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^ shane55, I've never experienced that with any headphone or earphone that I have owned. And for every person who says that they have there is another who says that they have not. The debate over the existence of burn-in will continue to rage throughout these forum threads until it is proven or debunked. You and I won't achieve either of those outcomes here. I don't think that we've derailed the thread too much.
Sir iponderous. Perhaps that say's more than you intended...
kwkarth works for Monster (I believe he helped design the Turbine Coppers and is an engineer there... or something), anyway, here's a couple quotes from him:
"The purpose of "burnin" is to flex the diaphragm principally. The diaphragm does not know or care what you play. Since the purpose is to get things moving, the best way to do that is to play relatively high amplitude low frequency tones. White noise and pink noise are good for discerning FR anomalies of a piece of gear, but not any more effective at "burnin" than music, and maybe not even as effective, depending upon the music you use (bass-wise)"
"Sure, just keep in mind that I'm not saying all devices benefit from break-in, but in the case of the MTPCu, I believe I personally have noticed an improvement after break-in."
My point is that professionals (and I have read much that discusses and references it) know break-in is a phenomenon that exists. There are a lot of things that I have not had first-hand experiencew with, but I trust the professionals who 'verify' (through observation, or testing, or measurements) that something exists (like atoms)... and if it logically makes sense, I'll go that distance and believe them.
There may be reasons you have never experienced it. I can't begin to know or surmise, but the 'why' is irrelivant. Your not experiencing something does not negate it's existence. I do not believe... especially in my case... that break-in of mechanical devices is fantasy or imagination or mass hysteria. I experience it on a daily basis with machinery that being a mechanical device will set with time, or loosen with time or seize up with time. Logically it makes sense to me, and I would hope it would to you as well, regardless of your lack of experience with it here.
Part two, and forgive me for going on... but a sincere question for you.
If I can not hear something (like a little 'click' in a recording) when a device is new, but later can hear it... how would you explain that? I know that click, I'm listening for that click, but it's just not there. After 24 hours of time (off-head), the click is suddenly apparent, or gradually becomes apparent... what do you think is going on there? Do you think something is playing tricks with my hearing or my mind?
And I'm asking this seriously. If the diaphram is not changing, what do you think is going on here?
Cheers
shane