Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10- how do these fit?

[dman77]

I would like to know..... How will do the Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 fit in the ear and do they isolate good?

[goatherder]

Short answer: Not very well and not very well.

They have a range of tips, none of which fit very well and foam tips, which isolate best but that's relative... the Shures / Etymotics do a far better job. The body design is also lacking and it has a tendency to threaten to fall off many ears during everyday movement.

I would say buy the SE530 if you're thinking about the Tf10. It may cost a little more, but it makes so much more sense.

[robojack]

I've tried them on, and they fit great (never did they feel like they were going to fall off). In terms of comfort, you can mod the Shure black foam tips to fit onto the TF10, and that solves the comfort issue. I say get the Super Fi 5 Pro's instead, since the difference is quite minimal, considering the difference in cost between this and the TF10.

[4ki]

Realistic answer:

You won't know until you try them on.

I've had no issues with the default tips, and an even better fit with the shure foamies.

However, no IEM has fit my ears better than the E4C, so far. Even the Atrio M5's are somewhat troubling since the housing's shape prevents me from putting them in that sweet-spot, without some intermittent adjusting.

Meanwhile, other users say otherwise.

[dman77]

I say get the Super Fi 5 Pro's instead, since the difference is quite minimal, considering the difference in cost between this and the TF10.


Wow...I heard that the Triple Fi's sound incredible. I was thinking about getting them but I won't if the difference is quite minimal with the super.fi.

[vechung]

I tried the Super.Fi 5 pro and the SE530. The SE530 is a whole lot more comfortable. If I can afford it, I will go for the SE530. The SE530 has a smaller sound port and since my ears holes are small, I can easily get a good fit. I don't like the SF5 memorized wires, and that it kind of sticks out.

Now I do find the SF5 to be lacking in bass while I liked how the SE530 handles it. I hear other people say the SF5 has lots of bass, so I wonder, could the size of your inside ear cavity has something to do with that? Would these ear canal phone have different effect on different people?

[4ki]

^shush! I need to save money!

I can't see how the Super.fi 5 can lack bass at +10 decibels of it in frequencies below 200hz. I say you had a seal-issue; as with any phone that seems to lack it, but shows otherwise on head-room's charts :-)

I wonder about ear cavity width, too. However, I've yet to have sure-fire seal issues with any particular brand of phones.

[lukey08]

The SF5 has tremendous amount of bass IMHO. I've been using it for the past 2 years and still enjoy it thoroughly even till now. TF10's meanwhile, should be a very noticeable upgrade from the SF5 giving you a much more accurate and detailed sound.

[skoti]

I would also recommend you consider the SE530. Shure's warm sound signature works really well with the D2. They are also some of the more comfortable IEM available and offer a variety of fittings.

[PAternostertje]

I've got the Super.Fi 5 EB. If you like any kind of modern music using drums, bass guitars or electronics, get these.

They sound absolutely fabulous. Don't let the Extende Bass extension scare you! Isolation is good. They are comfortable. (I must say I have worn more comfortable in ears ...)

This is a great rpoduct with a good value for it's money!

[4ki]

skoti: shush shush shush! my e4c's are turning green...

the EBs are good if you're a bass-head, or if you really like meat to your sound. They fit a little differently than the triples due to their design; some like them even more because of this. They're risky, though, so I wouldn't recommend ordering them unless you were sure that they were what you wanted.

[Jack Wang]

I've tried them on, and they fit great (never did they feel like they were going to fall off). In terms of comfort, you can mod the Shure black foam tips to fit onto the TF10, and that solves the comfort issue. I say get the Super Fi 5 Pro's instead, since the difference is quite minimal, considering the difference in cost between this and the TF10.


Sorry for the late response, but I was wondering if you/anyone else could post how to modify the shure foamtips to fit the ultimate ears. The foam tips included with ultimate ears are not exactly the best quality [no] and I would like to use the Shure foamtips, but I dont know how to modify them.

[Boessele]

--> huge thread about this issue on: www.head-fi.org