LD Systems MEI 100 G2 4-stars 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.

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

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.

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.

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!

First IEM - just used for first time

Really good bit of kit - just used 2 with the vocalists in our 10 piece band, where feedback has always been a problem just trying to control the amp level on stage so that each of us can hear what we need.

Set up was easy, I would agree with other reviewers and ONLY use XLRs on the input sockets, don't bother with jacks - just a bit too loose to be sensible.

Once working had 2 very happy vocalists, and the main problem was just simply getting them the mix!

Many thanks.

Does the Job, could be better!

I use my MEI 100G2 with the sure se215 earpieces. it provides a decent sound but the low end response is reduced compared to using a wire, and there is occasional radio hiss/pops but overall nothing that makes the unit unusable. Much much better than using a floor wedge! and at this price point there is not much choice in IEM systems.