Burn-in using FM radio?
Feb 4, 2009 at 7:04 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 18
Miklos

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Hello all,

I find it the easiest to plug my new earphones in my receiver at home, using FM radio as a source - to burn them in for a couple of days.

Is this a good / safe practice, considering that the sound quality of FM radio is quite a bit lower than the music I normally listen to ( high bitrate VBR mp3)?

Or is the sound quality of the burn-in source not really relevant?

Thanks for any advice...
 
Feb 4, 2009 at 9:39 PM Post #6 of 18
Given that 'burn in' is almost entirely psychological I suppose using an FM radio only matters is you want it to...
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Feb 5, 2009 at 1:31 AM Post #7 of 18
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Originally Posted by ILikeMusic /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Given that 'burn in' is almost entirely psychological I suppose using an FM radio only matters is you want it to...
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Most audio epuipments need burning-in, BA driver IEMs are exceptions.

so, um, I guess it's similar to the pink noises.
 
Feb 5, 2009 at 8:58 AM Post #8 of 18
Would it be better if you burn in using the static noise between 2 channels? I dunno, just curious
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Feb 5, 2009 at 11:05 AM Post #10 of 18
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Originally Posted by Daeregaol /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Would it be better if you burn in using the static noise between 2 channels? I dunno, just curious
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Yes, I think you're supposed to tune between stations to get the static hiss for burn in, at 'normal' listening volumes.. 200+ hours in some cases. Not sure whether it makes a blind bit of difference though.
 
Feb 8, 2009 at 6:07 AM Post #11 of 18
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Originally Posted by Barock /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Yes, I think you're supposed to tune between stations to get the static hiss for burn in, at 'normal' listening volumes.. 200+ hours in some cases. Not sure whether it makes a blind bit of difference though.


useful method!
 
Feb 8, 2009 at 6:12 AM Post #12 of 18
why not just download some pink/white noise and repeat it over and over ....i just run it from foobar and let it do its magic =)
 
Feb 8, 2009 at 8:10 AM Post #13 of 18
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Originally Posted by HighLife /img/forum/go_quote.gif
why not just download some pink/white noise and repeat it over and over ....i just run it from foobar and let it do its magic =)


that's what I do too lol
 
Feb 8, 2009 at 2:45 PM Post #14 of 18
Actually you'll spoil your cans playing low quality signals through them. They will take thousands of hours of burn-in with high quality music to get back on hi-fi level.
 
Feb 8, 2009 at 2:58 PM Post #15 of 18
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Originally Posted by QQQ /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Actually you'll spoil your cans playing low quality signals through them. They will take thousands of hours of burn-in with high quality music to get back on hi-fi level.


How's that so?

I'm using a frequency sweep to alternate between 4hz to 40khz, it'll sound like a mini siren. The same software also has the pink and white noise generator.
 
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