How should I burn in my headphones?
May 17, 2012 at 12:36 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 9
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How can I burn in my headphones? Is it okay if I just play bass heavy songs for 50+ hours like dubstep. Or is there a better way to do this with white/pink noise?
 
May 17, 2012 at 12:47 AM Post #2 of 9
To really do a good burn on the headphones, first you need to get your fireplace really hot, then...........
 
May 17, 2012 at 12:52 AM Post #3 of 9
I like the precision of a plasma cutter myself. Especially now that my Gigawat laser has been shot out of orbit :rolleyes:

Seriously though, just listen to them as usual and let them break in. I've never been a fan of burn in that wasn't naturally occurring through use.
 
May 17, 2012 at 12:56 AM Post #4 of 9
@PurpleAngel Oh thanks tho, instead of a fireplace I used an oven and when I took them out to try them on it wasnt working.... I don't know what happened but it was all crisp and flimsy all of a sudden... What a waste of $80 bucks
 
May 17, 2012 at 12:59 AM Post #5 of 9
Set them up on your laptop/pc with some music (any music) yes you can use bass heavy music too, and play them for about 8 - 12 hours a day or while you're sleeping at a volume just louder then your ears can handle. if you can hear them, wrap them up in an old shirt. Jimmy Hendrix shirts are preferred (not Justin Bieber shirts) they have been known to damage earphones. Let them rest occasionally doing 8 hours a day over a week rather then 72 hours non-stop. 

It's all about the ritual, embracing each hour, each minute as they age like fine wine. 
 
May 17, 2012 at 1:19 AM Post #6 of 9
Ok, wrap the headphone up in a blanket, stick them in a closet, plug the jack into some thing that can play AC/DC over and over again, like for a few days.
 
May 17, 2012 at 1:27 AM Post #7 of 9
I read a post here about a member who purchased a pair of REO and because they were bass light he used dubstep to burn them in. Apparently his understanding was doing so would give his earphones more bass. 
 
True story. 
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May 17, 2012 at 2:25 AM Post #8 of 9
I use a burn-in app on my ipod touch. It's the only free one. It has pink noise and white noise, and you can make profiles for each pair of phones you want to burn it. It's really convenient because you can keep track of how much burn in you've got on your phones. No more wondering whether or not your phones may or may not change.
 
I only started using this app recently but for kicks set up both pairs of MP8320s i bought and plugged one on all songs random on my ipod and the other with pink noise for 20 hours and white noise for 30.
The app won out for me.
 
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