Ken
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I have been experimenting with getting the thrid seal to be effective on er4s. I dont know if anyone has worked it out that it probably is not actually sealing for most of us. The seal is the biggest seal , it just doesnot have the stiffness to push out and make a correct seal. Remember what shape the inside of our ear is , its not an easy thing to get a seal
I notice the the er6 has now just 2 seals .
I have worked out a way to put a small layer of foam under the 3rd seal. This for me increased the outside sound exclusion to almost total silence. The sound of the etys was much improved bass and improved midrange , just like you would expect if am improved seal was found.
anyway my first thoughts with this mod was that the etys fitted very snug , probably too snug at the start. In the first couple of days they started to almost hurt after a couple of hours listening. They fitted so snug that they never ever wanting to get loose ect. I found that in the past sometimes i continually adjust the etys in more to reseal. No so with this mod they required no more adjustment.
I listened to this mod now for some 6 weeks and during that time the foam settled down and the original tightness with slight discomfort eased away and I was very happy with it , but still very snug.
so just the other day the foam mod fell out , no problem when I get around to it ill just make another. I had forgotten what it was like to listen without it. where was the bass and full sound gone.
I checked the settings on my net md ... yes the bass was set where it usually is but ..... no bass ...well not like normal...
So i will put back that mod and it will become the way I will listen.
To it was like night and day I had just gotten used to the better bass and fuller sound. Just for the record I feel that the foamies provide even less full sound than the 3 seal plugs. So I never use foamies. I always used the 3 seal plastic plugs to get better sound. Well the foam mod is way better than the standard 3 seal white plugs.
I had in the past felt that i would like custom ear plugs. Im certain that this foam mod under the third and largest seal in the ety earplugs can not be improved upon , for getting a seal and making certain you get the best possible sound from the wonderfull ety's
all this is IMO and some of you may alreay be getting the full sound I claimed to have found. But for me I just cant go back.
I notice the the er6 has now just 2 seals .
I have worked out a way to put a small layer of foam under the 3rd seal. This for me increased the outside sound exclusion to almost total silence. The sound of the etys was much improved bass and improved midrange , just like you would expect if am improved seal was found.
anyway my first thoughts with this mod was that the etys fitted very snug , probably too snug at the start. In the first couple of days they started to almost hurt after a couple of hours listening. They fitted so snug that they never ever wanting to get loose ect. I found that in the past sometimes i continually adjust the etys in more to reseal. No so with this mod they required no more adjustment.
I listened to this mod now for some 6 weeks and during that time the foam settled down and the original tightness with slight discomfort eased away and I was very happy with it , but still very snug.
so just the other day the foam mod fell out , no problem when I get around to it ill just make another. I had forgotten what it was like to listen without it. where was the bass and full sound gone.
I checked the settings on my net md ... yes the bass was set where it usually is but ..... no bass ...well not like normal...
So i will put back that mod and it will become the way I will listen.
To it was like night and day I had just gotten used to the better bass and fuller sound. Just for the record I feel that the foamies provide even less full sound than the 3 seal plugs. So I never use foamies. I always used the 3 seal plastic plugs to get better sound. Well the foam mod is way better than the standard 3 seal white plugs.
I had in the past felt that i would like custom ear plugs. Im certain that this foam mod under the third and largest seal in the ety earplugs can not be improved upon , for getting a seal and making certain you get the best possible sound from the wonderfull ety's
all this is IMO and some of you may alreay be getting the full sound I claimed to have found. But for me I just cant go back.