IEM's

Looking to try out a set and may set the whole band up with them. Any recomendations on a set of ear phones? Decent but not too much $$.

Unfortunately it's very much a "You get what you pay for" situation for IEM. I've only used the cheap ones and they were not very good. I have known bands that swear by them but once again they spent the money for the good stuff. Everybody also agrees the ear-buds have to be of good quality as well.

My band uses IEMs but generally only for gigs. We've tried using them for practice, but unless you have a sound tech with you at every practice things tend to get difficult. With that being said, only me(the singer) and the drummer use them. Our other members just prefer to use the floor monitors.

The IEMs we use are Shure PSM 200s. They are expensive ($600 a set), but they work and we've had no trouble with them. I've heard of people buying cheaper ones and the horror stories that come with those. The reason we chose the PSM 200s is because they are the cheapest good quality IEMs we could find, and I'm an avid fan of Shure.

--hope this helps

I've had great results with Klipsch IEMs. Mine were only $50. I used to use those cheap $7 IPOD type earplug type earphones but they kept on falling out of my ears. The Klipsch ones have wire that you can mold to the shape of your ears and come with different size inserts for your ear canals for a perfect fit.

I had a band where the bass player tried talking me into them so he could play louder. He was already too loud to begin with and I really didn't care for them. They were uncomfortable and they made things that much more difficult.

I think it depends a lot on the type of music you play but you have to be careful that they don't become a device for your band's volume to become out of control.

Other than that...... IMO it's a personal decision.