mambosun92
New Head-Fier
Hello everybody,
I recently bought the Audio Technica IEM ATH-E50 and I am plenty satisfied with it. I use it for my Sound Design projects (mixing and mastering excepted) and I do appreciate their comfort, especially after 8 hours of continuous work.
The only drawback I see is there's only one stock eartips which works well for me, the largest one. The smaller models can't provide the level of isolation and the full range sound reproduction (especially for bass) of the biggest one.
Which means if I break or loose them, I'm stuck.
I asked Audio Technica which replacement model they would suggest and they recommeded their own foam eartips (ref: EP-FT/5 )
These come in 5 pairs of the same size but again are far too small for me (lack of bass and sound isolation).
So my question is which aftermarket earpieces would be a good replacement ?
I currently use Alpine earplug for my rehearsal and gigs, they are quite good and comfy. They are double flange design which I would like to experiment with my ATH-E50 as well, but maybe earplug and eartips for headphones are not compatible?
I've seen Comply but heard many bad comment about their low durability with tregards to their high price.
Another candidate could be Spinfit, but they have so many models I don't know which one would perfectly fit with my ATH -E50, and they are rather costly.
What do you think and which model/ brand would you recommend for optimal sound reproduction?
I recently bought the Audio Technica IEM ATH-E50 and I am plenty satisfied with it. I use it for my Sound Design projects (mixing and mastering excepted) and I do appreciate their comfort, especially after 8 hours of continuous work.
The only drawback I see is there's only one stock eartips which works well for me, the largest one. The smaller models can't provide the level of isolation and the full range sound reproduction (especially for bass) of the biggest one.
Which means if I break or loose them, I'm stuck.
I asked Audio Technica which replacement model they would suggest and they recommeded their own foam eartips (ref: EP-FT/5 )
These come in 5 pairs of the same size but again are far too small for me (lack of bass and sound isolation).
So my question is which aftermarket earpieces would be a good replacement ?
I currently use Alpine earplug for my rehearsal and gigs, they are quite good and comfy. They are double flange design which I would like to experiment with my ATH-E50 as well, but maybe earplug and eartips for headphones are not compatible?
I've seen Comply but heard many bad comment about their low durability with tregards to their high price.
Another candidate could be Spinfit, but they have so many models I don't know which one would perfectly fit with my ATH -E50, and they are rather costly.
What do you think and which model/ brand would you recommend for optimal sound reproduction?
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