Hello. Can add me as an XP2 user. I was using soundmagic PL50 before this (Still using actually). I went to Pantera in Viva home centre in Cheras on Christmas day and demoed the XP series. (actually called Jaben subang a few times that day but I guess the shop was closed for Christmas). Straight away bought the XP2, as it provides quite similar clarity and instrument separation compared to the PL50, but with more bass.

When I tried mine out of the box, I was, WTF??? Too V sounding. The mid are so compressed that it sounded like very, very cheap earphone. Then I remember about burning in. After about 10 hours, I tried again. Improvements.. The V is not so pronounce now. I guess the demo unit had so many hours of burning in already that the SQ is so nice.

One nigling issues though. I understand about the cracking sound when inserting into the ear, but do any of you experience "flange" sound. On the right earbud there is always the sound as if air is passing through and it is worse if the bud touches something else like finger or helmet (yes, I do use them while on motorbike, which some people might disapprove), or when there is a lot of movement, which causes the ear piece to have slight movement in the ear canal. I tried switching side and ear tips (except foam), but the problem remains with the right ear piece. Is it a normal issue with IEM (did not experience this with PL50, which I uses with L size foam) or is there something wrong here?

Not only when touching, it also noticeable when moving around, like when head is bobbing up and down /left to right. Tried using foam, albeit DIY one. The flange/air sound is still there and only on the right earpiece. The sound is more noticeable when playing song with continuos mid to high treble sound. Any way, went to Jaben today to let them have a look on it and see what can be done. Now just wait for the result. In the meantime, its back to PL50 for me, of which I really like, except for the lacking of bass.

Yep. But a DIY one. I made a set using the foam earplug from Guardian. Result still the same.

Got back my XP2 from jaben subang a week ago. Well, actually not mine. Warranty claim no black stock so I settled for a silver one. The good guys at jaben also throw in a sample pair of hippo foam. After roughly 50 hours burn in time I am liking the sound now. Balance between Bass, mid and treble is good with more bass than soundmagic PL50. However, the weight of the earpiece is quite noticable. After about 20 minutes I started to feel discomfort. The only solution for me is to put them on over ear style, as suggested by wildwestgoh here.