IEM with long stem?
Mar 2, 2020 at 10:39 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 5

Steve B.

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I have a terrible time getting IEM's to fit. The only IEM that fit me correctly was JH audio Michelle. However, it had bloated bass and overall muffled sound to my ears. But the fit was fantastic. The lola also looks good with the long stem, but I fear I just don't like the JH sound based on the Michelle.

Does anyone know of a good IEM with a longer stem? The Campfire Polaris looks long, but overall looks huge, and is quite expensive. I may go that route but was wondering if there were any alternatives. I have the TIN T4 and it is almost perfect, but not quite long enough.
 
Mar 2, 2020 at 7:49 PM Post #2 of 5
I have a terrible time getting IEM's to fit. The only IEM that fit me correctly was JH audio Michelle. However, it had bloated bass and overall muffled sound to my ears. But the fit was fantastic. The lola also looks good with the long stem, but I fear I just don't like the JH sound based on the Michelle.

Does anyone know of a good IEM with a longer stem? The Campfire Polaris looks long, but overall looks huge, and is quite expensive. I may go that route but was wondering if there were any alternatives. I have the TIN T4 and it is almost perfect, but not quite long enough.

Other than getting a longer nozzle IEM, whose tuning may or may not suit you, I can think of a few options for optimizing fit:

1) Use longer nozzle tips like spinfits.

2) Consider doing a spacer mod with an O ring:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/chinese-asian-brand-iem-info-thread.820747/page-1841#post-15260691
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/chinese-asian-brand-iem-info-thread.820747/page-1745#post-15176790

3) Go down the custom ear tips or custom IEM route, though these are more expensive of course.
 
Mar 4, 2020 at 9:32 PM Post #4 of 5
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