Quote: It was just a basic iPhone App that is probably not overly accurate...

Quote: I've noticed that several makers advertise about 26 dB of ambient sound isolation. That's probably somewhat of a constant between CIEM's; so you could ditch your ear muffs . According to an iPhone App, our stage volume hits about 104 dB onstage; that's pretty loud! So, the AS-2's are...

Quote: Now that's where there's a BIG difference in isolation (and also why it's hard to tell what's really happening with the Shure's onstage): There's so much more ambient sound coming in with them, it's harder to distinguish what the Shure's really sound like. Occasionally when the I...

Quote: Hey anoxy,   You'd be surprised how little music I listen to outside of the show. After 8 (3 hour) shows a week plus practicing, I just want to give my ears a break...!   When the tour is over, I'll bring the AS-2's home :-).

Well, I see that the AS-2 thread is back alive & kicking! I have been using my pair for about 3 months now at over 20 hours/week playing sax onstage for a Broadway tour... At one point, I had to return them to have the filters(?) changed out because of a loss of sound in the left ear. During...

Thanks for asking about the mesh replacement for my AS-2'S Kenman. Before sending them I hadn't experienced any discomfort, just a loss of sound level in the left ear. They came back sounding good again :-). The only difference that I can see is a little transverse bar bisecting each ear...

Here's the latest from Dale about my AS-2's...   The mesh we have been using has become problematic for some people's ears so we have an update which will fix the issue.

*ALERT!   After sending Aurisonics an email about an almost complete loss of sound in my left AS-2, I received this reply from Andy:     Hi Michel,    Sorry you are having an issue. We will take care of it. We recently discovered a problem with the tip filters and just got the...

I do appreciate that Aurisonics offers a "bare bones" custom AS-2 and I wonder if the ambient port can be added as a retrofit...?   Quote:

I think that adding an AS-2 ambient port would be a good idea, providing that there would be no compromise to the original sound when fully closed. Although Andy had mentioned it, I'm not even 100% sure that they actually offer the option (and how much extra it would cost)... Kenman had...

Thanks for your insightful comments Terry about stage monitorIng. Who knows? I might have hated the ambient port! It just would have been nice to have that option... I'm sure that you would get more isolation (26db) with the custom-fits. There's a very loud (blank) gunshot in the MEMPHIS show...

I appreciate that you guys are willing to discuss the concerns of using IEM's "on stage" :-).   Generally, I would think that the the bass frequencies moving air is an indication of the strong low end capabilities of the AS-2's. It's just taking me a little re-adjusting to have the bass drum...

Here is Andy's email about my AS-2 port(s) and also a link to a basic brochure. He also makes recommendations about removing the cables:     "I was reminded yesterday that you ordered an AS-2 which doesn't come with an ambient port - only a bass port. And I don't see a note that you...

Thanks for your questions & comments Terry :-).   I had heard so much about how CIEM's would "change my life" & read so much about how the AS-2's were "game changers," that I didn't know WHAT to expect (maybe I would get that Bose speaker experience when you hear their demo on their...

I'll try and get some pictures taken of my AS-2's "at the gig".   I'm a little concerned about tugging at the wires, but I'll give it a try tonight... One the other hand, the fact that they are difficult to remove indicates just how snug they fit and that's a GOOD thing  ;-). I'm also...

Quote: You're welcome kuatto,   I got them basic with smoked shells and white cables; although I had ordered the out-of-stock black... They do add your initials (in red for right) and blue for left) free of charge. I didn't order them clear because I thought that they would look too...

Quote: Thanks for replying kenman, as it is a little intimidating to post with all you Head-Fi "heavies"  ;-).   I AM really enjoying them, once I got through the initial jolt of not being blown-away by the sound... Of course, these are my first customs and I am not playing in an ideal...

Hi Everyone,   First, I would like to thank everyone for their helpful posts that led me to buy some AS-2's :-). Secondly, I would like to clarify that I'm a sax player using them  on a tour of the Broadway show "MEMPHIS". Keeping that in mind, I would love to post my impressions after using...

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