SKU: HL.147347
LOGITECH. Hal Leonard
#989-000152. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.147347).
UPC: 097855113825.
3.75x4.75x2.75
inches.
In-ear
monitors are becoming
more and more ubiquitous
every day and wireless
hardware systems are
coming down in price,
opening the market to a
wide range of users, some
fairly sophisticated
about audio and other not
so knowledgeable. In the
hands of a trained pro
monitor mixer who
understands the needs and
limitations of IEM
systems (and users) the
need for an in-line brick
wall protection limiter
may not be so important.
However, at any gig - at
any level - stuff does
happen, although
hopefully less frequently
as you get up the
production food chain,
but when a show is live,
sometimes all bets are
off. Examples of
transient high-level
audio glitches can
include unexpected sound
spikes that occur from
microphone drops, audio
feedback, incorrect
volume settings, pulling
the plug on a condenser
mic when it's powered up
and any other sound
hazards that may occur
during a performance.
Unfortunately, when
you're wearing a set of
in-ears, you may be
guaranteed an up-close
and personal front row
seat to that spike or
sudden sound blast, which
is anything but pleasant.
And that's exactly what
the Sound Guard from
Ultimate Ears Pro is
designed to protect from.
With the UE Pro Sound
Guard, artists receive
protection from
unexpected sound spikes
that occur from
microphone drops, audio
feedback, incorrect
volume settings and other
sound hazards that may
occur while performing or
recording. So far, so
good; but there's more
going on here. Matching
impedance of balanced
armatures with multi-way
crossovers can be complex
and certain personal
monitoring/mixing systems
don't handle such IEM
designs - from any
manufacturer - very well.
Beyond its protection
duties, Sound Guard also
functions as an audio
buffer that provides
variable impedance
matching from the source
device to your balanced
armature IEM earpieces
(such as the UE Pro line)
for enhanced dynamic
range and improved sound
quality. And although
Sound Guard is intended
specifically for those UE
Pro IEM's, it can
function with any
balanced armature design.
Housed in a compact
2-by-2-inch plastic box
that's about a half-inch
thick, the Sound Guard
definitely gets points
for being compact. There
are two 1/8-inch stereo
TRS jacks (input and
output) on either side of
the unit, which connect
in-line via an included
6-inch TRS patch cable to
your IEM receiver (or
hardwire personal mixer),
with the output jack
going to your earpieces.
The Sound Guard box has a
recessed on/off switch
and two LED's to indicate
power-on and
batterycondition.
