burn-in 650.. how long?

[PPkiller]

to those who own or used to own a hd650.. how long does it take to burn in the headphone ?

 

[nylan8301]

Don't worry about the burning in. Just enjoy the headphones and they will bring you happiness. More important would be how strong is your amp?

Life is too short to let headphones NOT play on your head.

Nylan

 

[Nocturnal310]

The headphones are soooo goood that even without burn-in they sound the best in its class.

of course with an Amp u dont need to worry about the Burn IN.

 

[vvanrij]

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Originally Posted by Nocturnal310 /img/forum/go_quote.gif The headphones are soooo goood that even without burn-in they sound the best in its class. of course with an Amp u dont need to worry about the Burn IN.

Please explain both of your statements

 

[sbulack]

X3 with what's been posted above.

The HD650's sound so good new out of the box, that, in my opinion, there's not a good reason to delay listening to music through them while they burn-in.

If you have particularly sensitive or discerning ears, and you'd like your first listening with them to not include the brand-new, stiff drivers sound, that is mostly gone after the first 8 hours of use and completely gone after about 40 hours of use, from what I could hear. After that, they still improve perceptably in progressively finer degrees of sound reproduction up through about 250 hours of use, to my ears. Then, in my opinion, they're pretty much sounding their best. In my listening experience with them, they did not have a higher threshold number of hours (like 100 or 300) at which the sound from them changed rapidly and greatly for the better. I, personally, enjoy listening to a good-sounding phone turn into a great-sounding phone with use.

 

[PPkiller]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbulack /img/forum/go_quote.gif X3 with what's been posted above. The HD650's sound so good new out of the box, there's not, in my opinion, a good reason to delay listening to music through them while they burn-in. If you have particularly sensitive or discerning ears, and you'd like your first listening with them to not include the brand-new, stiff drivers sound, that is mostly gone after the first 8 hours of use and completely gone after about 40 hours of use, from what I could hear. After that, they still improve perceptably in progressively finer degrees of sound reproduction up through about 250 hours of use, to my ears. Then, in my opinion, they're pretty much sounding their best. In my listening experience with them, they did not have a higher threshold number of hours (like 100 or 300) at which the sound from them changed rapidly and greatly for the better. I, personally, enjoy listening to a good-sounding phone turn into a great-sounding phone with use.

thanks... as i previously owned a 595 with a few thousands of hours on it, i can notice some aspects of 650 is still not up to its full potential.. looks like a full 10 days of burn-in will make it sound its best..

 

[fault151]

Well iv had mine about a monh and i still think they need to be run in longer. My mate has a set of hd600 too and hes had his about a year, theres a big difference in his and mine. ( I think so anyway)

Id just run them in over night if ya desperate, otherwise just use them and let the run as usual.

 

[Chri5peed]

I measured mine for 1000hours, not exclusively burning-in 24/7, only did that for 3 or 4 days.

After that I listened to music during the day and ran pink noise overnight. Still played 24/7 though.

 

[pompon]

48 hrs is enough.

More than that, it's very subtles ...

 

[nikongod]

I am a (big) recommender or burn-in.

Listen to them as much as you like out of the box and all, but never let the sound stop. Run them from a cheap radio, or your computer's sound card 24/7 when you are not actively listening. This way the whole process is done much sooner.