When I'm in desperate situations, I don't belittle placebo effects. Whether it's for some chronic physical pain, or sound signature purposes. I'm open to alternative medecine and alternative modding (burn-in).
Let reality decide instead of the concept.
1. Physical burn-in, this is what most people/brands want you to believe in. AKA, "real" burn in and you wont need to burn it in again later. (maybe you noticed how some brands are claiming you need 100-200 hours of burn-in. Its more like a way for you to run out of warranty time to return it if you dont like it lol.)
2. Brain burn-in, AKA getting used to the sound of the particular transducer and IMO is what is really happening when people claim stuff needs to burn in.
I definitely believe in brain burn in (happens to me every time I listen to new gear).. But I also believe in physical burn in for some gear. My Nighthawks seemed a bit boomy in the bass to me at times when I first got them, so I switched to different pads that noticabely and instantly changed the sound (no brain burn in required to notice the difference). I listened to them for quite a while with the alternate pads (ie hundreds of hours) and then decided to try out the original pads again. The boomy bassiness was now gone with the original pads. That made me a "physical burn in exists for some gear" believer. I'm not sure I've noticied is so much with earbuds though.
I definitely believe in brain burn in (happens to me every time I listen to new gear).. But I also believe in physical burn in for some gear. My Nighthawks seemed a bit boomy in the bass to me at times when I first got them, so I switched to different pads that noticabely and instantly changed the sound (no brain burn in required to notice the difference). I listened to them for quite a while with the alternate pads (ie hundreds of hours) and then decided to try out the original pads again. The boomy bassiness was now gone with the original pads. That made me a "physical burn in exists for some gear" believer. I'm not sure I've noticied is so much with earbuds though.
IMO, thats because you got accustomed to the slower/looser bass on it so when you went back, it wasnt as slow/loos as you remember (then again, our audio memory is extremely short anyway...).
I have the simphonio dragon 2+. I think they sound pretty great but I've been interested in the em5 and also the rw-2000 with all the latest discussions.
Does anyone know how they stack up to the sd2+?
Burnout works - there is a process of physical lapping of moving parts (20 hours of favorite music (micro burrs are removed).
Thanks to this, the sound changes.
Wire burnout-does not exist.
I got some earbuds on the way: Sennheiser MX375, VE Monk Lite, and also the VE Zen 2.0. I’m looking forward to seeing which I prefer (better be the Zen, lol). I haven’t focused much on earbuds really, currently using the Monks for casual listening and lightweight comfort watching youtube videos.
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