Scott549
100+ Head-Fier
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Seedhouse is absolutely correct.
This is the huge logical misstep the burn-in believers are making --
1. The headphones sound different after a period of time.
2. Therefore, it must be the headphones themselves, not my brain or my ears, that have changed.
Why are you so resistant to the latter -- that your brain or your ears might have changed? Given that either could theoretically happen and there is no evidence for the former, why not agree with Seedhouse that the latter is more likely?
I would also like to hear why, if the physical properties of the headphones change, they happen to always change for the better. They should change for the worse half the time, shouldn't they?
Edit -- one more thing -- a great example of this phenomenon happens at live concerts. Have you ever been to a concert where for the first song or two, the mix just didn't sound quite right, but then it starts to sound better? It is possible that the guy at the mixing board is making adjustments, but this has happened to me many times and I think one explanation is that your ears and brain adjust to the sound signature and it starts to sound more "comfortable." Of course it could be that the PA speakers are finally burning in after 15,000 hours.
This is the huge logical misstep the burn-in believers are making --
1. The headphones sound different after a period of time.
2. Therefore, it must be the headphones themselves, not my brain or my ears, that have changed.
Why are you so resistant to the latter -- that your brain or your ears might have changed? Given that either could theoretically happen and there is no evidence for the former, why not agree with Seedhouse that the latter is more likely?
I would also like to hear why, if the physical properties of the headphones change, they happen to always change for the better. They should change for the worse half the time, shouldn't they?
Edit -- one more thing -- a great example of this phenomenon happens at live concerts. Have you ever been to a concert where for the first song or two, the mix just didn't sound quite right, but then it starts to sound better? It is possible that the guy at the mixing board is making adjustments, but this has happened to me many times and I think one explanation is that your ears and brain adjust to the sound signature and it starts to sound more "comfortable." Of course it could be that the PA speakers are finally burning in after 15,000 hours.