HIFIMAN RE600S V2 Songbird High-Performance in-Ear Monitor/IEM

I'm a long time HiFiman user starting with the original RE-0, and owning HE-560 and HE-400i headphones. I read the reviews, which all say they are good, neutral IEMs which is what I like. Well built, look and feel good. Comfortable to wear with low microfonics when moving around or walking. Cheap looking packaging and carrying case. Ran a freq sweep and these perform very well, but when listening to the cuts I use for evaluating phones and speakers these are just blah. I can't find anything wrong with them but they leave me flat and bored with anything I listen to. Too neutral? Is there such a thing? Burned them in for 50 hours and they still give me the blahs. Great to put me to sleep except they stick out of my ears too far to sleep with them in. I use the RE-0 or Acoustech 980s for that. Tried a pair of rebound foam tips which improved the bass slightly, though they needed little help as they came. I prefer my RE-0, Klipsch x7i or Meelectronics A161P IEMs with foam tips. Put them away to revisit another day. UPDATE: Been using them more and beginning to appreciate how good they are. Nothing jumps out and I prefer my other IEMs for specific purposes but all around these are a great pair. They always sound good, sometimes great, are never tiring and don't distract from whatever I'm listening to.

Muy buenos audifonos

Queste cuffie hanno una caratteristica che non mi entusiasma: i medi (intorno ai 1500 Hz) troppo in evidenza. Uno degli strumenti musicali che ne risente più negativamente è il pianoforte. Il problema è risolvibile con una equalizzazione che attenui di circa 3 dB la zona dei 1500 Hz. Anche un maggiore impatto dei sub-bassi sarebbe auspicabile, ma direi che la loro riproduzione, così com' è, è neutra. Gli acuti mi sembrano buoni, definiti e ariosi. Oltre allo sbilanciamento sui medi-alti, a sfavore di queste cuffie c'è anche il prezzo troppo alto. Il prezzo di 99€ che ho pagato in offerta, mi sembra più adeguato.

I am a audio junkie some would say audiophile i own and have owned various daps, x7 ,opus1, n3, mojo and loads more besides. Iems include flarespro, oriveti new primacy, re 400 pinnacle p1 and too many to mention. I have owned these iems for about 3 weeks now and first of all they do need a lot of burn in, secondly they may seem a little aenimic on first listen and thirdly these are not bass head iems. The reviews are right the treble is a little rolled off but apart from that these are truly excellent! Instrument placement and detail is stunning, mids are lovely and sound natural, bass has a nice texture and rumble to sub bass. As I said they will come across aenimic at first but what they actually are is pretty darn neutral and resolving with some of the best detail and placement i have ever heard.When comparing to other iems you start to notice how coloured other iems are, they are an excellent reference point in my opinion. All in all fantastic sound and a definite keeper. Fingers crossed the build holds up because I would be truly sad to lose these.

The sound is very balanced and neutral. While it's of course, nowhere near as high in clarity compared to etymotic hf5 or er4s, it still sports high clarity. Unlike the etymotic IEMs, these have a decent bass response, it's decently punchy, but it's not very deep or heavy. Overall, I'd say that the sound is bright, and it honestly is one of the best sounding IEMs I've used. For an IEM, the soundstage is noteworthy, of course, it pales in comparison to over the ear open headphones, but they're fairly spacious for what they are. Personally, if it wasn't for the fact that it died on me in less than 2 weeks, I probably would have kept these. The cable seems fairly robust and it's very tangle-free, but the plug is very finnicky and that's where the weakest point is. It doesn't help that for whatever reason, hifiman decided to go for an I plug instead of an L plug like for their RE0s or the RE400s. This seems to be a fairly common complaint, as I've seen this same opinion concerning the quality regurgitated over the net.