asphyxiation
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I haven't been hearing my SM3s for a while since my bout of tinnitus and my ATH ES-10's arrived but, if my memory serves me well. I think you're right. On receiving my sensorcom tips after my SM3's arrived, I immediately trimmed them down and replaced the stock bi-flanges. While this opens up what you hear by a fair degree, I agree that a small amount of bass body has been lost, though this doesn't mean that there is a depreciation in the quality. It's still very tight and well-controlled. I listened in on Muse's Resistance between tips and found that some of the drums in the background has lost enough impact for my abysmal hearing to realize.
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How about trimming it so that the stem is a bit longer? Does it change the resulting sound? I'm asking because I don't want to experiment on one of my remaining two pairs of sensorcoms...
Btw, did you notice anyhing in the bass department after replacing the stock bi-flanges with the sensorcoms? I might be making it up but in my case not only the so-called veiled upper midranges or treble came alive -just a bit- but also the sound got thinner as a whole, meaning some bass body has been lost.... It's too early though to say anything with certainty and I didn't have much time to a/b them thoroughly, so this is just a vague impression...