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Most IEMs play happily from a phone or a small dongle DAC. Here is when that is enough, when a 4.4 mm plug or audible hiss means you need a different source, and why a separate amp is rarely part of the answer.
Content & Digital Marketing Manager at BOLLSEN at Bollsen
Timotej Prosenc is the Marketing Manager at BOLLSEN Hearing Protection, where he leads the company’s SEO strategy, content creation, and email marketing initiatives. With a background in journalism and sales, Timotej brings both storytelling skills and commercial insight to BOLLSEN’s mission of promoting healthier hearing.
His connection to hearing protection stems from personal experience with sound sensitivity during live events and work in noisy environments, an issue that made him more aware of the long-term risks of unmanaged noise exposure. Today, as both a communicator and a user of BOLLSEN products, he is passionate about raising awareness around the importance of proactive hearing care.
At BOLLSEN, he develops data-driven marketing campaigns, writes SEO-focused articles, and manages communication channels that connect customers with practical knowledge about hearing protection. His work ensures that BOLLSEN’s message—prioritizing health, performance, and sustainability reaches a global audience in an engaging and trustworthy way.
Passionate about writing since childhood, Timotej combines creativity with a strong analytical approach, continuously testing new ideas in digital marketing, performance advertising, and social media. He believes in learning through innovation and collaboration, balancing leadership with openness to new perspectives.
Beyond his professional role, Timotej is committed to a healthy lifestyle and finds inspiration in fitness, sports, and quality time with friends. His personal passion for well-being aligns with BOLLSEN’s core values, making his work not only a career but also a cause he deeply believes in.
His connection to hearing protection stems from personal experience with sound sensitivity during live events and work in noisy environments, an issue that made him more aware of the long-term risks of unmanaged noise exposure. Today, as both a communicator and a user of BOLLSEN products, he is passionate about raising awareness around the importance of proactive hearing care.
At BOLLSEN, he develops data-driven marketing campaigns, writes SEO-focused articles, and manages communication channels that connect customers with practical knowledge about hearing protection. His work ensures that BOLLSEN’s message—prioritizing health, performance, and sustainability reaches a global audience in an engaging and trustworthy way.
Passionate about writing since childhood, Timotej combines creativity with a strong analytical approach, continuously testing new ideas in digital marketing, performance advertising, and social media. He believes in learning through innovation and collaboration, balancing leadership with openness to new perspectives.
Beyond his professional role, Timotej is committed to a healthy lifestyle and finds inspiration in fitness, sports, and quality time with friends. His personal passion for well-being aligns with BOLLSEN’s core values, making his work not only a career but also a cause he deeply believes in.
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In-ear monitors
IEM Driver Types Explained: Dynamic, Balanced Armature, Electrostatic and Bone Conduction
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Oct
Oct
Dynamic drivers move air, balanced armatures came from hearing aids, electrostatic tweeters handle the top octaves and bone-conduction drivers work through the shell. Here is what each IEM driver type does, what hybrid and tribrid mean, and where each one sits in the Unique Melody range.
27
Oct
Oct
Three Unique Melody IEMs sit under £500: From The Start at £179, the hybrid 2HT at £279 and the all-dynamic 3DT at £359. Here is what each one gives you, which suits a phone, and when it makes sense to spend more.
27
Oct
Oct
Universal IEMs seal with ear tips and ship in 5–7 working days; custom IEMs are built from a 3D ear scan or ear impressions and arrive 3–4 weeks later. We compare seal, comfort, sound, price, returns, resale and refits.
27
Oct
Oct
Most sleep mask research tested masks and earplugs together in intensive care, and the one home study of masks on their own found no change in how sleep was structured. Here is what the evidence shows, what it doesn’t, and who a mask is most likely to help.
27
Oct
Oct
What singers need from in-ear monitors: their own voice on top with one pitch reference, a seal that holds while they sing, ambience instead of one ear out, and which Unique Melody IEMs suit vocalists at £359, £989 and £1,729.
26
Oct
Oct
No. In-ear monitors are not hearing protection by design. Here is what a good seal really changes, what the AES study measured on stage, why one ear out pushes the volume up, and what to wear for load-in, side-stage and the crowd.
26
Oct
Oct
IEMs seal inside the ear canal, earbuds usually rest in the outer ear, and “earphones” is the British umbrella term for both. Here is how seal, drivers, cables, wireless and price compare, and which type suits stage use, commuting or critical listening.
26
Oct
Oct
How working musicians choose in-ear monitors for the stage: the seal, shell, cable and plug that matter, when custom fit earns its £300, which Unique Melody tier suits each role, and how to set up a mix you can actually play to.
26
Oct
Oct
Mulberry, momme, 6A, pure silk: most of the words on a silk mask label describe the fabric, not the darkness. Here is what each one means, what silk does better than cotton and satin, where it doesn’t, and how to check a mask is real silk.