I gave him on the live stream last week weren't very Christian-like. With these in his ear, he'd be able to hear the loops and not mess us up causing the MD to kill the stems and making me lead the rest of the song with a visible attitude. Picking me = impacting an entire congregation!!

[@pjmukazi9349]

Music is our passion and by gods grace we will shine one day, God have us a gift to use🙌🏾

[@paralyzer777]

I would give them to my lead singer of worship. We do not currently use in-ear drivers and are debating to make the move. Of course, they are hesitant due to cost, and the band is an "older" group that is not familiar with new technology. I have a single receiver that would work with these for a test. We just moved our church from a school that we worshiped in for the last 8 months, to our new permanent location and building up our stage currently.

[@kevinsheppard2049]

I would give these to our keyboard player, Charles. This guy.. #1 he has the best attitude. Even when he was recovering from a surgery (which he barely mentioned to me) he was excited to be there, serving! It might be subtle but he makes such a difference in every time he walks on stage with us. #2 He is always one of the most prepared people in the room. He is there early, and has always put significant time into practicing. #3 This guy is technically a senior adult. I know his hearing can't the best. I mean I'm 32 and mine probably isn't the best lol.

[@duanefrost6747]

I want to give these to my son, Riley because he leads worship at my church. He is an awesome leader and worshipper. He has a servants heart and deserves to receive back.

[@christinemartinez5237]

I want these because I want to give them to our worship leader in church. We are just starting up, and getting better day by day and I think this will help us a ton!! I would live to win these!!!!!!!!!

[@EricMcKearney]

Awesome video! Spent $250 on Westones which are lovely, but the CCA 5 drivers I got for $50 kill them in overall sound quality and sound stage, low end is incredible compared to the westones which have poor mid and low freq response.

[@NickLavallee]

I'm going to give them to my son (he's 14) and is starting to get into the worship and praise team from lights, sound, cameras and drums as his newest interest! So excited for him to be plugging in!

[@music123413]

I am absolutely going to give them to the newest vocalist on our praise team... She actually donated the money this past Wednesday night at rehearsal to purchase another P16M for her. The only thing, we don't have anymore in ears...

[@iam-music]

Thanks for the work. I would be dubious though of not making a cradle to pop the iems into and calibrate levels...they all likely have diff impedance which might impact the comparsion?

[@jcantu-xy9jo]

I'd like to give these to my bass player at church. He's always been buying headphones and they always always crap out on him. They're crapped out even during service so since he's always done stuff for us if like to bless him with something simple but meaningful bro. God bless!

[@onairmastering]

@1:44, I'm still hearing under 30, just because I am watching on mastering speakers 😂

[@chrishorn2188]

There is a guy at our church that works for TDCJ and can sing amazing but can’t afford a set of iem at all he is right now using a dollar store pair that he can’t even hear the prompts. He is a great guy that sings amazing. I would love to be able to bless him.

[@Tovin]

I would love to give these to my Mom! She is the primary worship leader at her church and she’s always trying to find new and better technology to help her lead worship more effectively and distraction free, and has always wanted a pair of in-ears so she can start using click tracks, but has no idea where to get started.

[@freddycaamal6425]

Just watching this video encourages me to purchase these (in ear monitors) for our worship team. I would love to give these in ear monitors for my daughter who plays the drums and has a hard time listening to the worship leaders sing. Because she is at one end of the stage and the worship leader is at the other end of the stage. I believe that these in ear monitor would help her tremendously. Thank you so much for your time and effort in having this video done. God bless you.

[@joelpaul3411]

I will give this to my worship leader, Im gonna do that because he is a really really anointed and talented musician who has really fallen on hard times, and recently he had to sell off a few of his equipment and an instrument because he couldn't keep up with his bills and he has 2 kids to take care of as well, hope these will be a blessing to him.

[@dpyles9396]

I want to give them to my son who is leading our new praise band at a VERY CONSERVATIVE Baptist church. He is great at what he does and the size of the praise band and the monitor demands just saturates the stage area and he MUST filter out the unnecessary audio and select his own monitor mix. These will do the trick. Thanks you for these vids - love 'em!

[@TheAidanVogt]

her name is lylia, she sings on our team, she's amazing but unfortunately wont buy her own IEMS and it kills me to see her using earpods

[@leftdamaged187]

The only thing i did jot like about the cca was the twisted cord. When wearing a jacket it gets caught in the zipper constantly. Wicked headphones love em

[@leftdamaged187]

Also I didn't have the metal tip ends. I have the other 2pin style and makes for universal wiring replacement and bluetooth abilities

[@DylanM15]

My church is in the process of going to in ear monitors over stage monitors right now. Most of our team is on maybe 1 Sunday a month so putting in any large amount of money(anything over probably $20) for most on in ears isn't worth it. Several people had picked up the MEE audio M6 Pros who are on 2-3 times a month. They actually are pretty decent honestly from when I've used them and we can change the EQ a little for them on our board. I'm probably going to pick up a few pairs of the Easy KZ ZST's though for that price though and possibly recommend those now!

[@WorshipLeaderHangout]

The giveaway entry period has concluded. Thanks so much to all who participated. We will read ALL entries and announce the winner soon. God bless.

[@peterwillo1]

Hello- can you recommend IEM transmitter that doesn’t break the bank. I bought a unit for. China and it wasn’t very good and I returned it. Thanks. Peter. Sydney Australia

[@jc71880]

To my church

[@chaozeffect1841]

Worship Leader Hangout whyyyyy 😭😭😭😭

[@chaozeffect1841]

Good review btw, thanks!

[@rubenmainor5410]

Worship Leader Hangout I'd like to enter the giveaway for my church band

[@alancastrosolorzano1649]

Hi, I would like those In Ears for my brother who is our lead singer in our church, he has done a lot for me in our worship ministry that I want to pay him back with in ears because he doesn't have and he struggles a little with the tracks because of it, and for us in Mexico can be a little expensive to buy good in ears. Thanks for the oportunity and a very helpful review, God bless.

[@lawrence.Vincent]

I will give this to my Choir leader. he is working hard to build our church and community. he really needs to hear every choristers voice. so that he can bring out the best in every one

[@medialex78]

As mainly interested in live streaming, my only choice woud have been 4th Place (MEE audio M6 PRO) because they are the only clear IEM´s in this test. On stage, it seems not to be important if these devices are prominent, but when it comes to live streaming, most people may go for a more discrete solution.

[@kevinsoto6181]

I will give these in ears to Moe, who is guy in my worship team that has been going through a lot of personal hardships recently in his life and has stopped going to practice and actual services because of it. He is very passionate about participating in the choir but unfortunately recent events have made him feel down and give up on it. But with these I would hope it would bring back his passion and his wanting to serve, seeing how he has never had an in ear before.

[@JustLearning]

Thanks for the video. It has been two years since your video was out but I still wanted to learn about IEM. I have purchased the KZ ZS10 Pro for under $50 and I love them. They have 4 balanced drives and one dynamic drive. I love how clear and loud they are. I use them to listen to music. And I agree you do not have to have a ton of equipment to worship. I once attended a small church were they had several large speakers and a control panel to manage the music and the mics. For me it was over the top, when we would have heard the guitar and the singer easy enough. They were presenting like they were in a bigger venue than the 20-30 people in the congregation. The other thing was that they rented the church where the service was held every Sunday and as a result the equipment had to be carried into the church and later carried out and it took a group of us to do that. That church eventually ended and we moved on to a bigger church. God Bless you.

[@addysbonilla9381]

I’ll give it to myself because I need it, I’m in the worship team in my church

[@decorbee]

Same lol:)

[@ber2996]

I have the CCA C10, with 5 drivers per ear. It has amazing response on mostly every frequency. A very balance tone from highs to mids and to lows

[@ahambhramasmii]

Hi man, i brought cca c12 and i want to know how to check these low and mids

[@ber2996]

@@ahambhramasmii You should learn to listen to sounds, like usually instruments like Hi-hats are on the higher range, while vocals and drums are on mid and lower range. Depending on the quality and music you listen to, you can hear how the drivers response to each frequency ranges, a balance sound means well "Balanced" each drivers produce sounds equally clear.

[@myfavslove]

I'm a drummer and just got a sit of the cca 10 for a Christmas gift. I wish they came with a case but they are great.. Now that my son is starting to play drums and he's been using some of my old in ears. And he's trying to get his hands on my cca 10

[@danielapeter3852]

His name is Levi! He sings, plays drums, plays acoustic and electric guitar in our worship spanish church. He loves music and could use some good in ears. Bless y’all!!! Great video and info

[@joseph-ow1hf]

Sir, I have multiple sets of KZ in ears, including the very top of the line 5 driver version. For the money, they sound terrific and build quality is very good. However they simply will not stay in place when playing (drummer) No matter which ear tip I tried or fiddling w/ over ear wire.....just won't work. Also the little 2 pin connection to the cable is a bit fragile and comes apart easily. I went back to the Shure 215. Not the greatest sound, but stay in and built like a tank.

[@calvincaballes2430]

My worship teammate lost his house because of a fire incident in their area. All of his stuff, from guitar stuff to other tech-y stuff got burned down and the only thing he got was a couple of guitar pedals. It would really help him to start over again with your IEM giveaway.

[@mokamoto5634]

I would give them to my son. He's an amazing drummer who plays drums and runs sound at our church.

[@JavierRodriguez-de3qy]

i’m going to give them to my worship leader. he has been my mentor since i first started learning to play the keys. he gave me the opportunity to start playing and it would mean a lot to me. nothing to complicated

[@MuSiCP1000]

I would give them to my 12 year old drummer. He is really passionate about playing especially since he plays in the worship band. It would be a great gift for and a motivation for him to look into opening up to more option in drumming.

[@purecountry70]

I would Like these in ear Monitor to give to my Son who is a guitarist

[@jdrissel]

I second on the KZ's. I have a pair of ZSR's with SpinFit tips. They are clear and go all the way down to 20hz. But I do sometimes wish they had the pivot connector.

[@gregblass3328]

Absolute crap. I’m so confused because these all sound like absolute garbage. If I start believing in Jesus will he make my $50 headphones sound half decent?!

[@robertdavis4562]

I want there because I want to give these to my guitar player, Chris Martin. Chris is plays acoustic. He works 60 hours a week just to pay his bills. He has a heart for God and serves His people in so many ways. He sings several songs as lead each week. As soon as he is off of the stage, he heads to Children’ Worship to lead worship for 20 minutes. He then makes his way back to the main worship center to end the worship service. He also leads worship for our youth every Wednesday Night. HERE’S THE RUB... His KZ ZST Pros were under water, as were all of the praise team’s. We had a high pressured 3” main burst in the church during a fire system inspection, flooding the entire church facility back on August 2nd. When testing the sprinkler system, the inspection company could not close the valve. They used another tool to give more torque. They still could not close the valve. However, they did crack the valve, which burst the line. For 90 minutes, we had high pressure water flooding through our facility. Upstairs, main worship area added on from the original church, suffered anywhere from 7” to 1’ of water damage. The lower elevation to the original building, which is now the fellowship hall, had almost 2’ of water, all of which flowed right downstairs. There sustained the WORST DAMAGE. There were area of 3’ - 4’ of water damage. It was insane! His were left his in ears downstairs from Wednesday’s Youth Ministry Worship Area. As noted above, downstairs was a complete loss. Anything down there had to be thrown out. There was no way to inventory the items that had to go. Thankfully, the rest of the team’s in ears were on stage, upstairs, out of the way of the rising water. His commitment to many areas of worship ministry caused him to lose his in ears. He didn’t push getting a new pair from the insurance settlement, as he couldn’t prove they were down there... gotta love Insurance! Also, when we have to spend $1.4 million to complete the whole facility, working on an insurance payout of $1.2 million. We literally just got back into the newest portion of the worship facility. They have also completed the bathrooms in the foyer connecting the two halves of the facilities to one. However, we have not been able to get into the fellowship hall and the youth and children’s ministry centers, which were downstairs, which sustained the most damage. The bright side of tragedy is that we wanted to gut out the whole downstairs and renovate them to fit current growth and future needs of those areas. That was going to be extremely costly for us, but we were able to do that with the additional 200K overage against the insurance money we received, alone with opening up our main level foyer. These projects together were going to run us 600K to complete. To get both completed for only 200K was a blessing from God. We will praise Him in good times as well as in the storms. God is blessing our church, giving us a new perspective of how we can serve our community outside the walls of the church. So many come into our community with blinders on. We are forcing the blinders off by using the local Recreation Center in the middle of our area of Rock Hill, the Northside Recreation Center. We have hosted basketball tournaments, sponsored the community candy giveaway on Halloween, held by the City of Rock Hill, as well as holding out Trunk or Treat there, where we had hundreds of families come through. Everything we do has a “Heart to God; Hand to Man” (William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army in 1865 in East End of London, known as London’s Skid Row). We held a community service day where we went in and painted the walls of the entire facility! We also sponsored and held the community wide Thanksgiving Meal and collected toys for the community Angel Tree, provided from the City of Rock Hill from their requests for assistance. We are also partnering with Now that we are back in the upper, main facility, we are continuing to meet the needs of those in OUR COMMUNITY, in the name of Jesus. We are adapting our building facility to meet the needs of our community. Chris has been there every step of the way. I have been proud of his renewed sense of serving God. However, he has yet to free up the finances to purchase new in ears. He is using my spare set of KZ ZST’s. It would be great to get him a new pair of in ears at no cost to him. He has sacrificed reimbursement to help fund additional costs to make the areas downstairs conducive for the youth and children ministries’ current & future needs. Please help God reward Chris Martin for good works through generosity of Worship Leader Hangout. Thank you for your consideration! God bless you for all you do to help worship leaders serve God with fresh and relevant perspectives. God bless. Robert Davis

[@elizabethpoole1226]

I am a worship leader at our church. All of my band members have in ears, except my bass player, who is currently playing on some headphones that he is constantly fighting with. I'd love to test them out and see if he likes them then maybe look into getting them for the band. I loved this video by the way! I currently have some KZ's, I forgot which ones I have, terrible I know, but I like them so far.

[@matthewrtrego]

One of our new young worship (Justin) leaders is giving me the opportunity to get away for a training in Louisville KY with Bob Kauflin for the Worship Matters Intensive. I'd love for him to have a good dedicated back-up set.

[@jakedoesmusic5372]

I´d give them to my bandmate, who is still playing with apple headphones and always wondering why his in ear mix sounds so shitty lol

[@giladkingsley]

They are really not that bad

[@jakedoesmusic5372]

@@giladkingsley There´s 0 isolation going on. couldn´t get worse for livesound

[@naufalrazani1449]

@@giladkingsley huhh??? cheaper IEM like KZ ZS3 which costs less than 10$ definitely sounds 10x (if not higher) better than the earpods

[@bentonpatrick24]

did you get a chance to test the blon bl-03?

[@WorshipLeaderHangout]

Not yet. I’ll check them out

[@lseger62]

I tried the 1st place BASN after research a year ago and there was no "body" (not just bass), and tinny. Settled on KZ AS10, but have the ZSTs also and for the money, quite balanced.

[@CallMeSqueaker]

What are your thoughts on using them in a classic rock band?

[@kentwyngaard8803]

The message at the end - the real quality - 50/50

[@UAC20]

Her name is Dulce. She has been leading worship at our church for over 12 years. Since we transitioned to in-ear monitors (about 1 year ago), she is the only one who does not own in-ear monitors in our group. Our church is a small congregation and I wanted to buy her a pair out of pocket, but my finances haven’t been great since May last year. Thanks for reading!

[@pastorterrymalone7581]

I want to give them to our worship team leader. He is pouring into our youth and training them to become the next worship leaders.

I use a pair of CCAs like the ones you reviewed, and they are very nice for the price. The BASN cost more nowadays (40 vs 65 more or less).

[@coreysanders6709]

We're working on switching our church's youth band over to in-ears. Several of the adult players have their own IEMs or can afford to buy their own. However, we have a young Keyboard player who is eagerly jumping in and working his butt off. I'd love to gift a set of IEMs to him to get him started off right.

[@bigseandaddy]

I want these in ears because I want to give them to one of my worship leaders. She’s an Australian that moved to America a few years ago to start a life here and became a worship leader. She has 1 baby and is expecting in the next week or so. She currently uses Apple headphones for her in ear monitoring. As a worship leader, I’d love her to have better in ears to be able to hear the band better and lead more confidently.

[@jakefenoff8132]

I would give these to my father because he runs sound at our church and lately he’s been running back of house so he needs a good pair of in ears. He has a pair of normal earbuds but we all know those aren’t the greatest; also his birthday is coming up in March so it would be a nice gift.

[@christophersuarez6761]

I’ll give then to our wl, because we just started using ie monitors, and he had helped me a lot, he even had helped me with school, to pay the music scholarship, idk if you guys are choosing Mexico subs, but I’ll try, he deserves more, but this will be for sure an upgrade

[@davidish981]

I would give it to myself, if that is possible. I'm an aux keys player (the guy on pads and synths) and it's really hard to hear myself when the whole band is playing. I was interested in the 3rd and 1st but my parents weren't able to get them (oh and I'm 16)...so I just use normal earphones instead .