Tyson
Headphoneus Supremus
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Well, I gave away a pair of my 280's to a friend as a birthday present, and so I could upgrade. Part of the reason I wanted to upgrade was a somewhat nasal quality to the sound of the 280's, even after 3 months of pretty intense useage. Well, the friend came to visit this week and brought the 280's with him. Now they have an additional 6 months of very, very heavy usage, and to my shock and suprise they have nary a hint of nasality. In fact they were kinda, well, warm sounding. They still had that great precision to their sound that I loved about them in the first place, but were now a lot more pleasant to listen to for all types of music, not just classical. I would have said before that breakin was done on them after 200 hours of use, but now I'm sure that it actually takes longer, perhaps as long as 500 hours. Hard to say, but the longer you use them the better they sound.