KIMAFUN Wireless IEM Review
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2023
- This video is an in-depth review of the KIMAFUN Wireless In Ear Monitoring system. The device came in a nice case and seemed to perform well. Check out the full video for the science breakdown of the frequency response and latency that was digitally captured using this system.
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I swear that you are reading my mind. I literally just thought about researching this 30mins ago
That is too funny. I hope this review has been helpful then.
Maybe plug it into the headphone jack on the console so you have the ability to listen to solo’d channels while using the iPad app in the audience. Presumably, the latency won’t be much of a factor for the engineer in this application. I’m using a Phenyx Pro for this purpose and it works pretty well. This is another budget friendly product with much less latency.
Yep, that was the brilliant thought ai had early in the video and somehow forgot to mention it. My specific thought was around mixing the live stream from an iPad and being able to be out of the main venue. I will say the connection drops quickly when not in a line-of-sight scenario and that still makes this hard to work in that situation.
Thank you for that! I wanted to know what the latency of this was and yours was the first review I came across. 11ms is too much, and I'm glad I haven't paid £130 for this (being a vocalist). It looks like gear4music do a pair that uses UHF FM, so it should have negligible latency as it's an analogue signal, and it's also available for around £70. The transmitter and receiver are bulkier and the transmitter uses a DC power supply. The receiver takes a couple of AAs. I'll have a look for reviews of that (including your own channel).
I'm glad you found the video helpful. I haven't had any experiences with the other brand you mentioned, but the FM based signal does sound like it would have less latency.
In the video, you ran it from the console? Would it work better from the P16M?
If you have P16’s you can run them from those units. We run our monitors directly from MixBUS so I took it directly from the console. It allowed me to test the distance in a real world scenario and I did find that if you out more than -18dBfs into the unit it distorts pretty bad. With that in mind you want to remember your P16 is an amplified source which then goes into the wireless transmitter which will be amplified at the receiver. I did try to use this off a headphone amp in my youth worship night and it distorted horribly. Just something to keep in mind.
Question you might be able to help me with this Kimafun. I'm only getting audio through left side. When I plug the earphones direct into my computer, I get audio through both, but when plugging the transmitter into the headphone jack, I only get left side. I have same problem using on my headphone out jack on my A&H CQ-18T mixer. only left side audio. Any ideas?
There are two different 1/8” to 1-4” converters and various small extension cables. Make sure you have the stereo (TRS) ones in use and not the mono (TS) since that would only engage the left side. It should have two black lines on the connectors and not just one black line.
Thanks for sharing, but you didn't calculate the added latency of the cable that ran into your mixer. Also, I think that there are some differences in latency when the differences in the length from the transmitter to the receiver get bigger-I'm curious what the latency is if you just put the headphones into the receiver while the transmitter is 1 m away.
You are right, there are plenty more calculations that could be tested, but I don't have the smarts to know how to actually test those. Most recently, I have been using this to mix our livestream remotely. I plug the transmitter into my video switcher and then I sit in the projection booth of the movie theatre we use for services. I hang the receiver out side of the room so it can pickup the signal and I just have my headphones inside with an iPad for controlling the mix. This approach has worked well and I don't notice the latency and my devices are about 75 feet apart. I honestly don't think there will be added latency based on the distance you are from the transmitter to receiver since it runs on the 2.4gHz frequency band, but I could also be wrong about that as well. In the end, I still stand behind what I said in the original video that the minimal latency detected in my example is still usable for a musician on a super tight budget, but a vocalist might experience a little challenge.
I own I'm a set of these. Gets the job done. May seem budget-friendly to some, but it cost a ton in my currency.
Yeah, I understand pricing is different for everyone and their situation. I’m glad to know you have had some success with them as well.
You keep saying this is bluetooth, but my understanding is that this is 2.4ghz wireless. Although using the sam frequencies, wireless transfers data at much higher speed, therefore much less latency, correct? Also, except for point-to-point microwave live shots (they use 2.0ghz), TV and radio stations do not use 2.4ghz.
I guess that is a more accurate statement, but I will say I am not super savvy on the "network" side of the connectivity. It does have pretty low latency compared to its cost and I even have it in my bag as a last minute solution if I show up somewhere and they don't have a sufficient monitor for me.
The system has no limiter, right?
Correct, there is no built in limiter, but I did find it started to breakup of your input signal (from a board mix) was more than -18dB. I had to stay closer to -20 and then rely on the volume on the unit. Overall it was fine, but certainly something to note.
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How latency?
I could use them on every instrument, but I would avoid using them for vocalists. The latency isn't horrible, but this on top of the standard 4ms of a console gets to be too much. For budget vocal IEM I always run the Shure PSM-300.