[Harp-L] Re: Personal Monitor

[Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cheapest monitor option is a owered speaker like the QSC K Series.
Lots of options around $3-500 and they will all work great.

On Jan 23, 12:04 am, Richard Trafford-Owen
<richardtraffordo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I play in quite a few small venues where the band does not use a PA and I have no monitoring other than my own amp. Even when we set up or use a PA, I have great trouble getting decent monitoring. Poor monitoring means I cannot hear myself and it makes me blow harder, which damages my harps that otherwise last a very long time. I've tried putting my amp at ear level or pointing it up at me. I've tried turning it up, of course, too.
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> Has anyone tried personal monitoring devices that they could critique? I have good in-ear phones that could be plugged into the appropriate device. I've seen the Rolls Personal Monitor Amp, which has been mentioned in passing on the list. Cheap, but any good? I worry about the pass-through quality. Galaxy and Nady make $200 models and offer wireless capability. They go up in price from there. Also, I've seen personal monitor speaker systems that may be preferable to in-ear. I play through two different amps, one is a tube amp that probably has to be miked to get an output but the other has an output that can be used directly. Sometimes I play through the PA.
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> In-ear v. speaker
> Pass-through issues
> Mix vs. just my sound
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> Thanks for any ensuing discussion!
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> Richard