[MichaelOH]

Hi Everyone,

Received some monster triple-flange tips for my UE triple.fi today.

My question is...is it normal to feel some amount of discomfort with these? Am I going to do some damage to my ear drum, since they insert (or seem to) much further into the ear canal?

Pardon my neurosis, and lack of knowledge!

Thanks,

Michael

 

[lucozade]

you will not damage your ear drums and you will get used to how deep they go in ,they make your ear drums itch abit at first but once you get used to them you sould not even notice there in your ears. They are much softer than shure triple flanges.

 

[fL.]

i agree with luco. it takes a while to get used to. i also felt some discomfort and my ears started to itch which was kinda annoying. so i kept switching back and forth between the triples and the other eartips and ended up using the triple flanges. the SQ with them is just so much better. i'm still getting used to it though. at least it stopped itching

 

[plonter]

when i had the shure iem's the only tip that fit to my ears was the triple flange, but the problem is that it sounded the worst from them all,don't know exactly why...because it gave me the best seal so it should sound best but it didn't for some reason so i didn't use it.
yes,it is very uncomfortable...but with me i have no problem suffering a little if it sounds good, in the case if the triple it was a pure 100% suffering.

 

[Arjisme]

I'll echo those comments (of lucozade). I use the Shure triple flanges and they were indeed a bit uncomfortable initially, but my ear canal toughened up and I can now wear them for hours w/o problems. I find they have have the best sound of the available tips from Shure (for SE530s). Also, your ear canal is much deeper than you realize and you cannot insert the tri-flanges in far enough to touch/damage your eardrum. Inserting them can invoke a slight cough reflex, but even that stops after you get used to them.

 

[MichaelOH]

The sound quality is leagues better than with the stock tips, that I can already tell. Still uncomfortable, obviously...but getting used to it!

 

[DaeO]

They are also very good at making your foot steps sound like giant foot steps in your head, like Gulliver in Lilliput

 

[MichaelOH]

Ha...actually, I find the microphonics of the UE cable have been seriously cut down with these tips...!

 

[lucozade]

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Originally Posted by DaeO /img/forum/go_quote.gif They are also very good at making your foot steps sound like giant foot steps in your head, like Gulliver in Lilliput

that is a microphonic cable daeo not the tips

 

[DaeO]

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Originally Posted by MichaelOH /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ha...actually, I find the microphonics of the UE cable have been seriously cut down with these tips...!

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Originally Posted by lucozade /img/forum/go_quote.gif that is a microphonic cable daeo not the tips

Guys, this is not the microphonics, but the better seal with the tri-flange. I have some tri-flange earplugs, and get the same thing without cables.

 

[EraserXIV]

yes DaeO is correct. being able to hear yourself breathe and hearing your own footsteps much louder is an effect of the seal, not microphonics. the sound waves reverberate much longer in your head since it is now sealed up. it's similar to putting your fingers in your ear, you get that weird atmospheric sound going on.

 

[MichaelOH]

...what I'm saying is that, I hear those things less (footsteps, breathing), but can feel that there is a definite improvement with the seal.

 

[rawrster]

Well the UE cable is quite microphonic so it doesn't help any. The footstep however is what you get with any iem.

To the OP: triple flanges is just something you get used to. It may take a bit of time but nothing damaging to your ears.

 

[lucozade]

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Originally Posted by rawrster /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well the UE cable is quite microphonic so it doesn't help any. The footstep however is what you get with any iem. To the OP: triple flanges is just something you get used to. It may take a bit of time but nothing damaging to your ears.

i dont find the ue cable to be eny more microphonic than other cables and the only iem i get the footstep problem with is the custom 3 regardless of what tips i have on them

 

[Hentai11]

I've always had an isolation/comfort tradeoff with triple-flanges. Shure triples not only make the Klipsch Custom series wearable, but makes them sound wonderful as well.