I currently have the Super.fi 5 Pro's...and I'm thinking of going to the UM2 or SE530 due to comfort issues. I don't find the Super.fi 5's very comfortable, in both positions.

I'm looking for comfort more than sound quality when comparing the UM2 and SE530.

They will both provide me with more than enough sound quality...

If comfort is the only factor here, I'll vote for UM2.

I've heard the UM2's are extremely comfortable? Comfortable enough to sleep in?

i sleep with my UM2 for few nights. hope that explained my weird "hobby"

I went from UE fi.5 Pro > E4G > UM2

Comfort and sound wise the superiority is immediately apparent

I vote for the SE530s for supreme comfort. The UM2 sound better but the 530s feel better...especially when using Klipsch gels.

Whilst I have not used the UM2s, I find the se530s supremely comfortable and sound great also.

Dave

Hmmm...The SE530 are comfortable because of Shure's recent olive foamies?

Would you compare the fit of the SE530 to the e4c or e2c?

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No. The OP mentions both because they are of similar physical design - to fit in the small of the ear lobe area (I don't know the scientific name for it...) with cables naturally curling back and over the ear which aids in greatly reducing microphonics. When positioned thus, the housing is flat against the ear and the nozzle is aimed correctly down the ear canal for the best sound. The right tip seals the nozzle, helps support the housing, and aids comfort so that they soon become 'invisible' - you notice the music more than the IEM in your ear, and can be worn for hours without pain or discomfort during or after the session (the IEMs are almost physically invisible because they tuck so well in the ear cavity). Olive foamies are a hybrid tip - flanges and softips have hard, smooth sides that bounce the sound where porous foam tends to absorb it. Olives combine the comfort of foam with the hard sides of flanges or silicon and gives you the best of both worlds. They've been a boon and sensation to those who cannot get flanges, softips, or foamies to work satisfactorily, and have become a good 'first start' in the quest for a comfortable, great seal.

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The e2c and the e4c are of older designs and are simply not designed (as well) to be as comfortable a fit as UM2s or the newer Shure SE series, as above. (My personal experience with E4C vs. UM2 is simply no contest in comfort, and I prefered the UM2 in sound.) Cheers.

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Did you choose the UM2 over the SE530?

well both 530 and um2 are super in comfort, so choose what u prefer.

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I actually never considered the Shures. At the time (about 2 1/2 years ago) I had had my Ety4Ps for about 4 months and decided I wanted more bass. I settled on UM1s and then went to the Westone site and upgraded to UM2s instead. After a brief (but somewhat unsettling) acclimation, the UM2s have simply sounded better and better. After having them for awhile, I acquired a pair of E4C which I found quite bland and uninteresting compared to the UM2s, so I've pretty much stopped looking. These are about as good as it gets in a portable for me, unless I want to spend a bunch more cash (not). Cheers.

Never tried se530s, but um2s are very comfortable. I can sleep in em.

If you can sue the Comply's with the SE530, wouldn't that make that just as comfortable?

why wanna sue Complys?

The reasons UM2 and SE530 are comfortable root back to their IEM designs. both are shaped to fit ear. but due to slight different in their shape, therefore one will be more comfortable than the other, depending on user.