JoetheArachnid
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They're both plug and play, just the Zero has an extra bit of wire/plastic that does add a little more bulk. I keep mine in a generic £2 case off eBay, but otherwise I guess one might be prone to losing the bits. I can honestly say that they've never bothered me. Also note that the Zero is not exactly an 'upgrade' over the RE0, just a slightly different sound. And I mean slightly. The RE0 has that endless treble but the Zero has smooth, liquid mids and slighlty beefed out midbass, but mostly they are very similar in sound. The RE0 is 64ohm impedance and improves with an amp, the Zero is 16ohm impedance and is mostly fine unamped. It depends on what you want.
My point here being that if you actually want to upgrade significantly later on, you'll probably have to look at something well above the Zero - The CK10/RE252 or the like. It might be worthwhile if you lose/break the RE0 and want to replace them with something similar, but I wouldn't buy the Zero in a few months time and expect an entirely different experience. Both phones get you surprisingly high in the IEM tree - the IEMs that out-and-out beat them are few in number and cost several times as much.
My point here being that if you actually want to upgrade significantly later on, you'll probably have to look at something well above the Zero - The CK10/RE252 or the like. It might be worthwhile if you lose/break the RE0 and want to replace them with something similar, but I wouldn't buy the Zero in a few months time and expect an entirely different experience. Both phones get you surprisingly high in the IEM tree - the IEMs that out-and-out beat them are few in number and cost several times as much.