IEM wireless mic headset.
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Been looking around for something like this. I know they aren't so cheap but it seems there would be a product that was basically a headset mic with a simple feed to your own ear as a monitor. It's a compromise not getting the full monitor but it should give me a zero latency monitor for myself and add very little to the cost. Anyone know an agile priced option like this?
Nope! I have looked, and I can’t find anything that is:
Wireless
Low enough latency
Decent sound quality
Reliable enough to be usable
Affordable
I don’t fully understand why I can buy a low latency guitar wireless system for $50 (and it works great!) but I need to spend more than 10x to get similar product for monitoring. It would be a bit clunky, but I have thought about using a cheap Chinese guitar wireless in reverse. Connect the transmitter to a mixer out and the receiver to a battery powered IEM amp. If it works, a little soldering and a plastic project case could eliminate adapter cables and shrink the footprint way down to a small box to clip on your belt.
Wireless
Low enough latency
Decent sound quality
Reliable enough to be usable
Affordable
I don’t fully understand why I can buy a low latency guitar wireless system for $50 (and it works great!) but I need to spend more than 10x to get similar product for monitoring. It would be a bit clunky, but I have thought about using a cheap Chinese guitar wireless in reverse. Connect the transmitter to a mixer out and the receiver to a battery powered IEM amp. If it works, a little soldering and a plastic project case could eliminate adapter cables and shrink the footprint way down to a small box to clip on your belt.
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It's a great question for which I have no answer, but a couple of thoughts...
A lot of wireless earbuds have too much latency for musician because they were not designed with low latency requirements.
I would suspect guitar wireless transceivers lack the flat response 20-20K frequency range that monitoring really needs because guitars are not full-range instruments.
I agree, if they do exist with monitor-worthy flat response and full range in a budget form, I'm in too.
A lot of wireless earbuds have too much latency for musician because they were not designed with low latency requirements.
I would suspect guitar wireless transceivers lack the flat response 20-20K frequency range that monitoring really needs because guitars are not full-range instruments.
I agree, if they do exist with monitor-worthy flat response and full range in a budget form, I'm in too.
There are digital guitar solutions with very low latency. Barely more than analog and not any more noticeable than standing a couple feet further from your amp. The problem with wireless headphones and earbuds is they all use Bluetooth which is a very high latency protocol in terms of live music.
The technology exists to build a suitable system that would retail under $100 but the market is so small, no one has jumped on it yet, and the Chinese will likely wait until there is a proven product for them to copy.