I've attempted that a few times over the years and either the Comply tip's inner tubing gets in the way, or there's no proper seal between any of the parties involved, and the resulting combo doesn't sit well in my ears. Although that may also be because Complys have never worked out for my ears...

  I tried sooooooo hard and I couldn't even get the larger-bore T500 onto the QC20. I'd love to know how on Earth you got the T400 onto the tube.   Quote:   I've seen people suspect that Bose uses particularly soft material for the QC20 drivers, and so when the bus rolls over the...

AFAIK, Bose does internal equalizing to "sculpt" sound in all of their powered products, and Sony has also done this in a few products, so that's an artificial intervention. Then Bose also has a more laid-back signature sound to begin with - I feel they make the individual grains of sound less...

With current technology, active noise-cancelling (ANC) will always interfere and cripple sound quality. A lot of folks like the rough (and IMO a little demeaning) claim that you're only getting 1/3 the money in SQ, i.e. the $300 Bose QC products are roughly equal to $100 headphones in SQ.  ...

I've spent months trying to stuff down several BT earphones that won't fit into my ears. I'd try to perhaps lift my ear upwards, outwards, sideways for insertion, and try every angle, and still they keep popping out. I don't think the ER4 was ever this difficult. After a while some kind of...

Apple removing the 3.5mm headphone jack is not innovation. It is a symbolic, political move. I say that because the stereo version of the 3.5mm jack was created by Sony for the original cassette Walkman, which then became the de facto standard around the world. It is in such widespread use and...

  The main obstacle to a good fit for me is the H5's eartips are too close to its body. The driver housing clashes with my outer ears, and the tips don't protrude into my ear canals deep enough to a place where they can maintain a fit. The fins do not help with that situation.   Out of...

The individually-packed replacement Hybrid tips are still available, but over the last few years in their lower-end and h.ear IEMs, Sony's been replacing those with a color-coordinated, translucent version that's a teeny tiny bit less pliable, and it shows every time I put one on. Cost cut...

Hey SamJ, thanks for taking the time to write about your Level U Pro in such detail! It's definitely a vote of confidence for me as I...uhm...stand by for the next round of price cuts   Isolation-wise, would you say the Level U Pro is comparable to the Jaybird X2?   I used to own the Sony...

If by sub bass you mean the sub-100Hz frequencies, my A2's got plenty and the N1 I heard might be even stronger.

I'm so bummed over the QC30 offering less isolation than the QC20. I've had cash sitting at the ready ever since the announcement in June. Even though I don't use the mic, the recall makes it sound like another bullet dodged...that's two recalls this year from Bose.   As amazing as the QC20...

I wonder if pedronet's unit was in fact defective. Those are much more common in the headpone world than people realize, so returning it was a good decision.   The N1 I auditioned doesn't sound like his impression, but instead is very similar to my A2, to the point that the N1 feels like a...

Politely bumping this thread to see if anyone can comment on the Level U Pro ANC, specifically the noise-cancelling feature versus Sony, Bose or any other competition. Thanks!

I just wanted to say this: I wasn't expecting this to fit my ears at all, but it did, and the sound is so addictive that I didn't just audition once, I went three days in a row because I just had to hear it again. And then I couldn't stop; I had to come up with budget for it right away, which is...