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I love the Clear look
Something may be wrong, they are big! Like, if you look:
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they feel kinda bulky, and kinda hurt as well, also, isolation isn't as great as i expected i can hear myself type when the volume is low, but once music comes its all good!
otherwise, still getting used to the fit, a bit painful i am not sure of thats normal, but yeah
glad they are finally here!
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Yes, looking at that comparison it could be a case of needing some time for your ears to adjust to them a bit.
As you know, FeedMeTrance, my first set were too small and slotted into the ears too easilly. My second set were much thicker (like yours look) and it took a full month for my right ear to settle with that - I did experience physical pain if I didn't wear the bling part of the cable in a different way (looked weird but it seemed to be 'just' touching the inner lobe a fraction and that was the pain - since they've settled in though I can now wear the bling in the normal position, as you have it shown). I felt initial discomfort with the left ear but the ear (and I?) adjusted within the first week or so.
BTW, I had my audiologist have a look at them (he was interested) and he was able to check where they weren't settled well/rubbing could be occuring. Perhaps you could get someone to take a close look for you too.
Both sets it was my right ear that was the most problematic, although the left ear of the second set is definitely also an improvement on the original set. Are you experiencing your issues with both ears or different issues with different ears or perhaps different levels of the issues with different ears?
I still occasionally get the impression there isn't as good a seal as I'd like because, as you describe, I can hear more outer sounds than I think I should be able to. But, on reflection, I find this is partly because they don't isolate as well as the biflange tips I previously used with my UM2s and partly the reduced isolation is at particular frequencies - for instance, particularly with music running as you indicate (even relatively quiet orchestral), I can barely hear a Sydney bus passing right in front of me whilst waiting at the pedestrian crossing yet I can hear the train announcements whilst waiting at a station.
So I think the isolation is better at certain frequencies than at others.
Hope you find them more comfortable/more settled in the coming days. And, as I've suggested in my PM to you try them with different equipment and different pieces of music to see if the concerns you have are consistent across that variety (i.e. they are to do with the Livewires, no matter what you feed them) or vary because it's more a 'synergy' issue with particular equipment/music.
