Any recommendation of ear tips for the ie-8? What you stated makes perfect sense, there's a lot of physics involved when it comes to those seemingly insignificant silicone tips. They determine the volume of air enclosed withinin one's ear canal between the micro-speaker and one's tympanic membrane. Since the ie-8 has a short extension and wide ear tips, they don't enter the ear canal as many calal phones do, such as the Klipsch Image X5. Because of that, the air waves produced by the micro speaker may not be directed right on the ear drum if the plugs are not positioned properly, causing some frequency range to dissipate, resulting in a veiled sound that comes trough muffled. I have the feeling that's the reason I never really got connected with the vaunted ie-8. I tried a wide variety of selections, someone from here transferred me over a set of monster sampler pack. The triple-fi 10 mid size silicone tips work best so far, but they are leaking too much bass, I loose most of the details of sub-bass, but at least the undesired mid-bass hump also gets filtered out . There has to be some better gels that work with these phones, I know the potential is there, I tested them with a tone generator, and the response range on them is more than impressive. I would be glad for any suggestions .
