Rick Hunter
100+ Head-Fier
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I always burned-in my stuff simply by playing music at a slightly higher than normal volume...
Then some days ago a friend of mine who's into high-end speakers told me that several high-end speaker manufactures do a factory burn-in on their products prior shipping, and they use pink noise to accomplish this task.
Since headphones are nothing but miniaturized speakers I got my hands on a pink noise sample and tried it on my HD650s... It worked wonders!!!
I had been playing music for 51 hours on the cans and was quite satisfied with how they were performing. Then I left them playing pink noise overnight (9 hours) and OMG they opened up much more. (I never thought a headphone could sound like this, guess I was underestimating the 650s)
I would say those 9 hours of pink noise opened the cans much more than the previous 51 hours of music... After the pink noise stretch everything was sooo much better, especially overall clarity, microdetails, and treble performance... It was like discovering the hidden potential of the HD650. Stunning.
As an added bonus pink noise is easier to deal with at night when you put your cans into a drawer, it is drowned out easier than music at the same volume.
So, who else here used/uses pink noise to burn his cans? I'm fairly impressed!
Then some days ago a friend of mine who's into high-end speakers told me that several high-end speaker manufactures do a factory burn-in on their products prior shipping, and they use pink noise to accomplish this task.
Since headphones are nothing but miniaturized speakers I got my hands on a pink noise sample and tried it on my HD650s... It worked wonders!!!
I had been playing music for 51 hours on the cans and was quite satisfied with how they were performing. Then I left them playing pink noise overnight (9 hours) and OMG they opened up much more. (I never thought a headphone could sound like this, guess I was underestimating the 650s)
I would say those 9 hours of pink noise opened the cans much more than the previous 51 hours of music... After the pink noise stretch everything was sooo much better, especially overall clarity, microdetails, and treble performance... It was like discovering the hidden potential of the HD650. Stunning.
As an added bonus pink noise is easier to deal with at night when you put your cans into a drawer, it is drowned out easier than music at the same volume.
So, who else here used/uses pink noise to burn his cans? I'm fairly impressed!