AZLA SednaEarfit XELASTEC 2 Pairs (Size SS)

These Azla Xelastics have the isolation of custom moulds but at a fraction of the price. The comfort is as good as it gets in that once your body heat from your ear canal warms the tip up, and it conforms to your ear canal, you forget that your IEMs are in your ear. They really provide an extremely secure fit with no issues of slipping whatsoever. Even with my heavy Moondrop Katos. The sound quality is much improved too. The bass is enhanced and the treble comes through with silky mature clarity on my Hisenior Mega5p set. The same is true for my Letshuoer S12 (modified by Micheal Bruce to his Eru specs). These are my two end game IEMs for me. The AZLAs I can give my highest recommendation.

I have big ears, always use the largest tips that come with IEM's outta the box, so I ordered the large tips. Paired them with 7hz Legato and for the first two or three days I found the tips rather uncomfortable and the seel was not great. But I'm glad I stuck with it because after the tips start to take the shape of your ear, they become amazing. Very comfortable (they've literally shaped to your ear) the seal is the best I've used, kinda like foam tips but more comfortable and less fuss. Texture is a little tacky in the beginning, making it a little tough to insert, but again just hang in there because that does go away and it is worth the wait.

Incredible comfort, sound quality, and isolation. But, there is one glaring issue. This material will literally pull dust out of the air and stick to the tips. They are not hard to wipe clean but this becomes and issue when storing iems with these tips. I had a felt lined case that I cannot use without covering the tips with fuzz.

I have tried multiple tips/ brands for my Sennheiser IE8 IEM's. These have included foam, silicon, flanges, and other materials. These yielded a satisfactory fit or seal but not ideal either because of lack of secure positioning, discomfort after an extended period of time, or some compromise in sound. The AZLA SednaEarfit XELASTEC has clearly been the best. Great degree of comfort due to the fit and the sound has been the best these IEM's have generated. They also appear to reliably maintain placement of the IEM for a prolonged period of time. Well worth the cost given the experience. I have used a small size in my prior IEM tips and I continued this size with the AZLA product. Perfect size in my circumstance.

EDIT: After using these for several months, the gel like plastic conformed to the ear nicely and the “stickiness” I originally mentioned disappeared. However the inner hole has loosened quite a bit so that when I take my earbuds out, it always ends up staying stuck in my ear. Not ideal and docked another star from my original review. Still prefer the SednaFit.ORIGINAL REVIEW:So I’ve tried both these and the SednaEar fit model and prefer the SednaEar. Don’t get me wrong, these are super comfortable and fit wonderfully and the plastic is extra durable. But they kind of a have sticky texture to it. Helps with it staying in your ear. I guess not that big of a deal, but just be careful pushing too deep into your ear cause it can get stuck in there when taking off your earbuds. Easy installation and cuts out noise wonderfully with my Sony Linkbuds S. If you have to choose one, I’d go for the SednaEar model.

I have tried a dozen different IEM tips, previous best was Dekoni Bullet but the Bullet tends to not want to stay on the IEM for more than a month or so, not fun trying to fish the foam tip out of your ear. Fender makes a tip from a similar material that is good but fits only Fender IEM's well, same issue as the Dekonis where it separates from the IEM when you are removing them because the mount stem is too short.These Azla tips grip the IEM mount tube well and do not come off easily from the IEM when inserting or removing. The ear seal is superb, they are comfortable and they have made every IEM I own sound better than I have previously heard. I have only been using for a couple weeks as I write this and want to see if the material oxidizes over time losing the grip and seal and only time and use will tell.

I'm actually hurt, and so disappointed. I expected so much These not only block out so much sound, They do it in the ugliest way. One could say that it's like putting a blanket over a speaker. It's more like a sleeping bag.I can still hear that spike in the highs on the "piano" frequency tho. Strange. Tips that I use are HiFi Man, Spinfits, and Comply's. Comply Foam also block some sound, but it's done where it tames some high spikes, when my ears are extra sensitive. AZLA's block probably 2x more than Comply. I've never seen (heard) silicone's blocking more sound than a foam. I didn't think that this was even possible. Every frequency is dimmed to a point where they make my beautiful set of high-end earphones, sound ugly. I'm a bit upset about the number of 5 star reviews? Yes, these have a beautiful texture. They sit in the ears among the very best of great seals. But these Azlas are the same type of tips that are included with my Aurisonic Rockets 10 years ago! Nobody liked them then. A search will prove this. 22 dollars? not worth 3 dollars at Walgreens!. This is why I'm so negative about these tips. They have to be aware of the horrible sound quality, and it's probably why they created the "Crystals". How in the world of God's creation have this gained so much hype. These are an embarrassment. This hype hast to come from clever marketing Sorry, I take no joy in writing this