[Review] HiFiMAN RE262 - Sophisticated and Beautiful - Page 11

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New 262 owner here.  At first I was disappointed and almost returned it at a point.  But I decided to be patient and let the burn in do it's work.  I'm over 50 hours now and I must say It's really amazing.  My only concern is it kinda lacks that rocking feeling when listening to distorted guitars.

I hope the E17 would solve that problem (or maybe the E11).  What do you guys think?

Source is an iPod Nano 5g and a Galaxy S2

If you find it amazing now wait until you get a little more power to bring out the dynamics.  Don't return them until you get a chance to amp them properly.
 

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Originally Posted by Teleute 

New 262 owner here.  At first I was disappointed and almost returned it at a point.  But I decided to be patient and let the burn in do it's work.  I'm over 50 hours now and I must say It's really amazing.  My only concern is it kinda lacks that rocking feeling when listening to distorted guitars.

 

I hope the E17 would solve that problem (or maybe the E11).  What do you guys think?

 

Source is an iPod Nano 5g and a Galaxy S2

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Originally Posted by Teleute 

New 262 owner here.  At first I was disappointed and almost returned it at a point. 

I did actually returned them, because the sound was real crap  (like listening music trough a mobile phone speaker). The new ones also sounded like crap.... Suddenly solved after burning few minutes at extreme volume.

It seems like something more than a normal burn process. Perhaps the membranes are stacked and need to be released, or something like that. I am wondering if this is only happening with the new production, since I haven't heard the RE262 veterans talking about serious dissapointment at the initial limpressions.

I've had mine for almost a year, they sounded pretty good right out the box and if any improvements were made during the burn-in process it was subtle.  The RE-Zeros on the other hand needed quite some burn in before enjoyable.  Like you guys, pre-burn-in I didn't quite understand the love of the RE-Zeros, then after some time I did enjoy them quite a bit.  
 

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Originally Posted by Pingfloid 

I did actually returned them, because the sound was real crap  (like listening music trough a mobile phone speaker). The new ones also sounded like crap.... Suddenly solved after burning few minutes at extreme volume.

 

It seems like something more than a normal burn process. Perhaps the membranes are stacked and need to be released, or something like that. I am wondering if this is only happening with the new production, since I haven't heard the RE262 veterans talking about serious dissapointment at the initial limpressions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can get a pretty good seal with the large biflange that came with the 262 but how can experiment with the re0 tips without ordering a re0?
 

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Originally Posted by shotgunshane 

Tonight I just realized the large biflange that come with the re262 are different from the re0. I prefer the re0 biflange by a wide margin as I can get an even better seal. 

shotgunshane.. did you buy the RE0 from head-direct.com?

When I bought the RE0 (from head-direct.com) six or so months ago, they came with the same (two) biflanges that came with the RE262.  I get a great seal with the smaller biflanges but I've been curious to try the ones you linked.. 

Flysweep, I bought the biflanges in shotgunshane's link and I can verify that they are indeed the larger newer versions. You could also make back some of your money by selling the filters that come with them.

How are those filters held on, by adhesive? When should you change them and how do you take them off? I have both bi-flanges, but I have settled on the small-medium black Monster foam hybrids as giving me the most enjoyable sound I like on the RE262.

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Originally Posted by ericp10 

How are those filters held on, by adhesive? When should you change them and how do you take them off? I have both bi-flanges, but I have settled on the small-medium black Monster foam hybrids as giving me the most enjoyable sound I like on the RE262.

Not sure. I never had a need for the filters since I don't produce much earwax (plus I clean my ears regularly). I suppose you're supposedchange them when they get clogged by earwax and you notice a dip in SQ.

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Originally Posted by eke2k6 

Not sure. I never had a need for the filters since I don't produce much earwax (plus I clean my ears regularly). I suppose you're supposedchange them when they get clogged by earwax and you notice a dip in SQ.

Yeah, I don't generate earwax like that either. By the way eke2k6, for $20 I think you would be amazed to hear the Thermaltake Isurus (if you don't have it already). It competes with some $100 IEMs with a DDM mixed with TF10 (if was dynamic) sound...