[Shizdan]

I have a brand new pair of Sennhesier HD600's coming in the mail in a few days and was wondering if I should burn them in first or just listen to them and let them burn in over time?

 

[beamthegreat]

Listen to them and burn them in at night. Sennheiser products needs a lot of burn in time.

 

[carledwards]

Listen to them. Burn-in may or may not be all that important. In any case, the best burn-in is with them on your head and your favorite tunes playing!

 

[stang]

Give them a listen for 3 or 4 hours then burn in for 50 hours and give it a listen for another 3 or 4 hours. I would do this for a minimum of 3 times. I like to burn in my equipment for 250 hours though.

 

[Shizdan]

IS it better to burn them in with burn in tones or can I just play my music?

 

[stang]

Better with tones apparently but music is fine.

 

[sampson_smith]

If you have a broad selection of music, try using a little bit of all of it. Really, though... I find that tracks with dynamic treble and heavy bass work rather well to temper your cans.

 

[Shizdan]

Can I damage or not burn in my headphones right?

 

[stang]

by playing music too loudly before they are burnt in, yes. play music/tones at just above your comfortable listening level

 

[derek800]

I just play some songs with heavy bass and some with good treble and let them go through the night for a week or so. I use them as I normally would through the day.

 

[Shizdan]

Thanks for the info! I guess I'll use them normally without overloading the volume when I use them. Then at night Ill burn them in with say pink noise etc!

Any good tones or cd I should get?

 

[stang]

I play a frequency sweep through realplayer and make it repeat.

 

[Shahrose]

Quote:

Originally Posted by beamthegreat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Listen to them and burn them in at night. Sennheiser products needs a lot of burn in time.

x2...with pink noise too. That will be quickest.

 

[Zappa74]

Quote:

Originally Posted by beamthegreat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Listen to them and burn them in at night. Sennheiser products needs a lot of burn in time.

I believe this. I wanted to throw my HD485s away when they were brand new.

After a solid break-in period- they're completely different and much improved.

 

[keezzzz]

The best way to "Burn In "
Just put de HP on your head and play the music you like.
Burn In is a myth