ME-1 and Wireless IEM

[Creator]

Trying to put some information together for Wireless IEMs for our pastor. Looking at the ME-1s They are more for being hardwired? I’m assuming they are able to handle Wireless IEMs just not sure What We need. We are running a qu-24 with ar2412 so avioms are out of the question since the board won’t handle it. If we wanted to run enough for 6 people what all would I need? Me-u? or just get a cheaper PoE switch? ME-1s, assuming I need 6 if everyone want’s their own feed. Then if we are doing wireless I’m assuming we would need to get 6 of these or something like them https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OV87YY?keywords=sennheiser%20in%20ear%20monitor&qid=1445395882&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

OR could we just forget the ME-1s and switch and just get the Wireless IEMs

benefits or drawbacks of either setup.

any help with this would be great. I personally don’t have any experience with IEMs just trying to figure out what we would need to get setup.

thanks for your help

[David Haughton]

Hi Creator, you would just need to connect the local stereo output of ME-1 to the inputs of your IEM transmitter.
This way the user can have ME-1 flexibility and wireless freedom in their monitoring. This solution is used by Philip Selway on tour: https://www.allen-heath.com/radioheads-philip-selway-uses-allen-heaths-ilive-coachella-set/

“On this leg of the tour we are using an iLive-T112 surface, an iDR-48 and a ME-U with five ME-1 personal mixers. They are all using in-ear monitoring, which is fed from their individual ME-1s.”

You can either power each ME-1 with the DC PSU, and daisy-chain the units over CAT5 (there is no limit to the number of units that can be chained), you could use ME-U hub or a thrid-party PoE switch.

There are some recommendations for the type of switch in this knowledge base article: https://allen-heath.helpserve.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/702/175/me-1-compatibility-with-a-third-party-switch

As long as you are using good quality shielded audio and CAT5 cables, running a stereo analogue cable alongside your CAT5 to each ME-1 unit will be perfectly fine.

Hope this helps!

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