[jschristian44]

I just got my RE-ZERO's today and the shure olives.  Problem is, the Shure Olives do not fit on my RE-ZERO's.  there is a plastic piece inside of it that just won't go on the speaker driver.  I know there was a link on here some place to make them fit, but I cannot find it.  Can someone help me!

 

[Marcus_C]

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...there is a plastic piece inside of it that just won't go on the speaker driver....

Take the little plastic piece out.

 

[jschristian44]

tried doing that and i ruined the circle part of it...

 

[RASeymour]

Very carefully, with an exacto-type knife or something sharp with a point, cut out the inner plastic tube.  It takes a bit of practice, maybe consider the first two as expendable.
 
FWIW, I never found the decored Shure Olives to stay on the RE0 anyways.  But others have had better luck than I.

 

[Marcus_C]

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FWIW, I never found the decored Shure Olives to stay on the RE0 anyways.  But others have had better luck than I.

Second that, tbh, i'd skip the butchering of the olives and get some fake sony hybrids off the bay of e.

 

[jschristian44]

whats the difference between the sony hybrids and the stock flanges.  they look so much alike.

 

[Marcus_C]

They come in pretty colours??? To be honest, not much, when I had the re0's I got the best fit with the hybrids, so the best sound. How do they sound with the stock tips anyway? If you get a good sound with the stock tips you can save about 2/3 cd's worth of tunes on tips which may or may not help.

 

[jschristian44]

i think they sound excellent with the stock tips but sound leakage is more than i am liking.  its not horrible, but my 15 dollar skullcandies have better isolation.  of course im using the dual flanges because i think they look cool and the fit would be better.  have yet to try the others.

 

[jschristian44]

but just wow, these earphones are spectacular.  i am now listening to the wind blow in the beginning of signs which i had never heard at all before.  these things are gonna make my movies come to life.

 

[Marcus_C]

If it's just an isolation issue then definitely foam tips are the way to go, either try complies (t-400 if i remember rightly), or orange shure foamies (e2), both of them have a bigger hole through them so won't need butchering.

 

[jschristian44]

thank you marcus.

 

[jschristian44]

nevermiind guys, i finally got them out.  i just took RASeymours advice on using a flat blade and turning it over, then you just get right under the tip of the plastic piece and push down with the blade.  keep doing this all the way around and eventually it will pull out.  thanks for the tips!

 

[jschristian44]

well the shure olives definately make the isolation much better, but i don't think they make the sound better.  the small dual flanges are the best ones thus far i think but its a slight tradeoff between the two.  i think this is what most people experience right?

 

[mark2410]

if you look for some old senn IE7 threads i decored some olives and i exploin how i did it,

 

[jschristian44]

i just did it, it works good.