You will never get “live show” bass from an (closed) IEM due to the occlusion effect, FWIW.
I always thought that being a stage monitor/audio engineer for a band was one of the coolest jobs of all time. Being able to literally surround your self with audio as an occupation is up there for me on the ‘Dream Jobs list’ - right next to F1 Driver and Marine Biologist 
3 Likes
And…it’s a driver or collection of…the size of my pinky nail that are inside my ear and all the compensations and psychoacoustic tricks in the world can never change that…it will always be a cobbled togeth attempt at being what it’s not.
If any set ever did unlock some key it would not look like a Harman and therefore would be shot down by many due to it’s graph.
Somewhere in some forum now or before was arguing into the void and he mighta been a lifelong musician, studio hand and he’d get blown off as easy as a company Stan cuz the graph looks wack ( to folks born into this game in last 5 years)
1 Like
Porn star - Hitman or the next SRV/Hendrix was my 3 growing up 
2 Likes
Well, I should have said “never with current IEM technology” as I fully expect we’ll solve the occlusion issue, probably, with even smaller drivers in the future (MEMS?)
Oh…I drool over that tech.
I hope it’s not exclusive to the bonkers boutique brands for 1st year
(I’ll pay anyway)
2 Likes
As a musician who has done many live shows, sound check is normally done in more than one part. The first part being time to allow the sound guys to get the mix right for the audience sound. The next part being to get the monitor mix right for the musicians. It can get more complicated and broken down further, but the point is, the two are and ought to be separate because what the musicians need to be hearing to monitor their performance is nothing like the sound you want to be pumping to the audience.
In all the many sound checks I have gone through, I have never been involved in one where the sound pumped through the mains and the band’s IEMs is the same or even dependent on one another.
8 Likes
5 Likes
@hawaiibadboy Any further news regarding the MSE? I have not received my unit yet. FATfreq was expecting new cables for this set.
1 Like
I got a mail about 1 week ago saying they would have the new cables right about now.
I’d expect they will ship this week with the new cables
2 Likes
Hi Chris, it’s an oldie that still does the rounds (like the HD600 or the IER-Z1R) but I have no idea about its sound really - have you ever heard the Xelento?
1 Like
I have. I owned it about 4 years back. I was on my BLON 03 ride and was not impressed but I was young and dumb and probably should grab listen and measure.
2 Likes
I’m super curious about that black filter, looking forward to what you think, Chris 
4 Likes
Me too
10 char
2 Likes
FATfreq has shipped my MSE. Next week should be here.
4 Likes
I just got notice of the updated cable coming so looks like my vid is coming next week
Congrats BTW. 
2 Likes
DLC diaphragm… ergonomic shell…
Edit: Price is KEY. If I’m understanding shoppee correctly, 2700RMB = 383.28USD = nope from me. (I wasn’t understanding it correctly) so it’s NTD, and is just north of 80USD. That’s better!
4 Likes
ahem Say what now? Sometimes I hate this stupid hobby…
…
I take it back baby, don’t be mad. I just say things I don’t mean.
2 Likes