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Your cart is empty.The PM55P With built in Optical Limiter is designed for performers who need to monitor their own signal, such as their vocal, with the main mix. The unit has become very popular with drummers who need to mix a click with a monitor signal. And many sound technicians use the PM55P as a quick line tester to troubleshoot audio systems. Operates on either one 9 volt battery or the included PS27s power supply.
Timothy Wat
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023
As a keyboard player, I want a few things from IEM monitoring. I want to be able to clearly hear myself in stereo. I want to be able to mix in a house mix. I NEED to have a limiter to prevent hearing damage.I seldom need a complete wireless solution, as keyboard players (like drummers) are physically "tied" to their rigs (except for that rare cheesy keytar moment).The Rolls PM559 provides ALL of the things I need at a very comfortable price without a lot of the price bloat I see in IEM solutions. It's all metal, it's very well built, it's got weight and heft so it doesn't easily wander around. I haven't yet used it battery-powered, so I can't speak to that feature, but it's nice to have if I need to go that way.What it doesn't come with is the necessary TRS to dual TS cable for monitoring my rig in stereo. So I had to buy that to connect the Roills to the stereo outs of my mixer (in my case, a Key Largo). That's my only small niggle.Other than that, if you're looking to go IEM, you don't need to run around stage wireless, this is the droid you're looking for.
Varghese S.
Reviewed in Canada on January 22, 2021
Enjoy using the Rolls PM55P as a drummer, I can hear the rest of the band on line-level input or via headphone input on the mixer. The 55P is an improved model that can also be powered via 9V where AC power is not available.
J.G.
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2020
I bought this purely for the limiter. My most used piano VST has a bug that causes it to nearly blow my eardrums out occasionally and without warning. The hardware limiter works perfectly between my audio interface and headphones and I'm happy to avoid damaging my hearing. The sound quality is fine, but it's not great. There's a light crackle that is apparent at higher volumes. I've used a battery once and the battery died after leaving it on overnight after the first day. I was a little surprised by this (by comparison my shower radio goes a year on a battery), but no big deal since it has a power supply. It seems well built and a fair value for the price as a professional tool.
Al Rachid Alfredo Gutierrez de Anda
Reviewed in Mexico on June 6, 2019
Muy buen aparato para mis in ears, no me muevo mucho en el escenario asi que me sirve perfectamente para en vivo.
Sergio
Reviewed in Canada on March 19, 2018
Does what I need it to do.
Math 95
Reviewed in Canada on December 3, 2018
Excellent produit en tout point! Fait solide et durable!!! Excellente puissance d’amplification!
DBR
Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2018
An excellent 'tethered' alternative for IEM for a band singer without spending large on a wireless system. I use it with Shure SE ear monitors and with a 9v battery during performances.
reezekeys
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2017
I have to give it five stars because it's doing exactly what I need and sounds fine. I have the limiter on and have not heard it kick in, which is good – I wouldn't be able to use this if things sounded squashed. I am curious as to how hot a signal has to be to engage it, just not curious enough to try to find out!I'm a keyboard player with a laptop rig and was originally using my audio interface, a MOTU Microbook IIc, to run my in-ears. The concept was great: its headphone output was a separate bus, it has built-in eq and dynamics (hence a limiter!), and with OSC and the CueMix software I could mix my in-ears from my keyboard. Unfortunately I either have a bad unit or there are software conflicts because it's been unreliable, losing the connection with my laptop in the middle of shows. The Rolls takes the software out of the equation – a major plus that gives me peace of mind. Its headphone amp is a little beefier than the one in the MicroBook IIc. I read a comment here saying this Rolls distorted with lower-impedance earbuds but I'm happy to say that my 16-ohm MEE M6 Pros do not distort - however I'm trying to keep my ears at as low a volume as possible - my damaged hearing is why I went to in-ears in the first place. I use the XLR input to take a feed from the monitor board, so having a mic/line select on that input is essential – I would not have bought this unit if it didn't have that. I was also looking at the PM351, and actually could have used its extra line input as I used a stereo "stage mic" with my MOTU box to feed drums and ambience into my ears. Can't do that with the PM55P (I just add that stuff to the monitor mix now, unfortunately I hear it in mono, not stereo as I used to). I decided against the PM351 as I really didn't need the DI capabilities, and also because it does not have the option to run off a 9V battery like this PM55P. I wasn't sure where I was gonna place this so the 9V option was attractive to me. Regarding the power adapter, I have not experienced any issues using it, as has been reported in a few comments here. It does seem very flimsy and cheap though, so I'll probably be getting another one to carry as a spare, as well as keeping a battery in the unit.The last thing I'll add is regarding the belt clip – nice to have the option I guess, but I can't see it being used this way. This is a very sturdy seeming and fairly heavy (for its size) steel box. That's a plus for those concerned about ruggedness, but I very much doubt someone is gonna have this hanging off their belt!
Tim Gooch
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2009
I bought this to use as a monitoring device for a boom op doing video shoots. That's not really the target market for this, but in reading the ad copy for how they expected a musician to use it, it seemed completely logical to hang it on a boom op's belt, plug in the boom mic, run a long XLR to the recorder, and let it run.One nice option for "one man band" shoots is to grab a 1/4" output from your recorder, and run that cable back to the PM55 for monitoring other mics. For example, you could have one or more lavs mixed down to a single channel, send that back to the PM55, and have boom audio in one ear, and lav audio in the other.The preamp is surprisingly good, and they are not kidding when they say it provides plenty of volume! Be careful if you're feeding this with a mic on someone who suddenly decides to yell. (Not that this would have happened to me or anything...) The preamp is so clean that if you're using the 1/8" headphone output for monitoring, you could conceivably run another 1/4" input from the second headphone jack back to your recorder, and have remote level adjustment!Last but not least, this unit DOES pass through phantom power correctly from a recorder/mixer, but does NOT provide it for you. I have used this for location shooting with a , and the results were great. I was able to shoot for two full days on a single 9V battery.I can't speak to how well this would work for a musician on-stage, but my guess is that it would be just as impressive there as it has been for me. This is a very solid, well-made product.
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