REVIEW: Nuforce NE-7M iPhone IEM vs Denon C700 and Klipsch Image X10 (NE-8 Impressions Added... - Page 48

Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict

I use a medium with everything except the Klipsch X10 where I needed to use large - so I think if you use large for the Nuforce you need large for the SHure tips.

The stock tips do not isolate as well as the Shure or Complys tips, and the stock ones let some sound through as I mentioned in my review. To figure out what size and ear canal position I need, I always start with the medium and slowly insert them until I hear sounds being blocked or muffled and I stop pushing them in at that point. If I don't get a drop in external sound no matter how deep I put them in, then the tip is too small. If I can't get the tip to grab and hang onto my ear because it wont go in easily, then it is too large.

Once I have the right size, then I try music to see if I get full bass which means I have a good seal. I then try pushing them in deeper to see if the seal breaks (where a too large tip wrinkles up in the canal) or if the sound quality changes. Usually after a few tries I can find the best position for best sound. Sometimes when I push some earphones in more deeply, the treble becomes muffled and rolled off, or they sound darker. I do not have that "too deep = no treble" issue with the Nuforce, Altec Lansing, Etymotic or with most Shure earphones. Those sound best for me the deeper I insert them. I do have that "deep insertion treble problem" with Ultimate Ears, Sleek SA6, Klipsch X10, q-JAYS, Westone 3, Phonak PFE - where they sound best with a shallow insertion, with the IEM pushed in just far enough to grab and seal on the ear canal wall. (strangely, I have custom tips that go in very deep and they work fine with the X10 and W3, probably because the sound hole isn't becoming blocked or compressed).

Originally Posted by mmmusic

want to say thanks guys

i got the NE-7s after reading about them on here.
they're pretty solid. solid good, only issue is medium build quality
cant complain for 50$
just hope the last. i had to already trade then in for because one of the channels died.
BUT they were great about it, sent me the replacement right away with a return envelope

great customer service.


special thanks to headphoneaddict for the advice

Originally Posted by roker

Mine just died after owning them for less than a week. I was thinking of just getting rid of them. I've never had a set of "premium" headphones die on me so fast. My Creative EP-630 kill it in build quality (and sound similar might I add, underrated IEMs IMO). It wasn't much of a jump and I was thinking of cashing out and waiting for something better on the horizon.