An in-ear monitor, or IEM is the type of earphone with a silicone or foam tip that is inserted directly into the ear canal. This style of headphone has a huge potential for accurate, fun, or detailed sound reproduction while staying portable and relatively inexpensive.
Not necessarily, but ear hooks do help. Many IEMs come with over ear style cables which help keep your earphone secure in your ears. If your IEM doesn’t have these, the fit of your ear tips matter much more for keeping your earphones in place.
We recommend our universal ear hook adapters to prevent your IEMs from slipping out if you plan to move while listening.
The silicone adapters included with the Acuit IEM Tuning Kit should fit most IEMs with nozzles between 3.5mm and 6.5mm. The acoustic filters will also fit other standard silicone ear tips with 3.8mm cores.
Yes! Sibilance is the presence of sharp peaks in the treble range of an IEM. It can cause listening at normal volumes to be fatiguing for your ears. The Tuning Kit allows you to fix sibilance in two ways:
Use deeper insertion to flatten treble peaks
Dampen treble frequencies with the bass-boosting acoustic filters
The tuning kit can improve seal and fit. This can help keeping ear tips in place while moving. That said, there aren’t any extra wings or hooks included specifically for exercising. We recommend testing it out, but not counting on the IEM Tuning Kit to keep your earphones in place.
There are a few reasons to use the Acuit IEM Tuning Kit over software equalization:
If your IEM has weak bass response, this is often due to a poor seal. It is very difficult to overcome this with software EQ alone, and the result is often muddy, boomy sound. Extending your IEM’s nozzle with an acoustic filter can preserve its sound signature while delivering a full bass response due to a better fit.
The EQ follows your IEM, not your device. This means you don’t have to change your EQ settings every time you switch to headphones, speakers, or A/V devices
Passive acoustic filters always deliver a natural overall sound
Your IEMs will still sound great when hooked up to analog devices that don’t have built in EQ
No! It can be removed at any time. In fact, we recommend trying out different filters for different listening experiences.