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I've been using this system for a couple of years for gigs and rehearsals. The XLR cable trick is 100% the way to go. I put the transmitter on the edge of my pedal board. Never let me down.

Excellent video. I’ve seen too many videos where paid endorsers make wild claims about this kind of stuff like they’re total pro level. I like how you provided a solution to one of the obvious shortcomings.

Thanks for reminding me of these nice memories Steve :) And yes these little XVives are great

We’ve been using these for our worship team here in Japan, since primary travel is by train, we don’t have the luxury of moving around with a proper monitor rig. These have also saved us countless times! 😊

I have been using this for rehearsals out of a mixer, no issues. Lately I am using the QC for gtr and vox, I am using the headphone out of that for the IEM transmitter. Works! I loosen my IEM ear bud for leakage of the rest of band and adjust volume to match.

This is a great idea! I have these Xvives for busking and live studio rehearsals and they work perfectly. Thanks Steve!

Had mine placed on a mic stand. Didnt try the floor because I was worried for it getting stepped on.

Great video and I agree these are a real bargain! First show I tried them at (House of Blues) I didn't know the XLR cable trick and he plugged the transmitter directly into the snake. I had a ton of dropouts but made it through. The 2nd show I brought a XLR cable to sit close by and it worked pretty well. I'm new to the IEM world and didn't realize until after the show that having a cell phone in your back pocket is another huge mistake due to the frequency. Since then the system has worked well, especially for the price. I love the small form factor, ease of operation and being re-chargeable vs batteries.

These are great I’ve been using them for about 3 years or so. XLR cable to each spot is the way to go, we use 3 on stage sometimes 4 never have any issues. When we use them at practice we put all the iPads on 5.0 so there’s no interference there

I have my transmitter on my pedal board and just feed myself into my westone in ears that let in some outside sound. I still run a cab on stage but found on stage sound was always hit or miss, with this i just add some of me into my ears and can still hear stage sound They work great.

Other than being mono-only, these are great and have been using them for a couple years.

I jyat made a cable loom that takes my guitar L&R and vocal to the desk with a monitor return. X vive transmitter sits o my board and i have a usb to give it constant power and not rely on batteries. Really fast setup and works great.

I solved the drop out problem while adjusting the mix by putting a tiny $100 1 button looper directly after my guitar output. Strum my Rythm , loop it, and adjust the mix. This also helps keeps your hands free to create new multi effects patches , and match bank volumes.

We use these for our weekend warrior cover band. No fancy per-player mixing here. Great experience thus far. But we are using live amps - would love a quick video on your experience with these and the Helix (as we may be going towards our modelers vs. real amps)

Been using this for a little over a year and never had any issues. Only thing that can catch you out besides what's mentioned in the video, would be that if you're putting these in your case the on power switch can easily get knocked on and when you get to your next gig the batteries gone, so bring your charger and secure your unit so the switches don't get turned on accidentally. It's no fun losing your monitor mix on a silent stage

I use these and they are great. Nice hack with the XLR!!!

Been using this system for several years now in exactly the same fashion. It sits on my pedalboard. Never had a dropout.

Decades ago, when analog Over the Air television channels went away and was replaced by digital OTA the new spectrum stomped all over professional wireless microphone & monitor packs. Since sound companies weren’t about to replace millions of $$ perfectly good equipment and had no lobbying sway, they basically did what you did here… move the transmitters much closer to the receivers. Becomes the more powerful signal.

Have a ton of fellow musicians that use them and my entire band is now using them as well. For the money, I feel like it's the best thing out there. They're cheap enough you can have a backup set ready to go at any time. Get some good buds and you're golden.

They really need a updated version that is stereo and uses wifi 6e and triband so you dont have dropout issues

Awesome video, thanks!

Also wise to do a wifi scan on mobile app when you turn up at venue.

Nice! Way to adjust in a pinch. I've used those before and the 90' is not accurate IMO. The closer the better. I've even used it attached to my AVIOM which worked super well.

Hey Steve, Can you provide us with some more information about the IEM mixing on the phone?

The drummer in my band has been talking about using in ears and the only drawback was the cost. Who knows, I might try them too. Thanks Steve.

I have a band that uses them and they’re great. I have another band that has a janky setup that I’m sure is going to be a problem. I wish they would have just bought the xvive I obviously don’t play as many places or the volume of shows you do but I haven’t had any problems with interference over the last 2 years. I do either plug them into the monitor sends or on the stage snake so I knew about the proximity advantage. Cool vid.

They are easy, not super expensive, effective enough. No brainer. Every band should experiment with them.

Interesting and could be exactly what we need! Steve, your last couple of videos had less than stellar audio. Maybe your mic is not working well?

I guess "cheap" is a bit subjective. It took me like 3 years to be able to get those in ears hahah

I've never had a good experience with of my xvive stuff. Interference. Drop outs. On the guitar and mic units. My Joyo and lekato pieces have served me FAR better than the triple price xvive.

Can you pan different instruments to left and right?

So how many were you using at once. Typically one of the drawbacks of those really super cheap plug n play 2.4gHz wireless units is after you try to use about 3 at once you tend to get interference and drop outs

Yeah Yeah! 👌🏼great value products

I dug that song!! I gotta admit, your bands sound wasn't what I expected. I'm new here, what's your bands name?

Steve, great video, can I be really cheeky and ask where you got the T Shirt please?

I'm a little confused. What were y'all adjusting on your phones? The Xvives don't have any kind of connected app, and you didn't have your personal in-ear rig right? Did y'all just plug into the main consoles aux outs?

Sounds like you're using the Adobe podcast enhance on the last 2 videos?

Been using similar (cheaper) systems by NUX 5G for some time now, with Lekato 4G unit as a backup for some time now, vid on my channel :)

Hey Steve 🤘

This is just super expensive mono and non-reliable 2.4ghz bad inear system, there are many other better options where you can pay less.

The band is supposed to be interactive for true artistic freedom. with in ears it's impossible