ilciumbia
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Hi all,
I am new to the forum, luckily I found you guys because I am about to make a big leap towards an IEM and, having little or no experience at all, I need your help!
First thing, I am about to choose an IEM for live, on-stage performance. Since I sing in an amateur musical group (we are planning to do a revised 'Notre Dame de Paris', just to let you understand the genre), I cannot afford to spend $500 for a custom molded in-ear system, at least not yet! So I am trying to find the best tradeoff between quality and price.
For an on-stage performace, I need an earphone which is possibly quite insulating from external noise, but at the same time it must provide the necessary clarity and sharpness to let me hear both the backing track and my voice clearly. I can also add that they must be very stable in the ear (for this I am thinking of using foam ear plugs, which seem to offer good insulation, stability and comfort...). During our last rehersal, I tried an ordinary in-ear (I do not know the brand) which sounded terrible: rumbling sounds, no definition... in a word, more noise than sound. Poor isolation, too.
I also tried a Shure IEM (I do not know the model, unfortunately) and things were a little better: improved clarity, volume and less confusion in the sounds. The ear muff was more rigid than usual, translucent white.
I have toured a few electronics shops around, and I have seen a lot of different consumer-grade IEMs and some of them, compared to expensive IEMs specifically designed for live performance and sold in musical instruments shops, appear to be better: I am referring to SPL and frequency response. Neverthless, since I am not too willing to rely on printed specs only, but I prefer direct experience, here is my question:
- has anyone of you a direct experience of consumer IEMs that can be proficiently used for on-stage perfomance? Which one could you suggest? Can good performance in music listening mean equally good performance on-stage?
I can add that, after reading quite a few threads discussing different IEMs, I have come to the conclusion that there is a range of potentially interesting products out there, like:
- Sennheiser CX300 (possibly CX500, but for some reason the CX300 still appears to be a little better);
- Etymotic (many models)
- UE super.fi 3 or 5
- Philips SHE9700 or 9850
- Shure SE110
- ER-6i
Of course this is just a rough list I compiled, more important is your experience, though; so please feel free to suggest any brand/model you have had good experience with.
Sorry I have been long... but is is my first post and I wanted to make it nice!
Thank you very much to you all!
Best regards,
Paolo.
I am new to the forum, luckily I found you guys because I am about to make a big leap towards an IEM and, having little or no experience at all, I need your help!
First thing, I am about to choose an IEM for live, on-stage performance. Since I sing in an amateur musical group (we are planning to do a revised 'Notre Dame de Paris', just to let you understand the genre), I cannot afford to spend $500 for a custom molded in-ear system, at least not yet! So I am trying to find the best tradeoff between quality and price.
For an on-stage performace, I need an earphone which is possibly quite insulating from external noise, but at the same time it must provide the necessary clarity and sharpness to let me hear both the backing track and my voice clearly. I can also add that they must be very stable in the ear (for this I am thinking of using foam ear plugs, which seem to offer good insulation, stability and comfort...). During our last rehersal, I tried an ordinary in-ear (I do not know the brand) which sounded terrible: rumbling sounds, no definition... in a word, more noise than sound. Poor isolation, too.
I also tried a Shure IEM (I do not know the model, unfortunately) and things were a little better: improved clarity, volume and less confusion in the sounds. The ear muff was more rigid than usual, translucent white.
I have toured a few electronics shops around, and I have seen a lot of different consumer-grade IEMs and some of them, compared to expensive IEMs specifically designed for live performance and sold in musical instruments shops, appear to be better: I am referring to SPL and frequency response. Neverthless, since I am not too willing to rely on printed specs only, but I prefer direct experience, here is my question:
- has anyone of you a direct experience of consumer IEMs that can be proficiently used for on-stage perfomance? Which one could you suggest? Can good performance in music listening mean equally good performance on-stage?
I can add that, after reading quite a few threads discussing different IEMs, I have come to the conclusion that there is a range of potentially interesting products out there, like:
- Sennheiser CX300 (possibly CX500, but for some reason the CX300 still appears to be a little better);
- Etymotic (many models)
- UE super.fi 3 or 5
- Philips SHE9700 or 9850
- Shure SE110
- ER-6i
Of course this is just a rough list I compiled, more important is your experience, though; so please feel free to suggest any brand/model you have had good experience with.
Sorry I have been long... but is is my first post and I wanted to make it nice!
Thank you very much to you all!
Best regards,
Paolo.