[Brooko]

Zen 2 - wow - these are good - really, really good
 
You guys are in for a treat.

 

[nmatheis]

Zen 2 - wow - these are good - really, really good

You guys are in for a treat.

Six stars???

 

[golov17]

Zen 2 - wow - these are good - really, really good

You guys are in for a treat.

you had got them ??

 

[Brooko]

Still trying to get my head around them at the moment.
 
And for now - no covers.

 

[Brooko]

I better measure them before they get "burnt in" 

 

 

[nmatheis]

I better measure them before they get "burnt in" :veryevil:  

Hopefully you'll like them even after you flambé them LOLZ!!!

Should have mine in a couple days. Can't wait now that Tamal and Paul have given them the thumbs up!

 

[DJScope]

Oh shiiiiiii! Its official now!

 

[nmatheis]

Oh shiiiiiii! Its official now!

 
Awww yeeeeaah, boi!!!
 
When are you getting yours, Igor?

 

[RedJohn456]

  Still trying to get my head around them at the moment.
 
And for now - no covers.

the sub bass caught me off guard, especially since I am using them foamless. The new imagine dragons album sounds fantastic out of the Zen 2.0 straight out of my mac. No amping or anything.

 

[Havo42]

Sooo anyone know when the Zen 2.0 will be available on AliExpress?

 

[Brooko]

OK - cos I know you guys are interested 

 
First the pretty pics:
 

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Zen2 in all it's glory​	Clolse up of the housing​	The dynamic driver face​

 

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Good view of the internals​	The jack and close up of cable​	New thicker foam covers​

 

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Doughnuts fitted​	Side view of doughnuts​	Side view of full foams​

 

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DUNUs new ear stabilisers​	DUNU's stabilisers on the Zen2​	DUNU's stabilisers on the Zen2​

 

[waynes world]

Zen 2 - wow - these are good - really, really good

You guys are in for a treat.

Very cool. But you're killing me!

 

[DJScope]

  OK - cos I know you guys are interested 

 
First the pretty pics:

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Zen2 in all it's glory​	Clolse up of the housing​	The dynamic driver face​

 

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Good view of the internals​	The jack and close up of cable​	New thicker foam covers​

 

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Doughnuts fitted​	Side view of doughnuts​	Side view of full foams​

 

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DUNUs new ear stabilisers​	DUNU's stabilisers on the Zen2​	DUNU's stabilisers on the Zen2​

 

 
Those DUNU wings are brilliant!
 
 

   
Awww yeeeeaah, boi!!!
 
When are you getting yours, Igor?

 
Left China 3 days ago, so will be another week or so... 

 

[Brooko]

And now the sonics.
 
First - looking at the Zen 1s without any foam covers.  I'd never measured like this before, because I couldn't wear them like this.  And here is why:
 

Zen 1 (originals) - with no covers ​	Zen 2 (new) - with no covers ​

 
Basically with no covers, the bass is really low relative to the vocals, and to many anyway sounded very unnatural.  Next to it is the new Zen 2 with no covers.  Notice the very natural balance - bit if a hump at 100-200 Hz, but still sounds really clean, and the relative spike at 2K is much lower - so vocals aren't as forward - yay!  BTW - look at the driver matching - incredibly good.  Really hard to measure though.
 
So lets look at both earphones with the new doughnut covers on.
 

The Zen 1 is transformed with covers on - and this is the earphone I loved​	Zen 2 however - nope - too bassy, this is supposed to be worn covers off​

 
Zen1 now looks much better and closer to the Zen2 default (no covers).  Hwoever putting the covers on the Zen2 - for me anyway - really doesn't work.  Far too boomy.
 
And for a better comparison
 

Zen 1 bare vs Zen 1 with covers fitted - no question of the improvement​	But Zen 2 without covers vs with covers is not recommended (by me anyway)​

 
And finally comparsions of the two earphones
 

No covers Zen 1 vs Zen 2​	With covers Zen 1 vs Zen 2​

 
If you prefer using your Zens with no covers it really is a no brainer - Zen 2 is definitely the way to go.  But if you really like using a cover, then Zen 1 will probably net better results.
 
Hope this helps.

 

[nmatheis]

 
Very nice analysis @Brooko. I think I might need to use Earhoox with Zen 2.0 then, as I typically use foams to help stabilize earbuds.