Burn in for Shure E4's | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org

tufflitestudios · Mar 20, 2008 at 1:54 PM

How long will it take to burn in a new pair of Shure E4's. Your experience or comments would be great.

ClieOS · Mar 20, 2008 at 2:38 PM

I believe the general rule is, balanced armature IEM do not need any burn in.

Brewmaster · Mar 20, 2008 at 4:04 PM

I had my E4's for almost 2 years and didn't notice any change.

Rickio · Mar 20, 2008 at 4:48 PM

Do you find something wrong with the sound of your shures?

I thought mine sounded good right from the start.

tufflitestudios · Mar 21, 2008 at 4:16 AM

I just got them today and have not had the chance to listen to them yet. Just wondering what I should expect.

natural_nut · Mar 21, 2008 at 5:10 AM

I agree, armatures don't usually benefit much from burning in

GlorytheWiz825 · Mar 21, 2008 at 7:05 AM

From my personal experience, the E4C sounded the same at first listen and 500 hours later.

Aevum · Mar 21, 2008 at 7:14 AM

but do be careful if you picked them up from a untrustworthy source, there have been report of fake shure E4,

tufflitestudios · Mar 21, 2008 at 2:11 PM

How can you tell if they are fake or the real thing?