Splitter for IEM Rack
I’ve seen a lot of different answers in my search, so I figured I’d start up this conversation again.
I’m about to start the journey of building an IEM rack for one of my bands, with the hope that I can use said rack to be contracted to work with other folks/MD etc…
I also do recording in a studio environment and ideally would like to be able to get contracted for more live recording work as well.
My main question is as far as splitting goes, what is the norm these days regarding isolated or passive splitters? Having a split snake seems like the quickest and least cable-iest way to do things, however most of the more budget friendly ones are not isolated.
I’m not worried about phantom power being an issue since we won’t be using ribbons and I know voltages won’t add up if both parties were to accidentally send it, my main concern is consistency and quality. A big plus would be to not piss off my sound crew. I’ve heard that RMI can become an issue with non isolated options, as well as ground loop issues. So I’m curious from the engineer perspective if someone handing you a non isolated tail from a split is a big no no. Alternatively if anyone has any experience with non isolated splits being a problem or not that is helpful as well.
Some options I was looking at regarding splitting for IEM/live recording use were Seismic Audio split snakes (I am aware of durability concerns there), behringer sm8000, CAT rack splitters. I’d love to hear any other suggestions that might fall into these price ranges.