HifiMan RE2000 Silver earphone review – Smooth Balance and Refinement
HiFiMan RE2000 Silver
$1500
Pros
- Expert rich signature, with a well tuned balance
- Strong musicality with superb bass texturing
- Fantastic elegant shell look and design
Cons
- Tip selection could be improved
- May frustrate the owners of the Gold model as these are a lot cheaper
Build Quality
The shells feel solid and have a reassuring weight to them. Housing is brass with Silver coating. Machining is precise and design style is very appealing/sleek.
Nozzles are protected with metal mesh and earphone ports fit cables securely with no cut outs or glitches.
Using the stock cable, we had no microphonics and the cable has a quality feel to it.
The finish on it was a little strange and felt a little bit like it was a prototype, however signature was not adversely impacted and it felt comfortable when in use, staying secure at all times.
The new straight angle jack fits tight and was secure with all the players we tried.
The welcome addition to support standard 2 PIN IEM connectors is excellent and provided many after market cable options.
Specification/Booklet Supplied Information
The earphone comes with a comprehensive booklet talking about the history of HifiMan and discussing all aspects of the RE2000 Silver – below is a scan image of the document.
One of the most interesting aspect is the theory that nano topology of the diaphragm significantly affects and controls the signature.
Dr. Fang Bian has focused research on understanding how the geometric structure at a nano particle level can impact and control the output signature. It is certainly a very interesting statement, as an end user it is very difficult to validate the signature impact of nano topology but what we can say is that the RE2000 Silver certainly impresses with its fluidity and musicality. We are very interested to try new topology structures in future releases.
