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Weird thread title, sorry. Wasn’t sure how to explain this. I just bought a pair of Sony WF-1000XM3 noise cancelling in-ear headphones. I’ve tried all the various ear tips, and of the ones that don’t fall out of my ears, I am left with isolation that is maybe too good? I can’t walk around without hearing deep booming vibrations travelling through my body. If I am in a quiet room, I can hear my heartbeat (or blood pulsing through ears), I can hear my neck muscles straining if flexed, I can hear my breathing.
Normally, I would just crank up the volume to cover up these sounds, but I have bad tinnitus that’s getting worse, and I bought these noise cancelling headphones so I could listen to music at lower volumes in order to preserve my hearing and not exacerbate my tinnitus.
I’m wondering if this sort of clogged ears feeling and picking up your own internal body sounds is normal with this model. It masks the low end of the frequency range and is pretty disappointing. I also have AirPod Pros and don’t experience this.
Are there third party ear tips I could try that would still provide good isolation and a good seal but not cause the issue I’m describing?
Thanks
PS: I signed up on Head-Fi.org yesterday to post this same question. So far no responses.
Normally, I would just crank up the volume to cover up these sounds, but I have bad tinnitus that’s getting worse, and I bought these noise cancelling headphones so I could listen to music at lower volumes in order to preserve my hearing and not exacerbate my tinnitus.
I’m wondering if this sort of clogged ears feeling and picking up your own internal body sounds is normal with this model. It masks the low end of the frequency range and is pretty disappointing. I also have AirPod Pros and don’t experience this.
Are there third party ear tips I could try that would still provide good isolation and a good seal but not cause the issue I’m describing?
Thanks
PS: I signed up on Head-Fi.org yesterday to post this same question. So far no responses.