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[Nubster]

I don't know other than I have read a number of people on here talking about their 10+ year old phones still sounding as good or even better than when they first got them.

 

[Fitz]

Many of us have headphones that are 30+ years old and still work as good as new. Good quality headphones don't just "crap out," although soft parts like earpads periodically need to be replaced.

 

[nauxolo]

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[Sherwood]

I'm about to put my 28th year of 24/7 burn-in on my HD650s.

I heard they start to open up at 30.

 

[Azazel90x]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm about to put my 28th year of 24/7 burn-in on my HD650s. I heard they start to open up at 30.

They havent been out that long!

 

[Zadok]

My HD-580's sat in a file cabinet in a garage for 10 years...I thought they had been eaten by the void, but when I found them in that drawer, they still sounded mighty fine.

 

[Uncle Erik]

I haven't noticed significant degradation on 25+ year old cans.

And some things do take awhile to break in. I had to recap it, but my 1946 Hammarlund HQ-129X is finally starting to "open up." Shame the original owner isn't around to hear it.

 

[spacemanspliff]

Stax certainly last forever. Mine is 20 years old and going strong.

 

[Nubster]

So how do they sound compared to new phones? I mean I would assume the materials used to make them and maybe even the technology used in them are different 30, 20, even 10 years ago?

 

[Peter Pinna]

Someone I know has a headphone that was made before the invention of the microphone. It consists of two small funnels with a head strap (it goes over the top of one's head) in between each funnel. To use these, one inserts the smaller end of the funnels into each ear. It's truly amazing how realistic these headphones sound but they are much too old.

 

[AmanGeorge]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm about to put my 28th year of 24/7 burn-in on my HD650s. I heard they start to open up at 30.

Thanks for that Sherwood, I think that's officially the first time this site has made me giggle

 

[Zadok]

THAT joke was your first giggle? We must be a buncha stiffs lol

 

[ericj]

Older than 30 years, the original 2000-ohm hd414 is still good - if you have an amp that can drive it.

 

[smeggy]

I'd say more than about 40 years is getting to be too old, simply because there weren't many phones worth listening to beyond then and many early phones had paper cones which deteriorate.

Other than that, no real age limit.