For a while, it was almost impossible to get them past the second lip.. so I thought that was as far as they could go.
when I got a bit heavy handed, I got them down past the second lip which is where the hole would be (I'm currently testing out the Silver tips, so no hole on those). I much prefer this sound so far.. but I'm probably ruining my ears or something :rolleyes: . Or mayb that's not how far they are supposed to go on.
I use the Gold tips on my Vyrus 1, so I'll try those next!
In that case, would you like to take one for the team and do an experiment?
Try just putting the tip on normally and cover up the tiny hole/port/vent with a tiny piece of sellotape or similar?
Then see if the sound is the same. I can't find any sellotape, in response to the obvious rejoinder
I'd be happy to! I'm at work at the moment, so won't be for a while yet, but can test a theory!
However, I'm not sure the hole is actually responsible for the specific issue I was having. I was using the silver filters, which have no hole, so can't be that. Someone please call me out on this if it's completely false logic, but here what I think was happening....
Due to me not managing to push the tip down far enough, the tip may have been distorting its shape in my ear canal, thus changing the sound. When I kept messing with it and got it all the way down, that distortion of the tip was no longer happening, so got the full effect of the sound.
When pushing the tips on, I have found that they like to 'grab' at a point and not go any further. If you can't see the flat end of the tip (nearest the body of the IEM) this is probably what has happened... keep forcing it on until it's over that second ridge and looks like it's all passed. Then try again.
For me, it was night and day between half way down and all the way down. Tinny vs full and rich.
Probably obvious to many, but maybe not others.
Hope this helps
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