Barusu Lamperouge
Headphoneus Supremus
I had Radius, Azla and Acoustune tips on my radar. Will now add Elecom tips as well. Only downside is shipping them via DHL is a pain as they charge exorbitant fees for no reason. I have Spiral Dots and Soundwave tips on the way and I'm particularly intrigued by the soundwave ones which are basically Sony knockoffs and are dirt cheap some $5-6 for 6 pairs.
Big haul of tips, starting with 3 of them.
Sony EP-TC50
Starting with the boring part first, it is the same as the Triple-comfort tips that comes in the XBA-N3, my favorite silicone/foam hybrid tip out of the 2 I got (these and the Symbio W). Fit and sounds like a silicone tip, comfort and isolation like a softer foam tip. Price is around 1100-1500 jpy, which is around 12 usd for 2 pairs. Recommended if you want to try a silicone/foam hybrid tip, otherwise I still prefer silicone tips a lot more.
(they even have the XBA-N3 pictured in the package, 100% the same tips.)
Elecom EHP-CAP20
Excellent tips, essentially the same sound as the Final Type E except that the bass quantity and quality are better on the Type E´s, while the upper mids (female vocals) are better on the CAP20. Makes the female vocals a bit more forward, while still reducing peaks like the Type E.
Works great for something like the Fiio FD5 and the Sony XBA-N3 where the bass is already very good and where the female vocals could be a bit more forward on some tracks.
This is tied as my favorite tips with the Type E´s, no brainer recommendation, they literally cost 440 jpy, which is around 4 usd, dirt cheap for 3 pairs of high-quality tips.
Radius Deep Mount
Opens up the treble even more than wide bore tips but also isn’t as peaky as those (like the Azla Sedna and JVC Spiral dots) and at the same time, tightens the bass more than them as well. Mids are similar to them, but is affected by the rest of the sound, so they sound cleaner and a bit brighter in tonality.
Game changer for something like the Blon BL-03, this fits better than Azla tips AND sounds better.
Although they are not good for already bright iems. Highly recommended for everything else, price is 1070 jpy which is around 10 usd for 3 pairs. Very good price.
My current tip recommendations are:
1. Final Type E
2. Elecom EHP-CAP20
3. Radius Deep Mount
The CAP20 tips are like a mix between the Type E bass and the Deep Mount treble, very well balanced. For those that want more bass the Type E will be better and for those that want more treble the Deep Mount will be better.
All 3 of them reduce treble peaks more than other tips. And even the Deep Mount tips does that even though it has more treble quantity/is brighter than other wide-bore tips that do get a bit peaky.
JVCs in the sky blue packet aren't that great. They're shipped with HA FX1X. They're wide bore but too soft and slip out if there's moisture build-up in your ears.
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But I agree, getting genuine products from Amazon.jp is second best thing from Japan 
