fierostetz
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I love the shure olives for my etymotics and other deeper-insertion iems, and have tested them on a variety of headphones and love them.
I also noticed that the olives, with their little mesh thingy, make the etymotic filters last a LOT longer, which is great.
I bought a decidedly low-quality "gaming" headset from monoprice for use at work/phone/etc in noisy environments, but no tips I toss on there are long enough. The body of the headphone is too large to allow the shure olives to go deep enough into my ears to seal, which defeats my use of these in noisy environments at work where I don't want to risk snagging my etymotics on something.
Does anyone have any thoughts on something like the Olives that insert a bit deeper? Their foam is great on my ears, no irritation, and very comfortable in general... just not long enough.
For what its worth, I have a variety of Westone "star" silicone tips on the way in various lengths and sizes, hopefully those work, but Silicone generally makes my ears itchy. Any thoughts appreciated
Here's a link to the headset in question. It sounds about as good as any cheap monoprice headphone, but the included mic is pretty awesome and I prefer having a "boom" mic in noisy environments. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=38760
I ordered some 3mm silicone tubing and have been experimenting with putting the tubing through comfortable earplugs for a good, deep seal... but its a lot of work for a pair of ear foams that don't last very long. Thanks for any feedback!
Ah, almost forgot - I tried some of the really long westone "foam" tips, but I have consistently had issues with the center plastic tube coming loose from the foam causing some scary moments where I had to have the wife help get the foam tip out of my ear.
I also noticed that the olives, with their little mesh thingy, make the etymotic filters last a LOT longer, which is great.
I bought a decidedly low-quality "gaming" headset from monoprice for use at work/phone/etc in noisy environments, but no tips I toss on there are long enough. The body of the headphone is too large to allow the shure olives to go deep enough into my ears to seal, which defeats my use of these in noisy environments at work where I don't want to risk snagging my etymotics on something.
Does anyone have any thoughts on something like the Olives that insert a bit deeper? Their foam is great on my ears, no irritation, and very comfortable in general... just not long enough.
For what its worth, I have a variety of Westone "star" silicone tips on the way in various lengths and sizes, hopefully those work, but Silicone generally makes my ears itchy. Any thoughts appreciated
Here's a link to the headset in question. It sounds about as good as any cheap monoprice headphone, but the included mic is pretty awesome and I prefer having a "boom" mic in noisy environments. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=38760
I ordered some 3mm silicone tubing and have been experimenting with putting the tubing through comfortable earplugs for a good, deep seal... but its a lot of work for a pair of ear foams that don't last very long. Thanks for any feedback!
Ah, almost forgot - I tried some of the really long westone "foam" tips, but I have consistently had issues with the center plastic tube coming loose from the foam causing some scary moments where I had to have the wife help get the foam tip out of my ear.