Flare Audio Immerse ear inserts??

[antcollinet]

Refraction happens when a wave passes from one medium to another or wave propagation conditions within one medium change. Here, the medium is air and no other medium is involved, and propagation conditions don’t change. Hence, refraction cannot happen in this case unless I have missed something.

Daminit - wrote wrong word. Meant diffraction.

It's my age.

 

[dasdoing]

this company is a master of marketing. they had these ear-plugs that were hyped af and now are probably all in people's drawers taking dust

 

[Danasr]

I purchased a pair of the hifi version to asses them and to see if they are on to something..

I can say with some confidence that they are not!

The overall effect is to reduce upper midrange. This makes sense as these frequencies will not make it through the maze very well, unlike very high frequencies and low frequencies.

There is no improvement on detail, other than that that may come with the different frequency response.

Overall (somewhat unsurprisingly) they make it sound like you have some plastic tubes in your ear!

 

[antcollinet]

I purchased a pair of the hifi version to asses them and to see if they are on to something..

I can say with some confidence that they are not!

The overall effect is to reduce upper midrange. This makes sense as these frequencies will not make it through the maze very well, unlike very high frequencies and low frequencies.

There is no improvement on detail, other than that that may come with the different frequency response.

Overall (somewhat unsurprisingly) they make it sound like you have some plastic tubes in your ear!

That is dedication to the cause.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Jrgreensboro]

Firat contribution to this forum by a complete technical audiophile novice who loves great music in all kinds of genres:

looking at the design it seems it simply tries to bypass the sound bouncing around your outer ear and simply channels it thru a small opening in the device. There the sound bounces around in what I presume is some sort of plastic chamber and then directed into your ear . The various angles the sound traverses creates some sort of sonic effect that is "different" or "novel" and thus your brain might perceive as better.

It does sound (see what I did there) like a gimmick like 1960s back of comic book xray glasses.

Gimmicky - especially at 60 bucks.

Tech radar didn't have a very encouraging review albeit not a scientific one at that.

But seems that the custom sonic shaping that some headphone dedicated apps try to do, accomplishes the same thing.

But I bet the echo effect you get sounds different enough without distortion that you might perceive it as "better"

Dunno, like most Facebook ads, even with well known brands, I simply never expect a ground breaking product to to live up to their hype. Preys on the FOMO vulnerable among us that there is something hidden that will be revealed if you buy our product.

 

[HXT1]

Glad I found this review, was to embarrassed to ask over at What's Best ... (maybe if they came in brass, or tuned alloys). My thought was they would do what cupping ones hands behind ones ears does... attenuate or block reflections, and act as a waveguide, but my understanding is it's more like having little mouse hands cupped at your outer ear and piped through plastic?
The guy from Manic Street Preachers RAVED about them!

 

[Diji]

I just received both the Stereo and Headphone versions. Basically a tiny, probably 3D printed insert, probably cost next to nothing to make. Which would be fine if it did anything other than muffle the sound. Tried all three earpiece sizes, several different sound sources and my studio Sony cans with the headphone version.

Does absolutely nothing beneficial. I will be returning them asap. Always the risk buying crap off an Instagram ad. Win some, lose most.

 

[nippi9]

If you had a bad experience(or a good one, though I've not actually seen one), please pop over to TrustPilot and share it. Save someone else from the pain? There is a growing call for the product to be recalled.

 

[nippi9]

I just received both the Stereo and Headphone versions. Basically a tiny, probably 3D printed insert, probably cost next to nothing to make. Which would be fine if it did anything other than muffle the sound. Tried all three earpiece sizes, several different sound sources and my studio Sony cans with the headphone version.

Does absolutely nothing beneficial. I will be returning them asap. Always the risk buying crap off an Instagram ad. Win some, lose most.

Can you please pop over to TrustPilot and share this review there?

 

[nippi9]

I purchased a pair of the hifi version to asses them and to see if they are on to something..

I can say with some confidence that they are not!

The overall effect is to reduce upper midrange. This makes sense as these frequencies will not make it through the maze very well, unlike very high frequencies and low frequencies.

There is no improvement on detail, other than that that may come with the different frequency response.

Overall (somewhat unsurprisingly) they make it sound like you have some plastic tubes in your ear!

Can you please pop over to TrustPilot and share this review there?

 

[Penelinfi]

Something that does change sound is pressing back my ears. Seems to reduce harshness in the upper mids/low treble. It's probably partial volume reduction but it also seemed less harsh when turning the speakers back up so those frequencies are at the same volume again.

Some people already have ears that are quite flat against the side of the head.