[bigmistake68]

I’ve been quite happy with the red filter in my gen1s these past few months, but I found a filter mod thread for the 535s and replacing the stock filter with a Knowles brown filter transformed them.
So I found another thread on 846s and found myself going down a rabbit hole, trying different Knowles screens in different positions, kinda broke my white filter tubes in the process.

But… what I have now blows the red filter away, and it’s simple - my white filter tubes now just have knowles green screens at the iem end. Totally opened up the sound and no sibilance or fatiguing harsh treble.

I posted on the filter mod thread: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/se846-filter-mod.802350/page-17

 

[babarrun]

Westone Silicone Star tips are still IMO the best fit for the SE846.

hi xSDMx, can you please share the link for the Westone Silicone Star. I found them on amazon but don't know which ones as there are so many specs. thanks.

 

[xSDMx]

hi xSDMx, can you please share the link for the Westone Silicone Star. I found them on amazon but don't know which ones as there are so many specs. thanks.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DD2BZRY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[jerryjose46vr]

>But… what I have now blows the red filter away, and it’s simple - my white filter tubes now just have knowles green screens at the iem end. Totally opened up the sound and no sibilance or fatiguing harsh treble.

Could you share where you bought the filters from? I see options on aliexpress but not sure if they are the correct ones. My location is EU.
Thanks.

 

[bigmistake68]

Could you share where you bought the filters from? I see options on aliexpress but not sure if they are the correct ones. My location is EU.
Thanks.

I got them from here:
AliExpress. US $2.35 19％ Off | 2PCS Balanced Armature Damping Damper Plugs filters Knowles Acoustic Dampers for Shure Se215 se315 se425 se535 Se846 TF10 LM5144

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mtLacvm

I believe also the 1.78mm screens are the same, but not installed in the SS ring.

These dampers are really small and fiddly, you can lose them quite easily. So given their price and that you pay shipping, many people buy at least 2 pairs of each color they’re interested in. So I’d say at least 2 sets of greens.

If you also have SE535 then get 2 of the browns too!

For SE846 I recommend these in the SS ring because you can line up the ring and the Shure filter in your finger and thumb and use a blunt toothpick to push the green screen from the SS ring directly into the filter.

Try it out. Install one side first and do a comparison with your preferred filter in the other ear piece; how is the sound in the green filter side?

 

[jerryjose46vr]

These dampers are really small and fiddly, you can lose them quite easily. So given their price and that you pay shipping, many people buy at least 2 pairs of each color they’re interested in. So I’d say at least 2 sets of greens.

Thanks a ton. I am ordering 2 sets of green soon

>For SE846 I recommend these in the SS ring because you can line up the ring and the Shure filter in your finger and thumb and use a blunt toothpick to push the green screen from the SS ring directly into the filter.

Could you please tell me what you meant by SS ring? Is it the top portion of filter with the red O-ring?

 

[bigmistake68]

Thanks a ton. I am ordering 2 sets of green soon

Could you please tell me what you meant by SS ring? Is it the top portion of filter with the red O-ring?

No I mean the Knowles filter itself, comes as a SS ring with the screen inside it.

 

[jerryjose46vr]

No I mean the Knowles filter itself, comes as a SS ring with the screen inside it.

Okay. I understand it now. I will try like that (as in your picture). Will update you once I have them.

 

[babarrun]

But I have the TW2 and Fiio UTWS5 and the Shures are better in every way - except max volume is higher for the Fiios. It’s just the Bluetooth limitation I think, not a fault of the TW2s.

I now run with my 535s hooked up to the TW2s instead because I can eq them, and have brown Knowles filters which transform the 535s.

Bluetooth makes the music sound like it’s playing at half speed through the 846s compared to wired.

Has anyone tried taking Knowles filter pieces and putting them inside the white filter? I ask because they really do make the 535s so much better.

I use an iphone 14 and the samsung flip neither of which have high res codecs. I read somewhere here that i could use a creative bt dongle with an iphone using a lighting to usb camera dongle. it works like a charm on the se846 gen2 and i’m getting fantastic resolution. i didn’t get the tw2 becuase it didn’t support the higher res. im using it right now with the hiby rs8.
im really looking forward to the igi go dongle

 

[jerryjose46vr]

Hey, I got the filters. I am not able to slide it to the filter, and I ****ed up :/
I broke the filter while trying to get the green filter in with the SS housing. Am I doing it all wrong?

 

[bigmistake68]

Hey, I got the filters. I am not able to slide it to the filter, and I ****ed up :/
I broke the filter while trying to get the green filter in with the SS housing. Am I doing it all wrong?

You need to transfer the green screen from the SS housing into your white filter tube.
I know the filter mod thread talks about getting the SS housing in too but I found it better to just have the green screen by itself.

FWIW my white filter tubes are pretty beaten up because I was trying to insert the SS housing into either end and the ear end has split! But my final setup sounds great anyway.

 

[jerryjose46vr]

You need to transfer the green screen from the SS housing into your white filter tube.

Thanks a lot. I spend quite some time trying to get SS inside the tube, and the end result was pretty laughable.

FWIW my white filter tubes are pretty beaten up because I was trying to insert the SS housing into either end and the ear end has split! But my final setup sounds great anyway.

This is reassuring, I was feeling down that I tore the tube. Will update!

 

[bigmistake68]

Thanks a lot. I spend quite some time trying to get SS inside the tube, and the end result was pretty laughable.


This is reassuring, I was a feeling down that I tore the tube. Will update!

Yep - I hear you!
Make sure to just replace the existing brown screen with the green screen - at the iem end with the o-ring.
I popped the existing screen out using a blunt needle from the other end, then used a blunt toothpick the push the green screen out of its SS housing straight into the white tube.

 

[jerryjose46vr]

Make sure to just replace the existing brown screen with the green screen - at the iem end with the o-ring.

Thanks for this. I wouldn't have otherwise. Should I push the filter high up till the O-ring end? I now have it like this, green at the center, similar to the picture in this thread.

Update:
I was struggling a bit with moving the filter inside from O-ring side. So pushed it up from the bigger bore end till the maximum upward position. Now testing the sound. First impression - I love it!!!

 

[bigmistake68]

Thanks for this. I wouldn't have otherwise. Should I push the filter high up till the O-ring end? I now have it like this, green at the center, similar to the picture in this thread.

Update:
I was struggling a bit with moving the filter inside from O-ring side. So pushed it up from the bigger bore end till the maximum upward position. Now testing the sound. First impression - I love it!!!

Mine are at the other end by the o-ring. I did try at either end and prefer it this way. It’s basically where the original brown screen was.
Perhaps you need to open up that end with something - mine were opened up because I was trying to fit the whole SS housing in there before!
The white tube is narrower around 3mm inside which prevents you getting that screen all the way through.