[dadozen]

Guys, it's not a defective pair. I was just saying that I was amused to experience the process of burning-in my Senns, as lots of people have already stated here.

I've made an extensive burn-in last week, leaving it on with pink noise for almost 80 straight hours( leaing some silence signals in the playlist ).

The headphone really became better, but the bass was somehow strange, so I decided to use some white noise too in the playlist, and I can say that the headphone is really shining now. The bass got very tight, yet deep, and the airness has became much much better.

I won't afford to improve my source now, but I'm waiting for a Meier Cantate to arrive home anyday now. I'm assuming it will have a lot more juice to drive my cans than the 2Move, although it, in high current mode, has done a great job until now. But, people always say that the better amp you have, the better HD650 will sound. It just seems to have no limits. So I'm trying it, and I hope to be right.

Ears fatigue is a good reason to have strange experiences with headphones too.

 

[RockCity]

Just don't force yourself to like them. I love the HD650 but I hate a lot of other phones. Improving signaling can only do so much, but you can't change the core characteristics of the 'phones.

 

[dadozen]

Oh, please don't get me wrong. Before buying them I researched a lot and I knew I'd like its sound signature. I love them, and I really think they are shining now, after some proper burn-in. I really hope the Cantate can make it even better.

 

[the_eleven]

Have you tried the 650s with your SR-71a?

 

[olblueyez]

It will sound better with the Meier, your on the right track.

 

[Jaawa]

Cool, welcome to the "corda & HD 650" club

It will be cool to hear of your experiences with the Cantate once you get to test it out properly with the HD 650. I went back and forth between different amp choices, until I decided to go with the Opera, lucky me, Meier had such an awesome sale on it back then

If you want you can read of my experiences about my main rig here

 

[dadozen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_eleven /img/forum/go_quote.gif Have you tried the 650s with your SR-71a?

Not yet, since I mainly use my SR-71A with my iPod, and I don't think the HD650 will have a good sinergy with this rig. But I'll try it just out of curiosity.

Quote:

Originally Posted by olblueyez /img/forum/go_quote.gif It will sound better with the Meier, your on the right track.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaawa /img/forum/go_quote.gif Cool, welcome to the "corda & HD 650" club It will be cool to hear of your experiences with the Cantate once you get to test it out properly with the HD 650. I went back and forth between different amp choices, until I decided to go with the Opera, lucky me, Meier had such an awesome sale on it back then If you want you can read of my experiences about my main rig here

Thanks guys, I'm also looking forward to check the sinergy between the Corda and the Sennheiser. Jan really makes excellent amps for very reasonable prices. I just wish I could afford a Symphony, but oh well, a Cantate will do a great job I guess

Thanks for the link Jaawa!

 

[Drumonron]

the hd650s IMHO didn't shine until I got the GS-1...on many other amps I tried them with they were just too warm, bassy and lacked focus and detail...the GS-1 with the DAC1 USB created a wonderful lush sound....it was night and day for me.

 

[dadozen]

I wish I could get an amp like the GS-1, but I think that the Cantate will do a great job, being a solid state as well.

A friend of mine has also said that he gets too much warm and dark sound from his HD650 using tube amps.

 

[b0dhi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadozen /img/forum/go_quote.gif The headphone really became better, but the bass was somehow strange, so I decided to use some white noise too in the playlist, and I can say that the headphone is really shining now. The bass got very tight, yet deep, and the airness has became much much better.

What? Pink noise wasn't working for the bass so you used white noise and now it's better? Did I understand that right?

 

[Jaawa]

Quote:

Originally Posted by b0dhi /img/forum/go_quote.gif What? Pink noise wasn't working for the bass so you used white noise and now it's better? Did I understand that right?

Yeah now that I read his post again with thought, that seems pretty odd to me too.

Pink noise is white noise + lower frequencies, it's simply better than white noise for burn-in IMO.

Also, what strikes me as a bit of an odd thing is this "( leaing some silence signals in the playlist )". Because what I've always thought is that another very important part of the burn-in process is the 24/7 continuity of the burn-in material playback, pink noise is what I use and it's constant.

 

[feifan]

dadozen, you've probably thought of this, but just in case --

when using computer as source via USB, turn the volume of your software music player all the way up to max. But be sure to turn the volume on your external DAC/amp down to zero before you plug your HD650 in. After you click on play, gradually turn the volume of the DAC/amp up until you're comfortable. My HD650 sounds fuzzy in the bass when I forget to slide the Foobar2000 volume to max. BTW, the HD650 is a great choice. I keep returning to it after I try other cans. It's a keeper.

 

[dadozen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by b0dhi /img/forum/go_quote.gif What? Pink noise wasn't working for the bass so you used white noise and now it's better? Did I understand that right?

No. You understood it totally wrong. And I never said that pink noise wasn't working for bass. I just found it somehow strange. Maybe the headphones still needed more pink noise burn-in when I had that feeling, but I decided to add white noise to "open" the highs and mids as well.
That's what I did, while it still had pink noise most of the time.
So I used:

White Noise( 30% of the time ) + Pink Noise( 70% of the time ).

What's so hard to understand about that?

@Jaawa: I've read sometimes that some "rest" for the headphones is important as well. So I just feel more comfortable leaving some silence signals

@ feifan: don't worry, those are my usual habits when starting to listen to my headphones. Max volume at laptop( software ) -> turn the amp on-> gradually turn up the volume -> have fun!

Thanks anyways for the tip

 

[tourmaline]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadozen /img/forum/go_quote.gif I wish I could get an amp like the GS-1, but I think that the Cantate will do a great job, being a solid state as well. A friend of mine has also said that he gets too much warm and dark sound from his HD650 using tube amps.

Strange, most like the hd650 with tube amps. Also there are some tubes that are really clean, and there are warm sounding SS amps.

 

[LnxPrgr3]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaawa /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pink noise is white noise + lower frequencies, it's simply better than white noise for burn-in IMO.

White noise is all frequencies at equal levels.

Pink noise is all frequencies, where higher frequencies roll off at 6dB/octave.

Both contain lower frequencies, but in the pink noise, the lows are emphasized.