My band has decided to take the plunge and switch to in ear monitors (wireless).
Looking for some advice from people that have experience with IEM's.
Any particular brand recommended? Any you'd avoid?
We are looking at the Sennheiser ew300 series but they are not cheap by any means at USD$1000 a pop per transmitter/receiver. We're looking at having the front line players go wireless (Vocalist, Guitar player, Bass player) with the drummer using wired in-ears. We have already ordered a digital mixer (Allen & Heath QU-PAC) to handle the IEM mixing duties.
From my reading I understand we could get away with less than 3 individual units if we get crafty by sharing share some mixes (guitarist and bass get fed same mix for example). We could go one step further and split the L/R mix between the 3 of us, e.g. one stereo transmitter sending a mono mix of the stereo L to guitarist & bass plr, Stereo R is singers personal mix. This would require only one stereo transmitter, but we'd need to buy 2 additional body pack receivers (@ USD$500 each), Been doing a fair amount of research, but have found myself going in circles.
Any advice much appreciated!