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Nady PEM500 16-Channel UHF Wireless In-Ear System

16 channels. Battery life up to 6 hours.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           8 out of 10
Features:
           8 out of 10
Quality:
           6 out of 10
Value:
           8 out of 10
I Want It:
           6 out of 10
Sound:
           7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           10 out of 10
Support:
           8 out of 10
 
 

"Fair price for a good product"

Overall:
          7 out of 10
Features:
          6 out of 10
Quality:
          6 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from bellsouth.net
Submitted: 10/16/2002
Style of Music: Southern and Contemporary Gospel
Location: Louisiana

 

 
Sound quality is good, not quite as good as the Shure, but then it is less than half the cost. The audio level is very adequate. (We run the receivers about half way.) We have experienced none of the problems that others have complained of. I suspect that part of the problems others may be having is due to feeding a line level signal into the microphone input. The sound gets very fuzzy if you overdrive the microphone input. We are using 4 wireless microphones along with this unit, all connected to a Mackie PPM-808 amplifier (which is noted to cause intereference with wireless systems.) Overall, we are well pleased with the system.
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"It works for me."

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from pacbell.net
Submitted: 4/21/2006
Style of Music: Worship
Musical Experience: Worship band
Location: California

 

 
Feature:
Frequency agile and stereo what more could there be (except better headphones.

Quality:
Mine works fine but the belt pack feels somewhat plasticy and cheap.

Value:
Never got so much for so little.

Sound:
Sound quality is very good with different headphones but there is some background noise.

Ease of Use:
Very easy

Support:
They have an 800 number and someone was there when I asked the questions and they had the answer.

Overall:
It does what it is supposed to do.

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"Buddy -you get what you pay for!"

Overall:
          3 out of 10
Quality:
          4 out of 10
Value:
          4 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          3 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from michaelheaton.com
Submitted: 8/26/2003
Style of Music: Americana / acoustic rock
Location: Chicago, Il. USA

 

 
Feature:
The features are ok. They have everything you would expect. Very simple operation. I wish somebody would make a model that the transmitter can receive different mixes and send maybe two or four signals at a time so you don't have to buy a transmitter for every submix on your board.

Quality:
Quality is a sore subject with me. I had my band all using the the PDM500 and every night it was a gamble as to whether or not we should throw the wedge monitors I own in the van. I was left high and dry at a show a month ago because we could not get four recievers (of the six that I own) to give us all clear channels at the same time. So we had to play the show without monitors at all. The volume knobs on the recievers SUCK. If you get a bad one you will know it right away because the reciever will give you no sound at all or full volume even with the voulume limiter on! I had to return three of six recievers I purchased for that problem alone. The transmitter for this system has problems because (I believe) of it's base in the UHF range. It intermittenly "freaks" or it's a problem with the beltpack recievers but it will occasionally shoot a signal of white noise. It seems like a little thing but if you are onstage for 3 hours a night it burns your ears out FAST. I'm a full time professional musician and I wish I had saved my money and bought complete higher end in-ear systems right off the bat. I think from the factory everything looks great but I haven't got time for a product that is not 100 percent dependable.

Value:
If you play occasionally and don't want to put a lot of money into a monitor system you may want to try it. I personally think this product makes more people swear off In-ears than it helps. On this product the old saying holds very true. You get what you pay for. I would not recomend this for a professional musician because you will end up buying something else later.

Desirability:
It had some very practical applications. Less weight than a set of wedges. Less volume onstage. It would put less strain on my voice if I could hear myself better. Etc. I know now i should have waited and spent the money on quality not quantity.

Sound:
The headphones that come with the set are very cheap walkman style phones. The first thing they should do is figure out a way to include a set of phones that can handle a little bass end. I play with a full band and that includes a drum kit. It is IMPOSSIBLE and I mean IMPOSSIBLE to make the volume of the phones loud enough to get over the band without distortion. The recievers (beltpacks) are made of plastic. They are not very road worthy and in fact if you open the battery casing to fast you will snap the tiny hinges off. I owned this set up for a little more than six months before I retired it and I had already been through eight receivers. Not because they break but because the signal drawing capability of this particular product seems to change with the weather litterally. My bass player and I figured out that if the gear had been sitting in the van and got cold that as soon as we turned on the system you could not get 4 clear signal receptions out of the six recievers I carry in my set -up. we would actually have to warm up the transmitter by putting our hands on top of it or sticking it under our shirts to get it warm. 16 channels and some nights you can't get one to come in any clearer than a Wal-mart brand kids walkie talkie. It drove me nuts.

Support:
They are really good about sending out a new reciever or transmitter if you have a problem. I have so far had to do this three times. No complaints about the service.

Overall:
The reason I bought this product is because I'm a working musician and I have been having trouble with my voice due to straining to sing over the band. Volume control on stage is hard with a drummer and I thought the headphones would help the band quiet down and also help us to hear each other better. The only reason I chose this product was the price since I had to purchase receivers for four people. I now have a product sitting in my basement that I can't use because of it's technical inefficiencies.

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"Darn Happy"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Support:
          7 out of 10
User: a customer from concentric.net
Submitted: 7/28/2003
Style of Music: Rock/Pop/Alternative Country
Location: Atlanta GA

 

 
Feature:
EQ and a mix between mic and the two line inputs would be nice.

Quality:
Battery cover is plastic and seems fragile, but it's a replaceable part (haven't confirmed availability with Nady yet). The rack kit that comes with it isn't the sturdiest thing I've ever seen but I trust it.

Value:
I'm real happy with it. I'm glad I didn't spend the extra money on a Shure.

Desirability:
This is a bare-bones system; no extra features for sex appeal. Ok, the receiver has a suede feel that's kind of nice though.

Sound:
I chunked the ear-buds that came with it and bought KOSS' "The Plug" earbuds for less than $20 (20-20khz and very decent isolation). I would say with the new ear buds the sound is very good (but not excellent) quality. I'm compressing the signal coming in and it's clear.

Support:
Got fairly quick response with pre-sale questions but the answers were a little vague.

Overall:
I think this will hold me for a while. I could see adding a little mixer so that I could accept multiple inputs (and mix the levels) for the other singers in the band.

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"Stay away from this"

Overall:
          3 out of 10
Features:
          6 out of 10
Quality:
          2 out of 10
Value:
          2 out of 10
I Want It:
          2 out of 10
User: a customer from etekcapital.com
Submitted: 10/1/2001
Style of Music: Rock/funk/dance
Location: NJ

 

 
What would you say about in ear monitors that can't produce enough volume without nasty distortion to use in any type of live situation? would you recommend them? neither can I. and for the record, everybody in my band runs direct with exception of the drummer, so there are no screamingly loud guitar amps to contend with either... it's a shame.. and yes I know how to use them... I have done sound for 20 years.
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"Buyer Beware save your recipt"

Overall:
          3 out of 10
Features:
          5 out of 10
Quality:
          4 out of 10
Value:
          6 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          4 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          5 out of 10
Submitted: 2/26/2004

 

 
Quality:
No good, dont wasnte your money go to Shure

Value:
For the product that stinks try about 25.00

Desirability:
No way

Sound:
I wasnt running it too hard and it sounded awful I tried several diffrent sets of earplugs and no diffrence

Support:
Well I sent mine back so ok I guess

Overall:
Trust me I do all kinds of shows and travel pro. go with shure and you wont regret it

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"Bad Product Stay Away!!!"

Overall:
          3 out of 10
Features:
          5 out of 10
Quality:
          3 out of 10
Value:
          5 out of 10
I Want It:
          3 out of 10
Sound:
          3 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          7 out of 10
Submitted: 12/15/2007
Style of Music: Rock
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: San Jose, CA

 

 
Feature:
Quite basic, but ok for th price...1/4" Mic Input, XLR Stereo Input, Level control, Headphone Jack and level control

Quality:
Bad Bad Bad. This will make you want to stay away from In ear monitor systems. I'm gonna see if Shure is any better.

Value:
Its probably worth the price. One thing I've learnt about audio equipment is you get what you pay for. For 260$, you are going to get a bucket of bolts that sounds like crap.

Desirability:
No Sex appeal. Just a plain black box

Sound:
Sounds really bad. There is a constant background hiss. The unit accepts 2 inputs: Mic and Line in. Sound from Mic is OK..but the sound from Line in just plain sucks. Stereo mode sounds worse than mono

Ease of Use:
Easy to use. Plug and Play

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"One of the first to buy it. Found problem w/design. Nady agreed."

Overall:
          3 out of 10
Features:
          6 out of 10
Quality:
          2 out of 10
Value:
          2 out of 10
I Want It:
          2 out of 10
User: a customer from icx.net
Submitted: 7/12/2001
Style of Music: folk/rock
Location: Knoxville, TN

 

 
I was one of the first to rec. one of these. I found a problem with the sound.
An unplesant harmonic, or artifact is in the monitors. I contacted Nady, they said send back for them to test.
Nady tested and said others were starting to have the same problem.
This company refunded my money (thanks guys).
Nady will have to resolve this problem before I give up my Garwood wireless.

j
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"Don't buy it!!"

Overall:
          1 out of 10
Features:
          5 out of 10
Quality:
          1 out of 10
Value:
          1 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          2 out of 10
Support:
          5 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 7/29/2003
Style of Music: Mixed
Location: Lafayette, La. USA

 

 
Quality:
Totality undependable unit

Value:
A waste of money

Sound:
Stereo mode does not work. Too noisy.

Support:
I am on my 4 unit. Each return took about 5 weeks.

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