IEM with ANC for small ears

[MarsianC#]

Hi there,

A friend of mine is searching for ANC headphones. She has really small ears and prefers in-ears, TWS welcome. Will be used mosty in public transportation and around the house. Sport with music is not too important. Android Smartphone.
Edit: A sort of "transparency mode" would be great to have too.

Found this gem of a list:

What are the highest rated ANC IEM's on the market ?

I don't have a budget and want to find an IEM that has the best ANC possible. Sound quality in terms of calls/music is not as important. I've checked the RTings website and saw that the Bose QuietComfort II earbuds are on the top of their list. But, is there anything better, maybe...

www.audiosciencereview.com

Also had a good look around rtings. New Bose stuff seems to be good - I still run a round with QC25 (in fact just bought new pads, third time!). She'll test them next week too, but already complained about their hiss. Left side got a bit louder over time. Well, they are not new....
I'll receive my Zero Red today and plan to test if the nozzles/tips fit her ears. Knowing that my old KZ ZX10 Pros are a big no for her I have zero (lol) hope though.

So if someone with small ears got a secret tip.... please come forward
Thanks!

 

[staticV3]

The Shure SE215/Aonic 215 fit my tiny ears very well and offer great passive noise isolation.

They're also available with TWS adapters.

The sound quality isn't very good from an audio enthusiast's point of view and there's no ANC.

 

[MarsianC#]

The sound quality isn't very good from an audio enthusiast's point of view and there's no ANC.

SQ isn't the biggest priority, but ANC is. I should mention that a "transparency mode" would be a very welcome feature.
Ahh and it should kinda stylish

 

[yossarian]

By "small ears" do you mean the size of the earbud enclosure, or the tip that goes inside the ear?

I had the second issue. At the moment I am using Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 with SpinFit CP1025 extra small tips.

 

[MarsianC#]

By "small ears" do you mean the size of the earbud enclosure, or the tip that goes inside the ear?

I'd upload a pic of her ear, but... no, sry.
Nozzle/tip should be small and enclosure not too big.

I'd take the new Bose QC Buds as they seem to measure pretty good with very good ANC. But I don't think their concept with the addional support-ring-thing will fit her :/

 

[MarsianC#]

Received my Zero Red, their nozzles are huge indeed. Only have TIN T2 to test against.

Nozzle diameter:
Zero Red: 6.7 mm
Tin T2: 6 mm

Anyway, this is about ANC

 

[MarsianC#]

At the moment I am using Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 with SpinFit CP1025 extra small tips.

Please measure the diameter of nozzle, that'd help a lot! Need more SpinFits anyway, so I could order some additional XS to test.

 

[yossarian]

Samsung Galaxy Buds 2: Nozzle diameter: 5.7mm.
Sizes for SpinFit tips are below. The smallest Samsung tips are too big for me, SS SpinFits are good.

 

[heraldo_jones]

Think there are two different fit tips. Something like your Zeros need to be in your ear canal, something like Airpods Pro/Bose/Huawei or similar just fit at the beginning of the ear canal. First ones provide great passive isolation, second ones provide near to none passive isolation and just isolates you by emiting negative waves against what they are listening through their mics. Dependending on the model first type provides better isolation while being (in some cases like myself) more uncomfortable.

 

[MarsianC#]

Samsung Galaxy Buds 2: Nozzle diameter: 5.7mm.

Tested same old Samsung inears that came with the phone, diameter (same 5.7) works just fine!

 

[Oso Polar]

enclosure not too big

I've no experience with Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 but Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro IMHO have very good sound and ANC but the shape of enclosure is not great for small ears - they are rounded on the inside, so if the ears are shallow (which is common with small ears) then these IEMs will never fit inside properly - they will noticeably protrude outside and will be prone to falling out. And, what is worse, they'll not seal properly with any size of the tips because short nozzles will simply never properly reach the ear canal.