Thanks a lot Merlin. Also do you experience any sibilance on yours as I do has slight sibilance in certain songs and I tried to EQ to roll off treble little bit and it still audible but not as much. I lower at 8k -4db, 16k -3db and at 3.1k -2db any advice as I dont know what to do. But I do have to admit the bass is punchier at the largest tips compare to foam ones
I like the way they sound but foam ones fit my ears better.
Regarding the foam tips, when I first put them in after trying the stock buds that came with them, I was like wow, these foam buds are awesome for more bottom end. I've never used foam tips before but yeah, I can see now why they're good and why you like them, as they expand and fill the ear more. But the large tips are great. Although to my ears I think there might be a small tradeoff in that I think it makes the bass a tad woolly. I think when I get my shure large size it'll improve that due to a more solid material. The white ones I have are very flimsy.
Regarding sibilance, I'm not absolutely positive I know the meaning, I'm assuming it means very trebly verging on harshness?
Actually, my sony buds are considerably more bright which many people might hate, but I like lots of treble anyway because I'm a drummer and I hit cymbals all the time lol. Probably affected my ears over the years so I might be more tolerant of sibilance anyway.
In contrast then, the VSD3S seem just right to me, I wouldn't personally want any less treble. I listened to a particular track today on both buds and my Sennheiser 580s. On the sonys, the cymbals were quite harsh, on the Vsonics, they didn't seem harsh, and on the sennheisers, kind of similar to the vsonics but even smoother, which isn't surprising because the 580 (and the HD 600 from what I've read) have a slightly veiled rolled off top end. I'm no expert at EQ'ing so I think someone like Cookeh and rids57 might have better advice for you on that.