hifikid245
100+ Head-Fier
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(long story,,,sorry)
So I have a lower end hd449 from Senn, I have it for over two years now. After months of owning it the cable broke so I haven't use it for a month. I was eager to use again it so I got the nerve to open it up and changed the cable with the extension cable it came with. I made it work and used it for a month, the sound/everything was the same as like what it was. Then the idea of burning in came to my mind again, I wasn't really expecting any changes in sound quality or whatever when burning in a headphone specially when you used it in a long time. So I did 3 nights and 2 days of burning in, first night was mild, I played pink noise in comfortable volume in 8/10 hours(nothing happens). Then after it finishes the track I repeated the track again but with another test track at the same time with higher volume, I did the same thing over and over(adding different tracks, playing it at the same time and turning up the volume over the time) . I didn't tried it on yet. Then the 3 nights 2 days burn in test was over. I let it rest for a day then I plugged it in my phone then played the same lossy tracks I have. I was amazed how it sounded different, the soundstage is the huge improvement. Mids and highs also dramatically changed(mostly the highs), I can also feel the strumming of the guitarist which I have never experienced before. Then I played my favorite bassy track "crazy" by Will Sparks, I never heard the same bass impact I had with this headphones again which is pretty disappointing. It became harder to drive as well( only with mobile phones), 80% volume was the considered highest , but then after burning it in, it needs more volume to bring out its full potential,.
Is it normal to happen?
So I have a lower end hd449 from Senn, I have it for over two years now. After months of owning it the cable broke so I haven't use it for a month. I was eager to use again it so I got the nerve to open it up and changed the cable with the extension cable it came with. I made it work and used it for a month, the sound/everything was the same as like what it was. Then the idea of burning in came to my mind again, I wasn't really expecting any changes in sound quality or whatever when burning in a headphone specially when you used it in a long time. So I did 3 nights and 2 days of burning in, first night was mild, I played pink noise in comfortable volume in 8/10 hours(nothing happens). Then after it finishes the track I repeated the track again but with another test track at the same time with higher volume, I did the same thing over and over(adding different tracks, playing it at the same time and turning up the volume over the time) . I didn't tried it on yet. Then the 3 nights 2 days burn in test was over. I let it rest for a day then I plugged it in my phone then played the same lossy tracks I have. I was amazed how it sounded different, the soundstage is the huge improvement. Mids and highs also dramatically changed(mostly the highs), I can also feel the strumming of the guitarist which I have never experienced before. Then I played my favorite bassy track "crazy" by Will Sparks, I never heard the same bass impact I had with this headphones again which is pretty disappointing. It became harder to drive as well( only with mobile phones), 80% volume was the considered highest , but then after burning it in, it needs more volume to bring out its full potential,.
Is it normal to happen?