All valid responses. I agree our brains and perception aren't perfect and it essentially decodes information which we perceive as senses and I am sure there is a lot of that going on to a degree. However, why does this phenomenon only seem to happen on brand new headphones? I listened to a...

I do agree that new kit does take time to get used to. However, my argument against this being the main reason for experiencing this phenomenon is that firstly, if it was just about getting used to the different frequency response, it would take you a long time to get used to a sound when the eq...

Keep going. I found the 300 hour mark was pretty bang on. An update on my side, I'm using a little dot Mk 2 and I've put some Voshkod 6ZH1P-EV Rocket Logo gold-platinum grid driver tubes in it and burned them in for 120 hours and oh my god, I can't even begin to describe how beautiful this set...

I’m now a few weeks past the 300 hour mark and I can tell you that I am in no way regretting getting them and going through the pain of the burn in process (or whatever it is). Bass wise, I don’t think the bass gets any deeper but it really tightens up and becomes much more defined. However, if...

A couple points on personal experience and a couple of questions about burn in if I may. I’ve just bought a pair of Sennheiser HD650s and have been listening to them every evening for 4 or 5 hours (incase brain burn in and the pads settling is real) and have had them playing a playlist of...