[James63]

I am looking for the smallest tipped IEM for my girlfriend. I just got her an iPod Nano. She has very small ears and could not get the stock earbuds in her ears. So I gave here a pair of E2cs with small foam tips on them. She can use the E2cs but even with the smallest tip she still says they are uncomfortable (too tight).

So I want to know what have the smallest tip sub $200? Sound is not critical but needs to be decent.

 

[afbug]

I don't know which IEM has the smallest tip but ety er6i's small biflange is really very small. I got a sample from them and here is how it look beside a standard triflange. It is actually a modded triflange with the largest flange cut off.

 

[Ref]

beige tips for ER-4 are really SMALL.

 

[James63]

Thanks afbud that might work just right.

Suggestions from other people would still be appreciated.

 

[micaela]

I am female & also had problems with the e2c's being too large. The e3c's & e4c's work just fine for me though. They are quite a bit smaller than the e2c's.

 

[apnk]

If you go the er6i route.....you can buy Shure e3/4/5 small flex tips, they fit the er6i's. Oh and like Micaela said they are smaller than the small e2c tips.

 

[MD1032]

The tri-flange will definitely fit, but then again I have small canal openings and for me, no idea why, but the EX71 tips actually fit pretty well. I got a pair with my E2c's. The EX71's are a lot cheaper, and I'm guessing your friend isn't the craziest audiophile out there, so however they sound (I have not heard a pair), she'll probably like them.

 

[Ref]

beige tips for ER-4... for me foam > silicon ...

 

[James63]

Ok thanks a lot, there are a lot of good suggestions here. I will most likely get ER6i but this might be an excuse for me to tryout the E4.

 

[ScubaSteve87]

Yeah look at the ER4. I have the E4c now and I use the smallest tips they have, but I had no problem fitting the ER4 tips in at all. Er4 triflange, and Er6 bifalnge are pretty small

 

[Jasper994]

All Etymotics, Shure E3/E4/E5, and Westone IEMs have the same size nozzle. As such, they will all fit more or less the same (this is not to say they are equally comfortable). It's mostly a matter of finding the right tip for you/her. Additionally, the IEMs from Ultimate Ears have a larger nozzle, but they seal at the outter edge of the canal and even people with really small ears/canals can use them.