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Shure SE215 IEMs?

#25
I use the 215s with Comfy tips and work just great. I have a Rolls PM351 with my bass plugged into it and the output is balanced to FOH. Aux monitor feed from FOH mixer to the 351 for my IEMs. Think ill keep this setup for a long time, as I'm a poor musician :)
 
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#27
MK1 said:
I would not recommend them at all if you are planning to use them with bass, they are quite poor for that use. If you can afford them you can get a set of Future Sonic Atrio M5s for about $160 on amazon, these seem to be pretty well respected here. When I switched from the SE215 to my Westone UM2s it made a world of difference. Using the 215s I could only have the lead singer, his guitar, and my bass otherwise I could not hear my bass at all (even then it was a struggle), but when I switched to the Westones I was able to add anything I wanted without fear of losing myself in the mix.
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I have a pair of SE215's, not used as IEM's but for listening to music and the bass through them is superb! If the earphones are not in your ears just right you will not get the bass response.
 
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#28
I am in a new "2 guitar" band and when I joined I convinced the entire band to go IEM with no stage amps :hyper:. I nearly fell over when they said yes, guess they really wanted me. :bassist:

Anyway they are all kinda tapped out so they all bought the Shure 215. We have only rehearsed so far but they all like them. I have Westone UM2's and I have enjoyed them very much. What I didn't like about the shures was the heavy cable on top that needs to be bent around the ear. I much prefer the UM2 for fit. As for the comment above about how bad the UM2's are for clarity I must disagree. I don't have much exp. with other quality buds but I can hear everything in mine that I put in. I play 5 string bass with no issues and there is plenty of clarity as well. I have gone so far as to buy a poor mans splitter snake as well as a Mackie DL1608 mixer for my own IEM setup. When called upon I can use the mixer for both ears and foh but usually just ears.
 
#29
I think my 215s are great. Good job with isolating, and good job with reproducing bass. While I don't have a lot of other points of comparison (ok, no other points of comparison), I can't imagine why I would a) spend more money on a pair for how often I use them, or b) feel the need to upgrade on either of the isolation or sound quality fronts.

In other words, highly satisfied, highly recommended.
 
#30
I used 215's for about 6 mos. I convinced everyone in my band to do it and as far as I know we did everything right. We had separate mixes, eq's on each mix, and I was running a carvin em900 wireless into the shure se215 ears. At first I thought It was so cool. The more and more we went on with it over time, I started to get picky with my mix. I would crank the bass in my mix and still never felt like I could "feel" it. It was there, it just didn't feel good at all. I don't know if thats just the way using ears is or if my mix was just jacked. I pretty much gave up in the middle of a gig one night and threw the ears away and hooked a powered speaker to my aux and I felt like I had been liberated. When I used the ears by myself messing around on an electronic drum set it sounded like I was playing drums in Madison Square Garden and when I used them with my irig to practice bass it sounded great. I think they are great buds, I just don't think I could get into the whole ears thing in a live setting. I'm bummed because I was ready to ditch my whole rig and just go in ears. Now I'm looking at buying another 810. haha. I'm out of my mind. :)
 
#31
I've been using the same set of 215s for almost a year now.
I know I'll need a new set soon. I love them! I got them because
I used to wear earplugs all the time. The plugs protected me from the
cymbals but I could only "feel" my bass. Never could hear myself
clearly. I got the in-ears and a small mixer to run my bass thru.
I only need to hear my own bass thru the in-ears. I can hear the
other instruments just fine although with a nice volume cut.
But now I wonder if I'm damaging my hearing more by having
bass pumped directly in my ears.......
 
#32
For what it's worth, I use the se215's as my stage monitor. I run 5 string bass, keyboard bass/bass pedals, and my vocal through it. Never an issue with the low end! I have had issues in the past with monitor engineers not paying attention or just not getting my mix where I want it with wedges. I took a small mackie mixer, ran my vocal, keys, and bass DI's into a splitter unit from Proco. one feed goes to the monitor board, then to FOH. the other lines come into my mixer. the mixer feeds my wireless system, into my se215's. I have full control of my three sound sources on my ears. Now to get the rest of the band into my ears I use a condenser mic to pick up the stage instruments. I blend all four sources in my mixer/ in ears, and I'm good to go. Do I have every stage instrument blended perfectly in my ears? No. But I don't need to hear everything like FOH needs to. All I really need to hear is the kick, snare, and hats. The songs are so well rehearsed that I don't have to hear backing vocals or every little keyboard part. As far as my vocal pitches I know what they are and reference off of my bass notes. I don't even need to really hear the lead vocal either. My ears aren't cluttered with too many sources. We play bigger concert types stages and I use this system. As long as I get the mic positioned near the drum kit, I'm good. Like it or hate it. It works for me. Just thought I'd share.
 
#34
I sold my E215's with the PSM200 system I used.. The buds were OK for entry-level single driver, but being universals.. didn't fit my ears well at all. To add to that, the PSM200 isn't true stereo, so I mostly monitored in mono, which probably detracted from the experience I might have had with the 215s'..
I've long ago moved on.. now using 1964 A8's with a Senn G3 IEM system - in stereo.. Couldn't be happier.
 
#35
mozilla314 said:
I've been using the same set of 215s for almost a year now.
I know I'll need a new set soon. I love them! I got them because
I used to wear earplugs all the time. The plugs protected me from the
cymbals but I could only "feel" my bass. Never could hear myself
clearly. I got the in-ears and a small mixer to run my bass thru.
I only need to hear my own bass thru the in-ears. I can hear the
other instruments just fine although with a nice volume cut.
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This is exactly my experience prior to using IEM's and finding the right mix. It was super frustrating for the longest time, glad i made the switch. I run the 215s and for a single driver unit, with a four piece band running back tracks and click in a cover band, i feel they "do the job". No real complaints here and dont feel the need to get something more expensive or something with multiple drivers. I chose the 215s after reading several reviews, they seemed to be the best bang for the buck.
 
#39
musicman7722 said:
I just got in a new pair of Westone UM20's on sale for $179.00 Tried them out whit just ipad music and wow what a different 5 years has made. the sound between these and my 5 year old UM2's is quite a difference. Gents if you are using the 215's you just don't know what you are missing. You deserve a better experience.
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but WHY are they better? whats the difference you speak of, between the um20's and the 215's? Can you elaborate or describe your experience with both?

id be curious to see a link to the um pro 20's, i see $299 on sweetwater.
 
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