the t.bone IEM 100 - 863 Mhz

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.