I have the RE252 and have had some fit issues, as I do with many IEMs. This design, while ultra comfortable and the IEMs disappear in your ears, have posed some challenges for me as far as getting a good seal. I am using the included large bi-flange tips, which are giving me the best fit. However, to maintain a great seal and sound, I am wearing them cable over my ears. When I wear them cable down it is hit and miss if I can get a good seal, and when I do, my movements sometimes cause me to lose it.
Anyways, on to the sound. I haven't had much chance to listen recently, so they were hooked up burning in for about a week. Before that I thought the treble sounded a little weird in some tracks, as it sounded a little too distant to mesh with the rest of the spectrum. Now, with 350+ hours on these, wow. I am very very impressed, when I can get and maintain a seal.
I have been listening to trance and metal all night with these and they are fantastic sounding. I haven't had enough time to properly quantify the sound all that well, but a few things:
- They have enough bass and reverb for trance (which to me is not easy for a neutral frequency response IEM like the 252 to reproduce well) and sound very good. They do not have a lot of bass like say the IE8, Denon C710, or Mingo WM2, which really pack a punch, but they have a good amount that to me sounds great even with trance. The mids and treble are so sweet that it is easy to not miss the slamming bass, which again is still there and reverberates well, just not accentuated.
- I compared them with the Cresyn C750E (yes, different price point) and was thinking the mids and treble would probably be similar. Wow, the 252 does a number on the Cresyn. I still like how the Cresyne has great in-your-face mids and great treble for the price, but the 252 does outclass it. Especially in the bass department, where to me, the Cresyn lacks the reverb necessary for trance (although it works with a lot of metal).
- Fit, as mentioned above, is the biggest Achilles heel for me at this point. I have tried all included tips, Comply T-400s, standard silicon, Skullcandy silicon, de-cored olives on comply cores, comply foam under silicon, standard double flance, using an IE8 tip as an extender, and the included large bi-flange are the best. But again, cable over the ears. I wear most of my IEMs that way, so no issues other than the look as the ear guides hang down. If I figure something out, I will share. But I love the sound, so who cares how they look. Conversation starter!
- The overall presentation is very smooth, well defined, with everything well placed. I have been listening for hours and they are very enjoyable still, no fatigue or discomfort.
Here is a pic.
I will be posting my thoughts with more than just trance and metal, how they compare with the IE8, C710, WM2, and whatever else I can find to throw at em.
And they do sound a good deal better via the AMP3 than from the HPO of my Fuze. The AMP3 is a fantastic match with the 252, preferable to my sound card amp also.
