mark88888
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Hey all! I've had a set of BL-03s for a few weeks now, and I, also, had really struggled with getting a proper seal, and with the stock cable pulling the earpieces out of my ears. I wound up ordering a 2-pin balanced 2.5mm cable. I went with .78mm 2-pin, as the BLON housings have an oddly shaped connector that prevented a QDC cable from fitting properly, and because on the KZ 2-pin cables that I had, the pins were too short to reliably stay connected to the earpieces. The cable that I got works like a charm, even though it sits flush with the connector, as opposed to sheathing it (like the stock cable did). I went with a balanced cable to take advantage of the balanced output of my Radsone EarStudio E100 (which is one of the best, most useful, pieces of gear I've ever owned).
Now with regard to eartips, the only ones that I have found (so far) that work reliably, for me, are the large, silicone, double flange, EarFills from Future Sonics, that came with a pair of Atrios, from years ago. I also found that the small-sized Earfills are, by far, the best fitting tips for my Etymotic ER-4XR (which I also run, balanced, out of my ES100). My only complaint, with these tips on the BLONs, is that they are a narrow bore tip. That works great on the Etymotics, as those are narrow bore IEMs, but I would prefer a wider bore tip on the BLONs, in order to open up the soundstage a bit and to even out the sound (they are pretty bassy with narrow bore tips). However, I'm still happy with the EarFills, for now. Here are links to the cable, and the EarFills:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PXPYV3K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
http://www.mcssl.com/store/futuresonics/earfills0153-silicone-sleeves-large
I hope any of that is helpful!
-Gorktastick
Hi @Gorktastick ,
I'm curious about how you feel the BL-03s compare to the ER4XR. I also have the ER4XR, love them, and wonder if theres any reason to also pick up the BL-03s... do they do anything better? Thanks for your or anyone's opinions on this.