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I'd just bought some great SuperFi series earphones from Ultimate Ears, but I found that the ear tips they provided, while they were pretty good, were not quite as comfortable as Shure's triple-flange ear tips. I ordered some extra ones from Shure, but found to my dismay that they did not fit onto the plastic tube (from which the sound comes into the ear) of the 'phones.
After a few simple cuts on the ear tips (DO NOT CUT INTO YOUR EARPHONES) and a bit of pushing, I found that I could force them on.
As I seem to have narrower ear canals than Ultimate Ears envisioned, the noticeably smaller Shure ear tips felt much less than a brain probe, while still maintaining a proper seal and a comfortable fit. I noticed that someone on ebay was selling triple-flanges that seem to be modded with a receptor for a larger tube, but you can take your own chances with them.
After a few simple cuts on the ear tips (DO NOT CUT INTO YOUR EARPHONES) and a bit of pushing, I found that I could force them on.
As I seem to have narrower ear canals than Ultimate Ears envisioned, the noticeably smaller Shure ear tips felt much less than a brain probe, while still maintaining a proper seal and a comfortable fit. I noticed that someone on ebay was selling triple-flanges that seem to be modded with a receptor for a larger tube, but you can take your own chances with them.
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Signing UpStep 1What you need
1. The Shure triple-flange ear tips
2. A very small pair of scissors (like a nail scissors... I used a swiss army knife scissors)
3. The will to succeed
Note: the silicone is pretty resistant to cutting with a knife, stop being lazy and go find a pair of scissors.
2. A very small pair of scissors (like a nail scissors... I used a swiss army knife scissors)
3. The will to succeed
Note: the silicone is pretty resistant to cutting with a knife, stop being lazy and go find a pair of scissors.
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Jul 22, 2008. 11:27 AMV1N3
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Do they really stay in the headphones?
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Aug 3, 2007. 7:44 PMDash666
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I also found that the UE tips were not giving me a good seal but before I had a pair of Griffin ear thumps that went dead, the tips on those are made of stiffer, thicker rubber, and they stick just a little further into the ear (now they are called griffin tunebuds I believe
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Jul 14, 2007. 12:16 AMDash666
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ok well hearing about the 3ple flanges on ebay with the plastic tubes I immediately thought of the foam ue tips I bet they made similar cuts as you, scraped/cut all the foam off the center plastic things of the foam tips, and krazy glued on the shure tips
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Jul 16, 2007. 9:27 AMNumber9 (author)
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That's not a bad thought... I'll give it a try
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Dec 2, 2006. 1:15 AM
LasVegas
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LasVegas
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It would be nice to see photos of your actual work. It's hard to imagine with just stock product photos.
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Dec 5, 2006. 10:21 AMNumber9 (author)
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sorry, having issues with my digital camera... the procedure isn't very difficult though
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Nov 30, 2006. 6:15 PMPetervG
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I use this type of earphones. They work great!
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