Small IEM Limiter?

[MNAirHead]

totally ghetto way of doing it...

Old Korg Pandora?

[seamonkey]

On the cheap
HeadWize - Project: Designing A Limiter For Headphone Amplifiers (A HeadWize Design Paper)

[jovino]

Sorry for the old thread resurrect, but this is something that I am currently interested in. I'm looking for a simple, in-line limiter for my wired IEM system.

I have managed to locate the HeadWize article on Designing A Limiter For Headphone Amplifiers. While it might be exactly what I am looking for, it just seems far too simple.

As I continued my research, I found an in-line BBC Headphone Limiter. The size and application are exactly what I am looking for, however these units appear to have been designed/manufactured in the '80s and may no longer be available.

For $200, the PreservEar system looks like it will do the job, but I am struggling with the price.

On the cheap/experimental side of the fence, there are the Griffin MyPhones and the Maxell SafeSounds which limit to 85db nad 95db, respectively. I'm guessing that they might just contain a simple passive circuit similar to the HeadWize and/or the BBC Limiters. I could potentially gut them for the suitable parts and make a little adapter.



Ideas? Thoughts?

Thanks!

[Bassamatic]

Whatever you choose, it must be a "Brick Wall" (zero overshoot) type limiter for proper hearing protection. You will always be using it too loud, and the threshold between loud and damage can get very very small.

[Wadge]

I've not tried it but as Rock-On-Audio have the Tasty Blender which is similar to the Rolls PM351. The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't have an XLR imput.

[jovino]

I'm running my mic and bass DI thru the Rolls, as well as bringing in the house mix. The TastyBlender doesn't have instrument or Mic thru.

This unit still has possibility since I can have 3 inputs; I'd just need a splitter for the mic.

Thanks.

[Rip Topaz]

The Tasty Blender looks very promising. My old drummer had the Rockbox Limiter, and he loved it. Being able to pull a signal from a speaker level feed is a definite plus.
I wish there was a way to audition the Tasty Blender before buying.

[Wadge]

Originally Posted by jovino

I'm running my mic and bass DI thru the Rolls, as well as bringing in the house mix. The TastyBlender doesn't have instrument or Mic thru.

This unit still has possibility since I can have 3 inputs; I'd just need a splitter for the mic.

Thanks.

The only advantages the tasty blender has over the Rolls are the limiter (which I feel is really important when dealing with IEMs) and the ability to change the bass EQ.

Now if the Rolls had a limiter I would purchase it immediately

[mog416]

Maybe take a look at Posse Audio. Yeah it may seem a little cheesy but I'm kinda liking it. I get a feed from the board, add my bass and vocals and adjust to my liking. It has 2 condenser mics for ambience. I'm also using 1964 ears (quads)

[Synthax]

Ive been looking iinto IEM and mixing and limiting myself, i came across rockon audio. they sell two things, the rockbox which is a headphone amp/limiter and the tasty blender which is mixer ,headphone amp and has 3 limiters in it (not sure what that means, just read it) that's the option im now looking at . built in limiter, more me function and 3 inputs.
http://www.rockonaudio.com/?page=home

take care
Neil