Alec E
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It's becoming clear that "I know what I know" and other tautologies are all that's forthcoming from the burn-in advocates. I would have expected better on Head-Fi.
Originally Posted by Alec E /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's becoming clear that "I know what I know" and other tautologies are all that's forthcoming from the burn-in advocates. I would have expected better on Head-Fi. |
well I have heard the ie8s need an insane amount of burn in time before accurate judging, like 100 hours. So give them time and you some time to get used to them. Also people seem to really like to eq the ie8s to tune them properly. Finally try a wide verity of tips and different ways to fit them in your ears- Like a wide ue tip will give more soundstage
If you follow the links in my signature they point to two burnin files you can download. The P-W-B-P-W uses more pink and white noise, the B-P-B-W-B uses more brown noise. They both have a 10 minute rest period built in to them. The first file will push upper midrange and treble more than lower midrange and bass, the second will do the opposite. I would suggest starting with the first since the IE8 already has deep bass and the "midbass hump"., or download both and just set them to loop as this will likely give your IEM's a nice balanced workout. To set the volume for playing the files listen to some music and set it to just higher than what you find comfortable for the volume then switch to the burnin files, set them to loop and leave over night and then have a listen. If you like what your hearing then let them continue, if not adjust which files your using for the burnin (ie if you using only the 1st file maybe switch to the 2nd, if using both try switching to just one etc.) and check after another 12hrs. Once your happy with how they are progressing turn up the volume a bit louder than where you started and let them burnin for another 12-24hrs, have a listen and continue. After the initial 24-48hrs I found I was able to start to listen to the IE8 during the day and let them burnin at night and enjoyed hearing the sonic changes they had as they broke in.
I have no proof of burnin in regards to graphs and such with the IE8 but did try to produce such information when I burned in several different sets of Monster Turbine Pro Copper's (search for "a tale of two IEM's") and was able to show some actual recordable differences albiet with very poor tools. So I do think dynamic based IEM's change as they burn in (some more than others). In any case my logic is simple, if burnin exists then doing it with a purpose can only help make your IEM's better, and if it doesn't exist the burnin process only wastes some time, so no harm no foul.