Hi. I have this set of E2C's that I'm having trouble getting to fit. I spent an hour and a half trying to shove these plastic tips down my ear canal, and all I was left with was a sore ear canal. So I waited a day and tried the foam tips. The biggest foam tip seems to make a good seal and I'm pretty happy with it. But I'm wondering...

1) If the smallest plactic won't fit, how come the biggest foam tip will fit?
2) Is it possible to get the plastic tips to fit? Is there a special trick to it?

I would really appreciate it if a bunch of people could list the tip they use and their method of insertion. The way I do it is: I attach the largest foam tip, wrap the cord around my ears, and just the shove thing as far in as it goes and then I let go of it right away. This method seems to work pretty well.

Thanks for reading and replying.

I use the smallest plastic and just wrap aorund the ears and shove em in, also make sure the butt of the earplug is flat against the bass of the inner earflap. I also adjust em by slightly breaking the seal and sealing again until I get some good sound out of them (I think it's getting rid of air pockets?)

when i first got these the plsatics didn't fit me at all and I didn't like the foamies, give it a couple of days rest or something...

The foams don't hurt while the other ones make my ears scream no matter what I do. Just go with the foams. I crush them down right before inserting them.

I found the best way to fit the E2c is to use the silicon plug that's "bigger" than your ear canal. E2c is designed to be easy to put on.. not like the Ety's tri-flange.. you're not supposed to shove them all the way down your ear canal.

It's supposed to form a seal just outside of your ear canal... So use the larger plug and just allow them to form a seal on the outside.

In fact, the silicon plug is rated to block more sound than the tri-flange (for both the Shure's own earphones and Ety's).

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I tried to get this to work and couldn't, with all 3 sizes. I would get a seal only to have the phone drop right out of my ear so I would put it in a little further and it hurts like hell.

I have the same problem with the silicon tips -- I just can't get a decent seal no matter what size I use or how I put it in my ear (deep or on the outside). I think it really depends on your ear shape, which obviously can vary quite a bit from person to person.
I can get any of the foamies to work fine -- I started with the smallest and shoved them way into my ear (crush them down before you do this). I've since found I prefer the largest (!) foamies but less deep in my ear, again crushing the foam down well before insertion. You can crush the foam down on all three sizes to the same diameter (essentially a few mils thicker than the sound tube), and from that point I think it's just what you find most comfortable and how far you stick them in your ear.
Just to note -- I have very small ear canals -- I can't get the smallest silicon tips in at all without severe pain -- and seem to have a funny bend in the canal as well. I think unless you can achieve a decent seal on the outer part of your ear with the silicon tips, you're best off with the foamies.
I always check the seal with a few finger snaps about a foot away from each ear -- it's pretty obvious if you've got them in right at that point.
Oh -- it does help to hold the E2C in place for a few seconds after insertion to allow the foam to re-expand, especially if trying to achieve a decent seal on your outer ear area.

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mate I'm not sure how big your ear canals are, but those large sleeves look like they've been designed for a bloody elephant!
I use the smallest, which fits well thanx to my nicely cerumen lubricated ears

Have any of you tried to wear the tip without the headphone? The smallest silicon tips (by themselves) fit perfectly in my ear canal, but for some reason, when I attach the headphone, I can't get them to fit anymore.

I use the medium size plastic tips and do not insert them too far as stated previously. At first, it kind of felt like the left ear was always falling out but it actually doesn't go anywhere and pusing it in farther does not improve the sound and may only slightly improve isolation.

I find the foamies are easier to insert but I don't get as good of a seal and therefore a bit less isolation. With the foamies, crush them down as much as you can then insert them. Then, hold them in place for about 20 or 30 seconds as they expand again. Easy and painless.

you haven't mentioned if you were doing this, perhaps because it's too obvious...but have you been straightening the canal by pulling the upper ear a bit, before trying to jam them in?
(if you put the tip of your pinkie in your ear, you'll be able to tell when you're doing it right)
it took me a couple of days to get used to the silicon tips...but the above method really helped...

kell

That's an interesting point. I do pull on my ear first, but that's only nowadays with the foamies. I'm not sure if I ever tried that with the silicon ones. Too bad I can't really try anything out until I go back to college next week.

Also, when inserting the foamies, I get a great seal, and that's even after letting go of them right away. In fact, I notice no difference between hoilding them for 35 seconds and letting go right away.

I also had problems with getting the silicon tips of the Shure E2s to fit. I found that even the smallest silicon tips were too large to shove into my ear canal unless I lubicated the canal first. My method was to stick my pinky finger into my mouth and then stick my pinky into my ear canal. They fit fine after that.

The silicon tips of the Shure E2s really are too large, though. I wonder if even the largest man in the world could get the Shure E2s to fit with the large silicon tips. Actually I wonder if he could even get them to fit with the medium tips....