Earphone tips

[manicm]

This. I cannot fathom why foam tips are not standard rather than horrid silicone ones. It's one reason I don't use in-ears anymore.

You could be spoiling the sound of your wireless earbuds and not even know it

Do you go off the menu for your eartips?

www.whathifi.com

 

[Al ears]

This. I cannot fathom why foam tips are not standard rather than horrid silicone ones. It's one reason I don't use in-ears anymore.

You could be spoiling the sound of your wireless earbuds and not even know it

Do you go off the menu for your eartips?

www.whathifi.com

Simple reason is economics. They provide tips to suit most people and do the job. To include decent memory foam type tips as well would significantly up the initial cost of the earphones themselves.
For what it is worth I don't use any of the standard tips that have come with any of my in ear phones, and I have a few.....

 

[Fatboy]

Third party foam tips transformed the sound of my wireless earbuds, tightening up the bass, improving sound isolation and giving a secure fit, I wish manufacturers would ditch the silicon ones and just supply foam ones.
A lot of the time the supplied silicon tips would detach from the earbuds and be left in my ear, after I had selected the correct size for my ears, and made sure that they were properly attached to the earbuds.