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Fran wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:59 pm Yeah, I was really surprised - they don't have the detail of the shure 535 but they are very good. I think having them in custm ear moulds would have to improve them another bit. The pause button on the lead is handy too....

Custom ear moulds are the way to go alright. And yes the pause button is brilliant :)

Thanks Fran,

Have bought a pair but I need to look for my adaptor so I can use them with a 1/4" headphone socket.

From the manual they seem to have a microphone and can also control a phone. Amazing at the price ..

James

Yes, they do have a mic - its in that block with the button. Maybe not perfect if it is a good distance away or under a jumper or something

Short report - a big thumbs up for moulding your own iems.

I bought some stuff on amazon "proguard" that's sold as 2 pack silicone for custom ear plugs. It was OK - dear (22e for enough for 2 plugs) but disappointingly it set incredibly quickly - too quickly.


So I found out that 2 pack silicone putty is used a lot for food moulds so I bought the product below for the same e22 but there's enough material to make loads of moulds. You'll get it on eBay from loads of sellers.

I thought I'd come back to this thread. I have to say the custom ear moulds are quite the revelation - I'd highly recommend it to anyone using iems a fair bit. The caveat is that they don't look as good as the pro ones (or maybe that's me) and it takes a mould or two to get the knack of positioning the iem in the mould in your ear - you want it to fire properly into the ear canal but also sit in the middle of a cushion of silicone.

But you are well rewarded - the comfort is brilliant you could have them in your ears all day without irritation - and the isolation and consequently the detail is great. I'd say it would improve any headphone - but its still easy to hear differences between them.

Well worth it.......

looks like hubba bubba

It does!