DYI in-ear monitor

oldcatfish · #1 01-20-2013, 12:44 PM

Hello everyone,

I have been playing a lot of different venues lately, and the monitor situation ranges from high end fully in-ear systems, to mediocre (at best) wedge systems with to few monitors.

So, I was thinking--I know that there are products made to tap a headphone into a PA system...and I know that some of you have done it. Any advice. I am on an extreme budget here, so just how cheap can I go (but still get something decent and reliable)? I should mention, I do already have heaphones that I use for full in-ear systems, just looking on advice for the rest of it.

Thanks

troy mcclure · #2 01-20-2013, 02:03 PM

use a headphone amp feed from the aux send on the pa...
You could get a headphone cord extension and then pair it with your bass cord with zip ties every foot or so and then leave the slack at each end.

Steve Dallman · #3 01-22-2013, 05:51 PM

In the 90's, I found a Jensen wireless headphone setup that had a small receiver, designed to plug whatever headphones into. I plugged the transmitter into the headphone out on the mixer, and used my ear buds with the receiver (which was the size of a pager.) The transmit range wasn't great, so if we were using a snake, I'd run the headphone out into the snake (using adapters I made) using one of the mic lines, and keep the transmitter on my bass head. I paid around $50 for this unit, and I still use it today. Not state of the art, but great for cheapskate, broke guys like me.

musicman7722 · #4 01-23-2013, 08:46 AM

Tons of threads here on this subject.

TimmyP · #5 01-26-2013, 11:34 PM

Radial has a speaker tap box, but I don't think it has a protective limiter ;-(

SteveC · #6 01-27-2013, 12:33 AM

I take an aux out from the board into a Rolls PM50S personal headphone amp. It's wired but that's fine as I don't do any wireless any more. I just stand around. Works great.

derrico1 · #7 01-27-2013, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by oldcatfish

So, I was thinking--I know that there are products made to tap a headphone into a PA system...and I know that some of you have done it.

You might be thinking of Rock On Audio's Rockbox. It has a built-in limiter, it can be daisy-chained from a monitor, and it lets you blend in a more-me signal.

This isn't a product I've used, but I'm just putting you on the trail.