the t.bone IEM 100 - 863 Mhz

An excellent in ear monitor. I use it for only my own vocal monitor. I can hear everyone else's from the onstage sound. It is absolutely perfect for this application and at last I can hear my own vocals in the monitor. I have my own headphone buds that I use, and I only use one bud, as I like to use the other ear for the onstage sound. Regarding quality of the feed, I don't know what other folks are going on about. I can hear myself, I'm not even mildly concerned in the sound quality. I need to hear myself so that I can sing in tune. With the rest of the band hammering away, I don't think I would be able to tell the difference between the highest quality hifi and the lowest quality. The sound quality is certainly good enough for me.

My only issue is with the belt pack. I wear a suit onstage and using a belt clip isn't suitable. If I could get a strong clip to attach it to my guitar strap, that would be perfect. I can feel a duct tape experience coming on.

Great product for me.

Generally, it works fine. Decent range and acceptable sound quality. There are, however, some issues with it:

- The battery cover won't close if using rechargeable batteries, as they are a bit larger than regular batteries. With rechargeable batteries, you have to keep the cover open.
- It needs a high input level. The line output from my Scarlett 2i4 was too low to be usable, so I had to use the headphone output instead.
- Unsure if the limiter works. I've tried triggering the limiter, but the "limiter" sign never comes on, and I certainly don't hear it in the headphones.
- Not much of a squelch. Make sure to turn the receiver off first, then the transmitter. Otherwise, you'll get really loud noise from the iems.

And now a note about 863 mHz devices. Some of the frequencies used by this product are also used in consumer wireless headphones and such. This makes it somewhat compatible with other products you may have at home, but you may also hear your neighbour's TV on your iem.

I've used this both for performers (get them to supply their own earbuds but the ones here are ok....) and for a "link" to remore hotel installed sound system. Here the minijack let me swap it for the "resident" iPod and the volume control was great for matching or zoning the levels. All this and no wires running through doors to trip people up! Battery life is good enough to last any reasonable wedding reception afternoon + evening. Only real drawback is that of bandwidth - you'll eat into the number of licence exempt channels you can run (4 in Ch70 in the UK) so lose number of radio mics...

First impression is great - these things have had a leap forward in 5-10 years. Good quality case and everything packed well inside. Even batteries for receiver and mounting brackets for antennas to bring them at front panel.

Getting them to use is simple and connection is ok. Menu is very easy to use and background light helps you to navigate. Settings are straightforward and with little or none experience you can set it up.

Sound quality. Compared to previous t.bone series this is a huge disadvantage. There is extreme high level of idle noise which of course will get to background and you will not hear it when using with normal/hot signal. Music sounds kind of old telephone (no matter if its mono or stereo). This might be ok for monitoring speech only, but with music material you should know this. Some bumping (automatic compression etc in circuit) also, but it is not the switchable limiter.

I play in an acoustic trip where we receive little sound back from our front of house speakers so we decided to buy into a monitoring system. We opted for the in-ear option instead of floor monitors to save our backs when transporting them. What a difference these things make! We bought 2 extra receiver packs as well. There is very little background noise coming from the system and the sound quality is very good. We have put the transmitter into our rack mount using the mounts provided and it has made it very portable. We are very pleased with this system. The headphones are good quality too. 2 of us have opted for the shure equivalent but the t-bones compete with them well. A great product.

I bought this product as a trial really, I'm a drummer and thought I would try this along with a set of in ear headphones to aid my hearing. The quality of build is excellent, the finish on the pack and the transmitter unit is excellent and the bonus of rack mounts being supplied is great. My only disappointment is that the system struggle with bass, when the music has high bass levels it tends to lose the signal. However I think this is good as it protects your hearing, it could be countered by buying a butt kicker if you are a drummer but the range of sound available is still more than acceptable.

This IEM system is fantastic value for money.

With 16 channels to choose from, for pub/club/function use, that's plenty.

It's easy to hook up the transmitter and receiver and the sound reproduction with the included phones is decent enough for a singer to use, however I would definitely recommend spending some extra cash on a good set of phones. I use Shure SCL3.

Using good phones means you get to appreciate that the system itself has really good sound quality from lows to highs, although (speaking as a bassist) the bass is perhaps a little lacking compared to some of the +£100s more expensive models.

The unit would be better kept in a rack rather than setting up every gig. We've not done that and you tend to notice that there's a price element built into the construction.

All in all though, unless you're going to be playing in situations where the available frequencies will be a limitation, there's no reason why this system plus some quality phones won't be every bit as good as other systems costing loads more.

I have now gigged this set-up professionally over the last few years and it has caused almost zero issues.

It is a single aerial system so you need to keep the line of sight to the pack decent, but the quality is great through my Ultimate Ears UE-7 moulds, which I run in stereo, and I have no complaints.

I use duracell rechargeable batteries in the pack, and this easily does 3 or 4 gigs worth, and the pack is light.

I had the pack replaced around 6 months in as the battery compartment flap would not stay closed but the replacement has been 100% fine.

Very good value for money, comes in a protective case (mine is rack mounted) and the other suggestion I would have to a buyer is look on eBay for a less bulky power unit, as I now have a much smaller one, which has been better.