[Pro-Jules]

I had no luck with foam & silicon tips so I tried some deep insertion IEM'S. While they blocked out the outside world a lot (good - exactly what I was looking for) my footsteps sounded like thunder (bad).

Is that normal? Do you folks with custom moulds get a lot of body noise like footsteps trainsmitted to your ears when you are walking? (I know this phenomenon is called "occlusion")

I gave a long walk in the city a shot but the footsteps pounding noise was so loud it totally messed up my enjoyment of the music.

Tell me about custom fit / walking noise?

Many thanks.

 

[rantng]

This phenomenon is known as bone conduction. It’s unavoidable with IEMs, even more so with CIEMs since more of the shell is making direct contact with your inner ear.