Quote: Yes it is silly to risk it. That is all I have been doing since I got my headphones out of the box. I just play them at safe listening levels without hearing static or anything like that. And when I am gone I put on 20 minutes of pink noise with a 2 minute digital...

I recently got AKG K601's and for the first 20 or 30 hours I have been using them like regular headphones not at high volumes and while I am away I just let music play at regular listening levels. Today I got some Pink, White, and Brown noise. After reading khaos posts you said 'NOT to burn in...