assassin10000
Headphoneus Supremus
By “the old style,” do you mean the ones that came with the classic wheel-interface iPods? Because those were the ones that had foam and fit me better too!
I do pretty well with smaller headphones that don’t have angled edges of the enclosure pressing against my ears, and I particularly like comply foam tips. I’ve been experimenting with Acoustune AT07 small tips, and they fit nicely secure, but they still feel slightly large for listening for more than two hours. I still haven’t found my perfect tips, and it seems tips matter the most for me! I actually quite liked the stock tips that came with the Phonak IEMs, the BLON BL-03, and the small tips that came with the IE 300 and IE 900. I actually use the latter on my grells a lotI need to order some more Comply, it’s been a few years.
I’m not exactly sure which microphones gave you issue on the grells… they haven’t changed.
On the three samples I’ve had at home, I’ve received call quality compliments that people can hear me well, and I even used them while speaking on Sonic Visions podcasts a few times, though of course I wouldn’t use it for voiceover recordings. They are designed to cut wind noise well, too. In transparent mode, the microphones sound fuller and richer as they reproduce the environmental sounds… but to do that in with natural gain levels, there’s no audio processing to de-noise and focus just on ambient vocals, so there’s a bit of hiss in transparent mode. If I’m trying to listen for traffic dangers, ordering food at a cafe, or something, I’m OK worth transparent mode as-is, but I prefer ANC on for serious listening.
I don’t know if that’s the answer you’re looking for, but I figure it’s better to be honest and say the mics are good for ANC and functional phone calls, but won’t sound as good as a lavalier mic or a studio mic.
If you like foam tips, do you prefer barrel or round ones?
If you're a fan of barrel style, the tennmak 'strong' foams are excellent and have an outer skin. Makes them easy to wipe clean and they last a long time. They can also be cleaned with a mild soap and warm water.
There's also some excellent round tips found on AE called ts400 iirc. Some of the most comfortable. Only thing better were the shure olives.
Edit: back on topic, anyone have side by side pics of the sony linkbuds and samsung buds live? Looking for a size comparison.
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