I am a solo musician with guitar, backing tracks and microphone. My foldback system is an in ear monitor belt pack - I can plug in any headphones I like. I also wear a wireless mic with its own belt pack. I am looking to replace my CCD C10 headphones with ambiance awareness microphones. I cannot block my hearing of the speakers in the room because I am not only the musician, I am also the sound guy.
Airdrives were released in about 2007 from what I understand. They are nice and streamlined, don’t cover the ears, and the cables can be run to the belt pack nicely, with TipRingSleeve instead of the troublesome TipRingRingSleeve 3.5mm connector. The trouble is, I can’t find them for sale in Australia, or anywhere else in the world. Does anyone else know where to buy them or know of an equivalent for use with my belt pack? As this discussion is specifically for bone conduction in ear monitors, I assume you are all solo musicians who need to control audience sound levels, avoid feedback and use the headphones for real time foldback. Please let me know if you know where to buy airdrives or something similar that does not block ambience awareness, has a stereo TRS (NOT stereo/mic TRRS) 3.5mm connector. Apple headphones are also pretty good for allowing outside sounds in but they are white and look unprofessional, and have the wrong connector: A TRRS plug needs to be pulled out half a millimetre to work properly, as I’m sure you know. Please help. Thanks.