LD Systems MEI 100 G2 Reviews

Solid Choice On Budget

This thing just works. It's not perfect and can catch some noises here and there sometimes but for the most part it just works as intended and is much better that t.bone IEM 75 which I also own. Headphones are terrible though but I know that most of you are going to buy proper IEMs anyway. Even KZ headphones from aliexpress are much better.

Good for entry in to monitoring.

Item itself is made well, with good features. Both the receiver and transmitter seem sturdy and from experience can withstand a blow.

We bought four of these to use in a stage monitoring system.

Visually they look good but that is about it.

We encountered problems that, when being as far apart from each other as possible in the free frequency range they would still interfere with each other. This means random high pitch noises, drop outs, quality drops.

Good for beginners but in the long run I would suggest investing a bit more in to this kind of product.

Ok

Ok for the price. Not a professional product by any means, but for an average musician it's ok.

Cheap but well working solution

I am not oversensitive to the sound quality so I have used tthis without any big issues. My bass player however could not as it distorted the sound on lowest frequencies too much. Battery indicator goes almost immediately to only 2 bars but stays there until the batteies run out. The most annoying part is that when they do run out you get a constant clipping of sound dropout into your ear so you have to rip it out of your ear immediately to replace the batteries. Midsong that can be quite disturbing. Other than that it is easy to connect & work with but the headphones must be changed out as well if you want some useable sound quality

Brilliant at this price

Really happy with this. On first use I thought the signal was dropping out, but it just cuts if you have the af gain too high. Best to set that at mid and use the volume on the body pack. Great product. It doesn’t have an auto scan function, but you pay a lot more for that and generally don’t use it. This supports loads of frequencies and is solid and well made and great that it has a rack adapter included in the price

Good and low budget wireless in-ear system.

I’m using it for almost 1 year now. It’s a very good system. Long distance. Stereo-mono option with two channel. The only thing is the earphones aren’t so good and they are not comfortable.

It the worse that I ever tried

The sound is low fi and very noisy, don't use it if you play bass and you need to hear your instrument. I don't recommend, even if you'll pay a quarter of it's price. Stay away!

Very good for its price

very good for its price. Also nice range for home use.

Since i use it for gigging, the battery drain is not an issue, but for home use i recommend rechargeable batteries.

The mat finish gives a nice rubber like feel.

Best for the price

I bought two for our band. For this price it's the best you can get, I think. Pretty quiet (with minimal hush) with clear sound. What I miss is an option to split channels for two individual mono receivers in one transmitter, can't find it anywhere in the settings.

Highly recommend this IEM, especially if you begin with IEM's.

Cheap IEM - ok for acoustic acts

Sound is very hissy, and low frequencies are not great. Headphones were ok. The rack kit is nice and I have had minimal issues switching channels.

If you play bass and want good low end - look elsewhere. If you were doing acoustic ( non bass heavy) work it is acceptable.

It is handy to prove the usefulness of wireless IEM but for a long term gigging solution the lack of low end and hiss would for you to buy something else.

Very good product

I have my LD Systemm for about 4/5 years and it is here to last more, of course if you don't take care of them it will last less, however it has good quality i have some friends that also have and they let the receiver fall and it is still working.

The sound quality is very good, the consume of batteries is also a good thing, you can gig for about 4 hour's with the same batterries, of course the sound quality will get a bit lower but there's no pain in the ass in that.

Very cheep for the product

It doesn't offers the best sound, but i have been doing a lot of gigs without problems and i'm a fan. For the price, as far as i know, the best product out there.

An affordable good unit

You can go wireless for IEM without paying licenses (free radio band in EU) and for an affordable price yet within satisfactory results and sound quality. Features are as needed and if you only need three or four units, they will run in parallel troubles free.

In our application we have to run 14 moniteur channels (Aux) (three in Stereo) to cover the needs of our stage but only 8 mono cables arrive to the stage via the multicore cabling 24/8 box. We decided to install three LD Systems MEI 100 G2 near the mixing desk (PRESONUS Studio Live 32/4/2 Ai) to covert 3 Stereo Aux (or 6 Aux), connect four physical monitors to 4 of the outputs of the stage box and 4 wired IEM body packs from Fisher. As a result we have 8 IEM (from where three are stereo) for the musicians and 4 active monitors for the vocals. So these machines made the trick for our application at a very good price.

Very nice system for a good price

This system works very well, and is particularly useful in the UK because it will tune to both the license-free channel 70 channels and also the new frequencies being issued to users with channel 38 licenses. This makes the system extra flexible.

Üllatavalt hea väiksema rahakotiga tegijatele, polnud varem kõrvamonitoriga kokkupuudet olnud, nüüd muud ei soovi.

Natuke võtab harjumine aega, aga selle raha eest on asja rohkem kui küll.

Does the job

This system looks and feels cheap. And guess what, it is cheap. Budget wise. But it works and is a good start into the IEM world. So far so good. Needs better headphones though...

Not bad

Good system for the money, bit of annoying compression happens though and the slightest bit hissy

Thank you EU for the new frequencies

Our friends in Brussels recently did something useful for musicians in the EU. We now have some new frequencies we can legally use for our IEMs and wireless mics all over Europe - the EU has forced our governments to clear out channel 65 and 66 (also known as duplex gap or G2) for "wireless audio programme making and special events equipment"

This is in addition to channel 70 frequencies.

I was holding back on buying IEMs because I already have instruments on channel 70 and you can only realistically fit 3 or 4 transmitters on there. I use the new shure 2.4ghz transmitters for mics, but they don't make IEMs with that technology yet, so that means having to buy a licence if you wanted to use wireless IEMs.

Thanks to LDs early adoption of the G2 frequencies, you don't have to buy a licence now in Europe. This model and its big brother the 1000 has plenty of licence free channels including the existing channel 70 and the new 65/66 allocations.

So as far as build is concerned, the belt receiver and transmitter are very high quality build, made to last.

Sound wise the system is functional. The receiver is loud enough, but doesn't have any extra kick so you are not going to go deaf using it.

As it is FM technology, the sound quality suffers at the low end, if you are a bass player it probably won't cut it as the bass is distorted and the lowest end is not present. Also the top end isn't that great, it lacks the sparkle and clarity if you A/B the wireless version compared to the monitor out of the mixer through the same ear buds. So it's not the ear phones that are letting it down. I would compare the sound to a lower end FM car transmitter. I know it's possible to get great FM transmission these days, some of the high end in car FM transmitters are absolutely brilliant with deep bass and great signal to noise ratio, it's a shame LD didn't choose a more up to date encoder chipset, or include some sort of compander technology like HDX like you find on the Sennheisers. It is however functional enough and the additional free channels make it worthwhile and good value for money.

The transmitter range is good enough, I can get 25 meters outside with clear stereo reception.

I think I'll have to vote to stay in the EU now, if we drop out, the British government might want those channels back :)

LD Systems wireless in ears

A very good product, amazing value for money.

The transmission range from transmit or to receiver was tested beyond any distance you'd actually perform with, through various closed doors and corridors, the signal did not deteriorate and it must have been over 30m. On a clear stretch with no obstacles it would go much further.

The signal to noise ratio is not bad at all in mono, but when in stereo it does jump up and would be a little more annoying. However, you would only expect a cleaner signal from higher priced units. I often use high-end Sennheiser packs, and whilst they are much better. For the price of this LD systems unit, I cannot fault it.

Protective casing is good. The included headphones are surprisingly great, but I use my own custom moulds.

The sound quality is good. You can hear a small difference in the quality as the bit rate will be reduced, but in the frequency spectrum as a whole, it is reasonably even and with a good headphone mix, can provide a great monitoring sound. I myself am a singer and often stand right in front of a drum kit. I find this product to do everything I could want from it to a great standard.

Setting this up could not be easier, and also worth noting, on a new set of Duracell batteries, I find the pack lasts for four, two hour gigs. It may do more, but I prefer not to run batteries to low incase they cut out mid gig!

A product worth buying!

Great Sound - Great Tool - Cheap Price

All 5 of us in my band use these systems as a solution for in ear monitoring during rehersals and gigs in combination with a rack splitter to split our mixes to the 5 units. Decent sound from the earphones provided but upgraded to custom moulds. Good range for the price range aswell can go from the stage of medium venues all the way to front of house or outside ( tried and tested ;) )

Quality wise the overall product is good and sturdy and also comes with a rack mount kit for storing them all.

Definately won't find a better solution for monitoring within the zame budget or cheaper.