wireless in ear monitors

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i need one of these for live, my band will be touring soon and i am shopping around

i like the price of the Rolls WPM61, has anyone used one of these? the only thing that seemed a turn off to me was one review said the volume was way too low

i looked at sure systems and of course they were nice, but id like to avoid spending extra cash if i dont have to, plus they probably have a ton of features that i could care less about.

my band is an industrial band and i will be singing, ill be the only one that needs close monitoring like this. mono is just fine with me

thanks in advance for any advice
 
I have worked with hundreds of bands now that use in ears. There really only seems to be one thing that almost all of them have in common. That one thing is Shure transmitters. Almost all of them have told me that they tried others, but only the Shures performed well EVERy night. There seem to be other good options as well, but none seem to perform as well until you spend at least $1000+ per channel. Most of these groups used differnt ear pieces, but Shure transmitters were used about 98% of the time. I personally reccomend the PSM 600's, or 700's (but the 700's aremuch more spendy). The PSM 200's seem cool, but they seem to run out of power pretty quick. The PSM 400's have good frequency selection, but are made with plastic belt packs that break much more often.
 
a grand a channel? damn, well, i would like some durability since i am going to be ripping the stage up =)

sound quality doesnt matter an extreme amount because i mostly just have to hear the kick as long as its loud enough
 
In order to really hear the kick over a loud band it will either have to have a lot of "clickiness" to it, or you will have to have really good, loud, earpieces.
 
I am currently using an Shure E2 earbud system (I don't think this is what is considered wirless though?? ) ........but we use a wireless pack and then the cord from the E2's plugs in to the pack, and it clips on your belt. .......the point is that I get plenty of volume from this set up, and good sound as well. I tried the more expensive E3's for a while, but the bass made them fart out instantly where as the E2's will rumble you brains out if you let it. :)

Don't know if that helps or not...

I'm not sure of the floater pack/receiver model, but it is Shure as well.

The E2 ear buds are only 100 bucks. :)

Rick
 
:o

I just checked the pricing on the receiver / packs ...

We are using the PSM 700's and 400's :eek: the 400's are around a grand, and the 700's........uh, over 2K . :)

Glad it's not my money!

Rick
 
The 400's are cool, but they have plastic packs. The 700's are pretty much top of the line. The 600's are a good compromise. Personally, the E2 earpieces sound OK. The E5's keep up MUCH better though if you havea really loud band behind you. I have the seen the E2 earpieces not put out enough for some musicians on many occasions. Then there are also all of the aftermarket ear brands as well. I think the biggest most important part is to just stick with the Shure's for the transmitter and receiver and than pick what ever pther earpieces you want. Custom molding them helps a lot as well:)
 
well im glad to hear a lot of responses, but let me break it down to the simplest level

in a lot of electronic genres nobody does crap on stage except the singer, this is more than likely going to be the case

the kick drum is not like an acoustic kick its like an analog drum machine kick but more distorted

the most i am spending is a grand but lets pretend i am only spending 600 max

thanks
john
 
Sorry, you said industrial, not electronica. With a lot of industrial bands the stage volume is very high. I really can't help you with any of the cheaper in ears because I never have to deal with those:)
 
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