[Eudoxa]

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Hello,
 
IE-8 mods seems to consist of using Shure Olives:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/417263/ie-8-mod#204
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/397493/ie8-awesome-mod205
 
or making really long sniper barrel of silicone for bullets of sound:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/425799/sennheiser-ie8-ultimate-tip-mod206
 
but has anyone tried making the tip extend no further than the length of the nozzle?
 
I got my replacement IE-8s a couple of weeks ago and it sounded really muddy with the bass (I'm not too familiar with the vocab for describing sound so sorry if its not the right word).  The bass seemed to drown out everything.  I tried all of the tips and some Comply foam tips and they all had this muddy bass to differing degrees (except for the mushrooms which eliminated all bass).  I read that many people experienced this for a while until burn-in kicked in and made it sound better but I'm not entirely sold on this.  I had a thought that maybe the portion of the Comply foam tip that went past the nozzle created a "tunnely" effect, perhaps increasing bass and decreasing treble.  So, I cut it off.  The result was interesting:  The muddiness of the bass disappeared while still retaining the "punchiness" of the overall bass and the full range of treble is now audible.  There now seems to be a co-existence between the bass and treble as opposed to the bass-drowning-out-the-treble or the non-existent-bass-allows-for-more-treble .... sound signature types?...
 
 
Your thoughts?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
haha...I sound rambly and incoherent =D

 

[lucozade]

monster foam hybrids  if you like the shallow fit  or monster triple flange tips for a deep firm seal with good isolation

 

[Hawaiiancerveza]

I got the shure foam olives and just took out the cores.  Since the tips stick out a little past the nuzzle, I just pushed the tips back to the tips of the nuzzles and tried them on.  They fit really snug and might be a little too snug for some(in the ear).  It isolated well and the details remain with the bass being a little more present.  Some might say a little boomy even though the bass is very present already.  You can try it out if you'd like.  I like them and it still keeps the airy feeling they give and the sound stage doesn't seem to narrow out since I pushed the foam tips back to the tips of the nuzzles.  Oh and about the tips of the comply's creating a tunnel sound? The majority of the tips that come with the ie8 stick out a little.  From what I read the reason the sound may have decreased is because the foam absorbing the high frequencies.  Hopefully that helps.  If anything try de-coring the shure olive foams and give that a shot.  
Good luck