Introduction

IMR Acoustics is a brand that many would associate with the now-defunct “Trinity Audio”, a company that went on Kickstarter to promote and sell their products, subsequently failing to fulfill many of their orders and essentially scamming many people out of their money.

Bob, also known as “RockBob” in other circles, started his audio career with Rock Jaw Audio as the Head Designer. Trinity Audio was subsequently created, and upon its failure, spun off into what we know now as IMR Acoustics. IMR does not have the same controversies that Trinity had with regards to fulfilling orders, but you can see how Bob’s association with the company is a controversy in by itself.

IMR started its journey with the R1, a hybrid using a dynamic and a ceramic piezoelectric driver. This was followed by the R1 Zenith, an update to the R1 with near-lawsuit levels of similarity to Acoustune’s unique shell designs, but that’s a whole different topic.

With the history lesson out of the way, let’s focus on the R2 Aten. Taking cues from its predecessors, the R2 has the same driver configuration but now with even more tuning options, sporting both interchangeable nozzles and interchangeable dampers. With the discontinuation of the original R1 in favour of the R1 Zenith and the release of the new “RAH” tribrid flagship, the R2 now sits as the middle child of IMR’s ever-rotating lineup of IEMs.

Product page: https://imracoustics.com/products/imr-r2-aten

MSRP: £400 (~$500)

Driver configuration: 1DD + 1 Piezo hybrid

This unit was kindly loaned to me by one of my Patrons, Justin.