[hernree]

I moved into a house a few years ago. I ended up loosing my D-7000 during the move. I recently found them in some unpacked boxes. I noticed they are lacking at least 60% of their bass. Is this possible for the bass to decline after a long stretch of inactivity? I never believed in burn in. I am wondering if that could spruce things back up? I have been using Hifiman sundara in the Denon's place. So I was expecting the bass to blow the sundara's out the water. But they are a shadow of their former self.

 

[msing539]

Has something else changed in your setup that you might have overlooked?

 

[RuslanG]

Maybe you are used to Sundara's upper bass? D7000 is ok in this range.

 

[ARCXENOS]

could it be the pads being affected by the environment it was stored in? Are they as fresh as they once were?

 

[pbui44]

What amps and sources were you using back when you were using the D7000 regularly, and what amps and sources are you using now?

 

[hernree]

I use the same setup. I have a matrix amp. Leading into a schitt bifrost. Gain was higher on the Sundara. So I lowered it one level for the D7000. Because the Matrix high gain made the Denons too sibilant. Neither gain selection affected the bass.

 

[hernree]

could it be the pads being affected by the environment it was stored in? Are they as fresh as they once were?

That was my first though. I actually replaced my pads and headband shortly after moving. And I don't remember if the new pads had reduced the bass. In comparison to the older ones. These new pads give my ear a little bit of space between the driver. As opposed to the older stock pads.

 

[msing539]

Are you able to EQ some bass as a test?

 

[kman1211]

I moved into a house a few years ago. I ended up loosing my D-7000 during the move. I recently found them in some unpacked boxes. I noticed they are lacking at least 60% of their bass. Is this possible for the bass to decline after a long stretch of inactivity? I never believed in burn in. I am wondering if that could spruce things back up? I have been using Hifiman sundara in the Denon's place. So I was expecting the bass to blow the sundara's out the water. But they are a shadow of their former self.

I've only experienced a headphone losing bass after lack of use with my DT 480, but it gains it back once it's used for a bit. It only takes a week for it to happen on those, then I have to run them in again to get it going. But that's a behavior I haven't experienced on any other headphone, so don't think it's likely the culprit on the D7000. But if it's experiencing something similar, just playing music on them a little on the loud side for a bit should get them going. It could just be getting used to the Sundara's bass or the Sundara gained some bass with pad wear, etc.

 

[RuslanG]

That was my first though. I actually replaced my pads and headband shortly after moving. And I don't remember if the new pads had reduced the bass. In comparison to the older ones. These new pads give my ear a little bit of space between the driver. As opposed to the older stock pads.

Well then everything is clear, you probably used non-original pads. I tried a bunch of different pads, none of them returned me original sound. I had to make the pads myself, using parts from original pads