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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Johnson" data-source="post: 216964" data-attributes="member: 2643"><p>I know you've mentioned these devices in another topic - but purely on the safety aspect. You will soon find out with IEMs, especially the sealed mould types that ANY click can be painful, and plugging in a guitar or mic, or even the drummer smacking the snare mic can be horrible. hence most people run limiters on their monitors, and monitors close in can be just as bad if they are powerful and near your ears - like some sit down keyboard players use them. If anybody squirts uncontrolled noise into a sealed ear canal it can hurt, but this is why you really need decent kit - to minimise the risk. The good news is that battery powered devices like the Behringer might not be able to generate the same SPL as you'd get a few feet from a monitor fed with umpteen hundred Watts of amp0 power. Normally, you don't have the gain knob turned up that high anyway - so damage is always possible, but perhaps no worse than a loud monitor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul Johnson, post: 216964, member: 2643"] I know you've mentioned these devices in another topic - but purely on the safety aspect. You will soon find out with IEMs, especially the sealed mould types that ANY click can be painful, and plugging in a guitar or mic, or even the drummer smacking the snare mic can be horrible. hence most people run limiters on their monitors, and monitors close in can be just as bad if they are powerful and near your ears - like some sit down keyboard players use them. If anybody squirts uncontrolled noise into a sealed ear canal it can hurt, but this is why you really need decent kit - to minimise the risk. The good news is that battery powered devices like the Behringer might not be able to generate the same SPL as you'd get a few feet from a monitor fed with umpteen hundred Watts of amp0 power. Normally, you don't have the gain knob turned up that high anyway - so damage is always possible, but perhaps no worse than a loud monitor. [/QUOTE]
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