As far as tips go, I've found that the best tips for my W4 by far, are the black silicone tips that came with my Monster Coppers. They have a larger exit hole. I have to make an adaptor from a Shure Olive but OMG! The soundstage and details REALLY open up and allow for a bit more brightness in...

What Spyro said to a T. Nothing to add. He must hear just like me as that's precisely what I perceive. Both very, very good IEMs but I give the edge to the W4 for overall musical enjoyment.

Just jumped from the UM3X to the W4 and couldn't be happier. A supremely balanced IEM with just the right amout of everything to sound smooth and natural. Instruments sound very real and the presentation has just the right amount of "weight" to not sound thin or too pumped up. Can't stop...

Westone UM3X. Nice amount of bass with non-fatiguing mids and highs. Not as bright. A little dark sounding but once your ears adjust, you can listen all day to them. Plenty of detail.

Quote: Damn, I'm such an idiot. I just took the tips off my UM3X's and noticed that I had decored a couple of Shure Olives and slipped the M6 tips over them. If you need some I can decore a couple of Olives I have and send the cores to you.   Sorry,   Ed

Quote: Yes, I believe those are it. I have the clear version though. The mushroom tips have a smaller bore hole which seems to restrict the highs and make everything sound too congested and dark to me. These tips seem to open up the sound more and give a nice balance between bass, mids and...

Yep. That's exactly what I did. I also found another tip that I like a lot. The Meelectric single flange medium. I think it's for the M6 series. Very nice sound. I like it even better than the decored olive with the Sony hybrid. No mod needed and adds even a bit more brightness and clarity.

Quote:   None of the tips that came with it worked that well for me. The tips that did the trick were the medium Sony hybrids. I de-cored a couple of Shure Olives and put the hybrids on those in order to fit the UM3X stem. Perfect balance of bass, mids and highs with these for me. The...

They are a bit darker sounding than the Triple Fi's but are so smooth you can listen all day. The have a great heft to the sound that the TF10's don't have. The bass notes are tighter with less boominess.  I was listening to some classical Wagner orchestral music and the crescendos don't seem to...

Just received my new pair of UM3X's. I have been using the Shure SE425's which are a bit bass light and analytical. I was looking for something a little fuller sounding. I have Triple Fi's which sounded nice but are about the worst fitting IEM's I have tried.   So, I popped the UM3X's into...

Nice review. I just picked up a set of these myself. I find them to be very accurate and quite stunning on most types of music except for most metal where I want more mid-bass impact. Use the SE215's for that genre and they sound great.   The 425's do vocals, acoustic guitars, pianos...

I have found the MEElectronics double flange tip to be the best for my use on the TF10. Anyone who thinks the TF10 is too muffled or dark sounding in the mids needs to try these tips. Everything brightens up a bit in the vocal and guitar range and doesn't sound too recessed. A nice find indeed...

Quote:   True on all levels. I just received the TF10's from Black Friday sale and all I can say is WOW! Just what I was looking for. Similar to the PFE's with black filters except everything the PFE offers is just that much better with the TF10. At $99 it's an absolute steal. At $400...

  Quote: Thats it. I'm just gonna have to try these. Guess I can send them back if the difference isn't great enough for me. It just seems hard to believe that the same drivers could be that much different. They must definitely tweak the HF5's to sound not quite as good.    

Quote: Great! I'm not a huge basshead or anything. Just wanted a little bit more to fill out the sound a bit. The amount I added didn't affect the clarity or mids in any great way. Pretty subtle but noticeable.