Holybanana
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Well, I got my Shure E500's about two monthes ago, and I absolutely love them!
At the moment, I'm using the out of my iPods and out of my PC, both with my 06 Total Bithead.
Now, as a drummer, I want to start using them at my bands rehearsals and gigs, but I have to get some hearing protection before, right?
If you have some knowledge about IEM's as used by musicians, you skip the following paragraph and scroll down straight to my questions.
By blocking almost all external noise and putting a super hi fidelity speaker right next to your eardrum, you can hear exactly what you want to hear at a much lower volume. The volume can be kept low since you don't have to fight with ambient noise and the sound does'nt have to travel far.
But - Not using the required safety equipment with IEM's means risking permanent hearing damage, and we should not, under any circumstances plug IEM's directly into a sound board.
A sudden volume surge or feedback coming through could cause irreversible damage in less then one second.
A proper IEM setup will have the IEM's plugged into a belt pack (with wired or wireless). This belt pack has a volume control that the user can control. There is no chance of someone accidently turning up the volume on you which can EASILY happen on a sound board. Most belt packs also have a limiter that you can set which once set up, makes it impossible for any sounds over a certain level to come through, even if you accidently turn the volume up. Most IEM tranmitters have limiters as well. This doubles the protection.
And to my questions-
Is Shure's PSM systems the only solution?
For example, my Total Bithead won't function as a limiter, right?
Are there any cheaper devices that will do the work until I'll have the money for a PSM?
Lets say that I will decide to save enough money in otder to purchase one of Shure's PSM, as a drummer, I think that a wired system will be ok for my needs, since I do not move a lot (if all) on the stage. What do you think? do I have any reason to get a wireless system?
In our rehearsals, we use a small 6 channels mixer.
Which PSM system will you recommend for me?
I'm thinking about going with the wired PSM 400 - P4MHWE3 , which includes the P4M Mixer, and then sell the E3's to one of my band members, or just buying the other parts from this package without the headphones, because I have nothing to do with the E3's.
Any other suggestions or tips?
Thanks a lot guys, this subject is really important to me.
At the moment, I'm using the out of my iPods and out of my PC, both with my 06 Total Bithead.
Now, as a drummer, I want to start using them at my bands rehearsals and gigs, but I have to get some hearing protection before, right?
If you have some knowledge about IEM's as used by musicians, you skip the following paragraph and scroll down straight to my questions.
By blocking almost all external noise and putting a super hi fidelity speaker right next to your eardrum, you can hear exactly what you want to hear at a much lower volume. The volume can be kept low since you don't have to fight with ambient noise and the sound does'nt have to travel far.
But - Not using the required safety equipment with IEM's means risking permanent hearing damage, and we should not, under any circumstances plug IEM's directly into a sound board.
A sudden volume surge or feedback coming through could cause irreversible damage in less then one second.
A proper IEM setup will have the IEM's plugged into a belt pack (with wired or wireless). This belt pack has a volume control that the user can control. There is no chance of someone accidently turning up the volume on you which can EASILY happen on a sound board. Most belt packs also have a limiter that you can set which once set up, makes it impossible for any sounds over a certain level to come through, even if you accidently turn the volume up. Most IEM tranmitters have limiters as well. This doubles the protection.
And to my questions-
Is Shure's PSM systems the only solution?
For example, my Total Bithead won't function as a limiter, right?
Are there any cheaper devices that will do the work until I'll have the money for a PSM?
Lets say that I will decide to save enough money in otder to purchase one of Shure's PSM, as a drummer, I think that a wired system will be ok for my needs, since I do not move a lot (if all) on the stage. What do you think? do I have any reason to get a wireless system?
In our rehearsals, we use a small 6 channels mixer.
Which PSM system will you recommend for me?
I'm thinking about going with the wired PSM 400 - P4MHWE3 , which includes the P4M Mixer, and then sell the E3's to one of my band members, or just buying the other parts from this package without the headphones, because I have nothing to do with the E3's.
Any other suggestions or tips?
Thanks a lot guys, this subject is really important to me.
