[VoLTaG3]

[size=x-small]PLEASE KEEP THIS THREAD ON TOPIC. I WANT THIS HELPFUL INFORMATION TO BE HEARD BY MANY SHURE SE530 NEWCOMERS WHO MAY FIND THE TREBLE TO BE LACKING.[/size]

After now have tried every tip and acknowledged their weaknesses and strengths I will share with you guys my collected information...

[size=medium]Silicone (Triple Flanged Sleeves) Vs. Foam (Olives and Yellow Foams):[/size]

Pros of Triple Flanged Sleeves:

1. Easiest to insert.
2. Increases highs presence dramatically.
3. The bass is more punchier and deeper notes are more well heard over other tips.
4. Can be modified to fit your specific ear needs.
5. Provides the best sound isolation in my opinion.
6. The only tip that gives me a true balanced sound in each ear.
7. This tip lasts the longest of all other tips.

Cons of Triple Flanged Sleeves:

1. Upon acquiring a new pair the surface of the tips is very rough and dry and requires moistening to allow for easier insert.
2. Must be modified at least to allow actual use.
3. May irritate some ear canals. I never experienced this

Pros of Olives and Yellow Foams:
Olives:

1. The most aesthetically pleasing tip for the Shure SE530's.
2. Provides sound isolation nearly as good as the triple flanged sleeve.
3. By far the most comfortable tip to use, doesn't irritate your ear canal at all!
4. Adds a little more weight and oomph to bass due to the dense material. May not be like by others.
5. The most durable and long lasting foam tip.

Yellow Foams:

1. Reduces the bass weight and makes the tone natural which will be preferred and disliked by many.
2. Brings out the high presence more than olives particularly due to the decrease in bass weight. The highs are not as crisp and present as the triple flanges sleeves though.

Cons of Olives and Yellow Foams:
Olives:

1. Particularly the reason why my many people dislike the Shure SE530's highs, this tips leans to the warmer sound signature reducing the highs presence.
2. Ridiculously hard to remove from the nozzle when it pasts the barb, this has lead to many cases of nozzles snapping.
3. Gives me unbalanced sound at times due to my funny ass ear canal shape.

Yellow Foams:

1. Has the worst sound isolation of all the tips due to it's porous material.
2. Reduces the bass weight, this results in life less music IMO.
3. Must be replaced every month at most since it easily loses it's ability to expand.
4. The most aesthetically unpleasing tips for the Shure SE530's.
5. Can easily lose seal if the SE530 unit is accidentally touched or jerked. Also if you yawn, laugh, or do any other jaw muscle requiring activity.
6. Gives me unbalanced sound at times due to my funny ass ear canal shape.

Now that you have an idea of how each tip has fared with me lets get to the mod I think completely changes the way the Shure SE530's sound.

[size=large]Step 1: [/size]
First you start with a simple triple flange sleeve. Cut the first flange off at the top as shown in the picture below...

[size=large]Step 2: [/size]
Now here is the more difficult part. Cut the stem as close as you can as you see in the picture below. I have a regular flange stem next to it to give you a better idea of how short to cut it...

[size=large]Step 3: [/size]
Push the modified triple flange tip so that the end of the stem is just on top of the nozzle barb.

[size=large]Step 4: [/size]
Your finished and it should look like this...

I've noticed something. The sound exit hole for the triple flanges is significantly smaller than any other hole of other tips. This could be the reason for the treble presence to significantly increase completely balancing the sound signature of the Shure SE530's.

Anyways thanks for reading and hope you enjoy the mod, later.

 

[VoLTaG3]

Bump so newcomers can see.

 

[big_sound]

I'll stick to my olive tips for now. I don't think these suit me very well. Imo the olives have the best isolation. This is maybe because the triple flange didn't fit my wider ear as well. I tried trimming them like this and they still didn't work. Good idea though.

 

[hockeyb213]

lol a voltag3 thread got bumped XD yeah seems recently a lot of tip mods have been getting posted up

 

[thechungster]

Didn't this thread have a ton of posts before?

 

[hockeyb213]

probably deleted by mods voltag3 caused a lot of controversy

 

[steviebee]

Crikey, I almost had a heart attack...............phew...

 

[Khemist]

heh, I've only been here a month and it even made me go "lol, wut?"

 

[jleewach]

RIP Voltag3. (what an idiot...)

His "mod" is clearly described in the Shure instruction manual for these earphones...