[gbacic]

Hello Head-fi,

This is my first thread and this will be my first audiophile purchase.
I'm planning on setting up a system with AKG k702's, some DIY accessories (natural crossfeed, acoustic simulator, etc) a DAC and a tube amp (Little dot mkIII) or a SS amp (heed).
Since I don't have the money right now to buy all the equipment at one time I have this question:

Is it possible to break in K70x's with just the line out from a computer (I have a Mac Pro 2009) or the headphone jack from a surround sound receiver?

I know the sound would be no where near the potential of the k70x's but I cannot afford all the other equipment right now and it would be great to have them broken in for when I do get the other components.

Thanks

 

[koven]

Yes, you can break them in by just playing music from any source... no need for an amp.

 

[gbacic]

Awesome, means I can replace my sennheiser HDR 126 quicker than expected

 

[1Time]

If burning in headphones without adequate amplification, it is possible for the sound of the headphones to change after a second burn in with adequate amplification. Whether this will happen with your current and future rig, I have no idea.

 

[gbacic]

But they won't be irreparably changed, right?

 

[1Time]

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Originally Posted by gbacic /img/forum/go_quote.gif But they won't be irreparably changed, right?

There is no risk of harm. Use your headphones.

 

[DanielCox]

OR - don't bother wasting hours of the lifetime of your headphones and just listen to them?

 

[gbacic]

Ummmm, I intend to listen to them while breaking them in, but during the night I'm going to leave them.
And I expect them to last years

 

[1Time]

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Originally Posted by gbacic /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ummmm, I intend to listen to them while breaking them in, but during the night I'm going to leave them. And I expect them to last years

So you're wanting to enjoy higher quality hours of use of your headphones by burning them in... interesting.

 

[PhilS]

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Originally Posted by gbacic /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ummmm, I intend to listen to them while breaking them in, but during the night I'm going to leave them. And I expect them to last years

That's what I do also. Letting your cans burn in overnight for a few days is not going to materially shorten their life.

 

[ericj]

How about you read the stickied burn-in faq.

We really mean what it says there. Even if you ask again.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Assuming, of course, that there's anything to burn-in.

I've never bothered with burn-in. I simply plug them in and listen. I'd recommend doing the same. No pair has ever sounded bad out of the box and in a few years here, I've never once seen someone complain about poorly burned-in headphones. With all the yammering about techniques and styles, you'd think someone would have screwed it up by now. Apparently, that hasn't happened.

 

[gbacic]

I've read the burn in faq but it wasn't too clear about the need for an amp while burning them in.

I don't expect them to sound bad, but I do think they may improve when they're burned in.

 

[auradud3]

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Originally Posted by gbacic /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've read the burn in faq but it wasn't too clear about the need for an amp while burning them in. I don't expect them to sound bad, but I do think they may improve when they're burned in.

from the time you remove them from the box, to the time they are properly burnt in you will hear noticeable differences, i listen for short periods as i burn in, it kinda like watching your child grow, there are always from my experience, changes that occur. and i do the same, mine get placed on my source for a minimum of 4-5 days before really listening to them, my best example was an almost kept pair of denon 1001's they sound so bad out of box, unfortunately after around 70-80 hours of burn in they still had horrible balance, soundstage, the sibilance decreased, but i could tell it would always be there, so i returned them as fast as i could get them in the box, but until my ultra desktop arrived i burnt my rs1i's in using my macbook pro 2009 using the usb, and it worked very very well.

 

[iamthecheese]

I would go with the SS amp over the tube amp because of the low impedence design of the k70x series. I was looking at the LD mk III from someone here on head fi and they were selling their mkIII since it didn't work well with their k701s