The amount of isolation has a lot to do with individual ear canal shape. I have very rectangular canals, and none of the Shure or Sennheiser universal fit tips (foam, soft cones, silicone cones, or three-flange) come close in my case to the isolation of the well fitted custom molds provided by Live Wires. I also have some Westone custom tips that fit on the Shure series of IEM's; they are marginally better, but not nearly as good as the full-ear fit of the Live Wires custom molds. On the other hand, many professional musicians are pleased with the universal fit tips, I believe because their ear canals accommodate these tips better than mine do.
BTW, I have no personal interest in Live Wires IEM's at all; they just happen to have provided a solution that works extremely well for me for both radio and live sound engineering. And as a side note, more than 50% of the 40 or so professional musicians I work with on a regular basis now use Live Wires or one of the other full-ear-fit custom molded IEM's such as Sensaphonics, Ultimate Ears or Westone. This is in no way a slam on Etymotic as I continue to hear and see good things written about them, though don't think they offer custom molds. ----- Chuck, AE4CW -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OT%3A-Bose-QC-Mic-Modification-tp16205617p16236741.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
