[Pianist]

Cool, I actually want to give these another try.

 

[kiteki]

 
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Where did you get that info?
 
@i2ehan: So why exactly did you prefer the RE252 to the 262 and 272? I personally consider the latter two superior sound quality wise, but I didn't spend much time with the re252s.

 
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http://store.hifiman.com/cart.php?act=add&product_id=80&loc=1
 
No it ain't
 
 

 
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I never checked myself, until now, and it's most certainly still READILY available. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

[i2ehan]

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 I could do this all day my dear friend. Still in stock! 

 

[Mad Max]

Well, fudge.

 

[i2ehan]

It may just be that they'll discontinue it after their current stock sells out. 

 

[kiteki]

 
Maybe it's discontinued in production but continued in stock?

 

[proedros]

It looks like a sane business move imo
 
The 252 , as good as it is , never got big commercially due to most of all fit issues and i am sure now these don't sell like hot cakes
 
The 272 looks like an improvement , and at 250$ is at the same price range
 
I really liked the 252 when i had it and i am sad to see it go , but life goes on etc etc
 
Bring on the 282 !!!

 

[kiteki]

 
The fit issue and the weird design is why the RE252 is not a hot cake seller for Hifiman.
 
I achieve a really good fit, but when I smile, the sound changes a tiny bit, and I haven't noticed that on other IEM's hahaha.
 
 
The RE242 was just released.
 
I find the number choice kinda funny because there's an old band from the 80's called Front 242..........

 

[proedros]

So, gr07 goes for 30-40$ cheaper than the 252
 
does this justify buying the gr07 instead of the 252 ?

 

[kiteki]

 
I'd say yes, it does.
 
On that note, I'm willing to trade my RE252 for a new-ish GR07, anyone interested please PM me.
 
 

 

[i2ehan]

kiteki was right. New store layout, and RE252 no longer listed. 

 

[kiteki]

 
Yeah, and I'm retracting my GR07 trade, no longer interested.
 
 
 

 

[i2ehan]

I apologize if this has been discussed already, but I contacted HiFiMan directly, asking why the RE252 was discontinued, to which they replied it was because the housing didn't last too long. I hope that means we'll see a revamped RE252 some time in the enar future, as it's my absolute favorite HiFiMan.

 

[Inks]

I may be interested to try them again if the housing gets updated. I think they should just use the RE-Zero/RE0's housing, perhaps in chrome? Better yet, use the Xcape v1's tapered housing. That's  a beautiful and comfortable design. 

 

[kiteki]

 
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I may be interested to try them again if the housing gets updated. I think they should just use the RE-Zero/RE0's housing, perhaps in chrome? Better yet, use the Xcape v1's tapered housing. That's  a beautiful and comfortable design. 
 

 
There have been several complaints about the RE0 housing falling apart, there's also an IEM that looks identical to the RE0 that sells for $1.50.
 
If they put the RE252 driver inside the RE272 housing, use 7N silver cables, and sell it for $129, we have a winner.