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<blockquote data-quote="brian maddox" data-source="post: 90852" data-attributes="member: 158">Re: How did you choose which IEM&#039;s to buy?That&#039;s the main reason that custom IEMs have been such a hard sell for so long.&nbsp; No way to demo.One way to mitigate this to some extent is to use an IEM processor.&nbsp; For some singers, any latency added might be a problem, but for most other band members they&#039;ll never notice.&nbsp; A processor allows you to tailor the sound of the IEM quite a bit to tune it to the listener&#039;s taste.&nbsp; Just like good speakers, so long as there&#039;s a decent amount of headroom in the system, you can really do quite a bit to change what these things sound like.&nbsp; If you&#039;re using [and carrying] a digital monitor desk, the console may have enough processing built in to do the job.&nbsp; I use a cheap Behringer processor for my IEMs and it&#039;s really worked well for me.&nbsp; I&quot;ve got two VERY different sets of customs [one i use as a backup] and i&#039;m able to get both of them sounding pretty good through the use of a little EQ and Dynamic Compression.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brian maddox, post: 90852, member: 158"] Re: How did you choose which IEM's to buy? That's the main reason that custom IEMs have been such a hard sell for so long. No way to demo. One way to mitigate this to some extent is to use an IEM processor. For some singers, any latency added might be a problem, but for most other band members they'll never notice. A processor allows you to tailor the sound of the IEM quite a bit to tune it to the listener's taste. Just like good speakers, so long as there's a decent amount of headroom in the system, you can really do quite a bit to change what these things sound like. If you're using [and carrying] a digital monitor desk, the console may have enough processing built in to do the job. I use a cheap Behringer processor for my IEMs and it's really worked well for me. I"ve got two VERY different sets of customs [one i use as a backup] and i'm able to get both of them sounding pretty good through the use of a little EQ and Dynamic Compression. [/QUOTE]

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