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Round trip on Jetblue SLC to Seattle $250 to $300. Book now and it could be less.
That’s a great price. Heck, it’ll cost that much to ship your Tbird out and back with FedEx. Might even make sense to buy a seat for the bird, at least it won’t get damaged that way.
My experience with IEMs is that you still hear pretty much everything. You just hear the mix far better without having it blasted at you while you are being blasted by stage volume. IEMs would be really great while playing drums or on a big stage with less than ideal FOH support. Being able to hear what other members of the band are doing really makes a difference. Who knew? And, being able to hear yourself clearly while singing means less belting and better singing. It can also be awful, depending on whether your intonation is shaky at the moment, but that's a different issue.
I like open back cans for that purpose. IEMs are a little like open back cans or foam ear plugs in my experience. You still hear pretty much everything.
Both long since paid for. The old one was dirt cheap when I picked it up. The new one sure wasn't, but so it goes. As I recall, wireless IEM systems weren't all that available when I got the new one, and the stuff I was doing at the time didn't require that kind of thing so much. Plus I wasn't doing any vocals at the time. But, priorities. I'm not selling either ACC stack.
I know what you mean. I'm not fond of headphones or earbuds for any length of time. I don't mind either for a while.... I know really good IEMs fit well, but I'm not paying that kind of money, and then be like a good number of people and not like and use them. There's certainly no right or wrong. If it works that's fantastic. I would like the cleanness and limiting stage volume, and know sound people love the idea, but currently what I'm doing isn't loud. I prefer to not have things in my ears and I want to hear the nice rig I play through.
All very good points (which is why you made them, right!). We (some) tried them at church (sound guy was really pushing for them, for obvious reasons). My concern that I voiced was that it could hinder the drummer hearing just how loud he was playing. He would get into it and play harder, which is something of a natural tendency. I realize they would not block out everything that he might hear, but that's what happened. After a while he didn't even like them. The singer and a guitar player tried them and after a few weeks he also gave up. That's no reflection on the value of IEMs, clearly they work and work well. The problem of it not working for us may have been all on our end, or just mean they weren't ideal for our church setting where really loud volumes are not an issue in the first place. We were thinking that each person could have the mix they wanted, which is a great option. If I was ever in a setting where we did use them, I would likely get something like a Fly Rig. No point having expensive amps if not really hearing them as intended.
) and had a nice relaxed Southern way of presenting the music on his show.
