Haha, the amount of change honestly surprised me! Still getting better at 40 hours O.o
@Simy1
Isolation on the M6 Pros is very good! I found that as is, they block out almost all noise at moderate volumes.
I am sort of an isolation lover, since I sort of need it to study. I tried out a "mod" to improve isolation with these, and it worked! Here is an explanation if anyone is interested (all you need are round toothpicks, and a nail clipper for the cleanest cut)
(Do at own risk! Seems pretty harmless so far though)
Step 1: Insert toothpick into the vent hole until it is reasonably tight. Don't twist or anything, as this might break off the toothpick and make it hard to remove.
Step 2: Remove toothpick, and clip off the tip (leave about 2mm between the new end and the impressed ring formed on the head. This 2mm part will be the part that seals the hole.
Step 3: Break off the majority of the toothpick, leaving about a 0.5 cm length of wood left.
Step 4: Re-insert the toothpick into the hole, same end as before (end should be removed so it doesn't block the sound tube).
Step 5: (Important step!) Using the nail clippers, cut the end of the toothpick sticking out, so that only 1-1.5mm of the toothpick is sticking out of the earpiece shell. If you accidentally cut too much off, you won't be able to remove the toothpick with pliers (not too big of an issue though).
BENEFITS OF THIS:
1) Improved isolation, and decreased noise leakage
2) Easy to do
3) Not too bad if you make a mistake (Due to awesome price)
4) DEFINITELY improves bass response (I am literally hearing sub bass in songs that I never knew it existed in). I highly recommend this if you want a bit more bass.
DRAWBACKS:
1) Could get wood stuck in the earpiece. To remove this, you would have to remove the filter and the internal adhesive port covering (both can be removed with the toothpick, but the adhesive port covering is a little finnicky)
2) Not sure what this will do to the driver in the long run if anything (Though I did read somewhere that low sensitivity drivers are harder to damage. Not sure how true this is, but guess I will find out!). Driver flex seems very mildly present.
3) Deep insertion alters sound due to lack of venting and higher pressure air in your ear canal only with very deep insertion though
NOTES: Based off of this mod, here is what I found:
1) The more the venting port is covered, the more full the sound seems (This turned these IEMs into somewhat of a sub-bass beast, its pretty awesome)
2) The toothpick forms a nice seal, definitely wouldn't worry about it falling out or anything
3) Driver flex still nonexistent for the most part
4) You can remove the filters, doesn't affect sound too too much. I tested it filterless vs with some steel mesh filters I got from some cheap $30 earphones from CVS. It seemed to make the sound ever so slightly splashier, though I might beimagining things
5) In order to remove the internal port covers, you can use a toothpick. Move the adhesive cover back and forth until it unsticks, then work it up the tube until it is out. This seems to partially cover up the hole from the inside. Without it, the sound is quite empty. With the toothpick mod, it becomes full.
This was really random, but I am really liking the result! These just became a 9.2/10 for EDM from this mod! The bass is much fuller than before, and it is still very clear. I am somewhat blown away by these now XD
If you guys have any questions feel free to ask! I will probably get a backup pair of earpiecs (probably will store them on the other cable lol) just in case these die or something, but for now they are epic!!
If anything weird starts happening to the iems I will post here
