Help me find the correct replacement earbud tips

Merlin5 · 15 Jun 2016 at 23:03

Hi guys. I ordered some large sized earbud tips for my vsonics on ebay titled '18 REPLACEMENT SILICONE EARPHONE TIPS EARBUD LARGE SENNHEISER SONY SKULL BEATS' but they're the wrong ones so I've requested a refund, albeit it's only £1.69. Can you help me find the right ones?

The picture on the listing shows the same as the ones I have and want but what I received was different. The ones I want are the only ones out of all my earbud tips that give me the nicest bass. They're large size, tall dome shaped about 11mm high, with very small holes in the tops. The ones I received are more shallow and have normal larger holes. I've already got tons of those. Here's a picture of mine at the bottom and the ones I received in the bag. You can clearly see the difference.

Here's the listing picture, same as mine, right?

Any idea where I can buy some more? I don't know if the ones I like originally came with the vsonics or if they're ones I had lying around.

dholdi · 15 Jun 2016 at 23:08

I use Comply, don't think OC sell them so hopefully link is ok.
http://www.complyfoam.com/
Please remove if not.

rids57 · 15 Jun 2016 at 23:53

Yours look more like Sony tips, with a narrower opening....

These maybe?

Merlin5 · 16 Jun 2016 at 00:32

rids57 said:
Yours look more like Sony tips, with a narrower opening....

These maybe?

Good find, rids. They do appear to be the same. It would look like what I thought was large size, isn't. I measured the height from the small hole to the base to be about 11mm. Apparently,

'small earbuds (S) is: 10.5mm (external), internal size fits earbuds with diameter from 4-7mm.
medium earbuds (M) is: 12mm (external), internal size fits earbuds with diameter from 4-7mm.
large earbuds (L) is: 14mm (external), internal size fits earbuds with diameter from 4-7mm.'

But I'm pretty sure mine aren't small size.

rids57 · 16 Jun 2016 at 01:22

The ones you bought look to have a much flatter profile than the Sonys

Merlin5 · 26 Jul 2016 at 20:22

rids57 said:
Yours look more like Sony tips, with a narrower opening....

These maybe?

So I bought those Xcessor and they're close, but unfortunately, no cigar.

I bought them in the large size but they're still a bit smaller than mine and their holes are larger than mine. They don't produce as deep bass as mine. So I'm still on the lookout for the exact size, shape and hole. Mine's the one on the right:

Cookeh · 26 Jul 2016 at 20:27

Tell me what size (inc radius, in mm) and colour (some VSonics are coloured on the inside to group them by size) or whatever and if they aren't the ones in my ears I will send you mine.

Merlin5 · 26 Jul 2016 at 21:10

Very kind of you Cookeh. I'm not sure that these came with the vsonics? I think after trying all the tips out with the vsonics, I tried this pair I had lying around, but I don't know where they came from originally.

I'm not very good with tiny measurements, hard to tell if it's 11 or 12mm, etc. I can tell you that the sound hole on mine is 4mm diameter and on the Xcessor is 5mm. I've taken photos of width and height, don't know if it helps? In all pics, mine are the glossier black.

Cookeh · 27 Jul 2016 at 09:29

No worries, I'll have a look at home later today/tomorrow and see if I can find anything similar in size - if so, I'll drop you a trust message and get them sent over.

Merlin5 · 27 Jul 2016 at 12:10

Awesome, thanks!

Looking at my pics, it looks like mine are 14mm wide by 9.5mm high. The Xcessors seem to be 12mm wide by 8.5 to 9mm high. The listing for the Xcessor says '14mm (external)'. Not sure where they get that measurement from.

PS. They're so useless on head-fi. They're the biggest headphone resource on the planet and not a single response. I often find that's the case there.

Cookeh · 27 Jul 2016 at 14:32

Head-Fi is good for reviews and audio news (if you know how to differentiate between an honest review and a sponsored one), but above and beyond that I've found their forums to be pretty useless, yes.

Cookeh · 27 Jul 2016 at 22:27

Got some 14mm o.d. (at widest point) by 4mm i.d by 9mm (h), or some 13mm o.d. by 4mm i.d. by 9mm (h). From my GR06s - back when VSonic supplied 14+ pairs of tips.

EDIT: Actually got two sets of both.

Merlin5 · 28 Jul 2016 at 00:26

Cookeh said:
Got some 14mm o.d. (at widest point) by 4mm i.d by 9mm (h), or some 13mm o.d. by 4mm i.d. by 9mm (h). From my GR06s - back when VSonic supplied 14+ pairs of tips.

EDIT: Actually got two sets of both.

Wow, nice! Well, the first ones you mentioned 14mm x 4mm x 9mm seem to fit the bill. I'll send you a trust.