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B-flanges seal really well as well, so they have to be pulled very gently. I've been experimenting with few tips the last few days. The bottom line is that Klipsch eargels don't work for me at all. The stems are just not long enough and IEMs interfere with proper sealing. Sure olives seal OK, but are not that concenient, nor are they that good sonically. Atrio bi-flanges, on the other hand, are excellent. They seal really well and immediately, stay put and are very confortable. Furthermore, I can get a good seal with either medium or large b-flanges. Medium ones jam much deeper and that provides more up-fron sound and collapses the imaging. Large bi-flanges are a bit more difficult to put in (I have to gently find a spot at the opening of the ear channel where they seal, without jamming them in), but the sound is excellent.
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so I suppose the bottom-line question is this: for a $300 IEM is it really worth all the hassle of experimenting with tipping, or should Klipsch introduce a new and better gel or other method to get perfect fitting? I'm listening now as I type with the gels that came with the Custom 3 originally, billed as fitting 60% of the population. So far, I like them. But we'll continue to experiment.
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Also I'm not sure if it's just the tips. Seems like the driver housing (not sure what else to call it) is what is causing most of the problems. People can't get the tip into their ear AND have the housing sit on the outside like it's designed. I know this is why I can't use anything but the large gels - anything smaller can't be angled into my ear AND have the housing sit outside. One thing I discovered this weekend is that some of what I call funk music sounds great.
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So you've got a bit of education to do with your Canadian dealer network! If they don't want to carry your IEMs then you should open up your web store to us head-fi'ers north of the border.
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Please provide return information for my Custom-3s. I want to exchange them for the Images. I have noted this on your site support email and don't want to wait long cause the 30 day return period is about up. My invoice date of shipment was 2/8/08.
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Does anyone with the Custom 3's have any thoughts on them relative to the UM2's? I was waiting for the Westone 3, but it doesn't look like they'll ever come out. Would the Custom 3's be an improvement over the UM2's (which I love) or pretty much similar?
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Hope that helps.
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