Carvin In ears

Randy Gartner

Randy Gartner

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I am in need of some budget in ears for a member of the band I provide for.If I was buying for myself,I wouldn't be looking at Carvin,but I don't want to spend alot for someone else.It will be beneficial to me to get him on ears.I have owned some Carvin stuff in the past and know it's not the best but seemed to hold up.So my question is,has anyone actually used the Carvin IEM's? What are the pro's and cons?
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Re: Carvin In ears

How about looking for some used Senny G2 300 series IEM's? Might be a bit more but they are almost universally accepted.

Wireless is the one area that going cheap never pays off in my experience. If it isn't dropping out or scans poorly, it'll have a poor S/N ratio or noisy companding circuit... or all of the above. I haven't used the Carvin system so for all I know it might be fine, however I've run into (and replaced) so many bad systems that at this point I prefer to stick to known quantities, even if it means going used or waiting until more funds are available.
 
Re: Carvin In ears

Peter Etheredge said:
How about looking for some used Senny G2 300 series IEM's? Might be a bit more but they are almost universally accepted.

Wireless is the one area that going cheap never pays off in my experience. If it isn't dropping out or scans poorly, it'll have a poor S/N ratio or noisy companding circuit... or all of the above. I haven't used the Carvin system so for all I know it might be fine, however I've run into (and replaced) so many bad systems that at this point I prefer to stick to known quantities, even if it means going used or waiting until more funds are available.
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+1 They will have better resell value also.
 
Re: Carvin In ears

Peter Etheredge said:
How about looking for some used Senny G2 300 series IEM's? Might be a bit more but they are almost universally accepted.

Wireless is the one area that going cheap never pays off in my experience. If it isn't dropping out or scans poorly, it'll have a poor S/N ratio or noisy companding circuit... or all of the above. I haven't used the Carvin system so for all I know it might be fine, however I've run into (and replaced) so many bad systems that at this point I prefer to stick to known quantities, even if it means going used or waiting until more funds are available.
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+1 to this also. A member of the band I work for has been on ears for several years now. He started off with Shure PSM200 series, which I would consider equal if not better than the Carvin offering. Never had any serious issues with them, but have since bought him a used G2 300 series and he has been extremely pleased. I believe there is a used set in the Marketplace right now.

EDIT: Smartphones have ruined my spelling/typing skills...
 
Re: Carvin In ears

Peter Etheredge said:
How about looking for some used Senny G2 300 series IEM's? Might be a bit more but they are almost universally accepted.

Wireless is the one area that going cheap never pays off in my experience. If it isn't dropping out or scans poorly, it'll have a poor S/N ratio or noisy companding circuit... or all of the above. I haven't used the Carvin system so for all I know it might be fine, however I've run into (and replaced) so many bad systems that at this point I prefer to stick to known quantities, even if it means going used or waiting until more funds are available.
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+1

Someone once told me, "a $10,000 wireless system will never beat a $4 mic cable." With that in mind, cheaping out wireless is typically a bad idea if the use is critical. I guess monitoring systems are probably less critical to making sound than microphones, but I would still look into older used Pro systems before buying anything Carvin. I've seen cheap wireless before and most people would be better served by burning the money they used to purchase it for heat.
 
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