flkin
100+ Head-Fier
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My TM7s made it to the 100 hours+ mark. Along the way, the sound changed quite a bit in the following way:
At 0-20 hours sounds fat no extension both in bass and treble. Loads of mid but with blur images, not precisely placed sounds. Huge soundscape, not so sure about depth. Enveloping sound, warm and wonderful like an aged 70's speaker with 8 inch woofers.
At 20-70 hours, mids clear up. Bass extends deeper but stops at the deepest acoustic instruments. Electric bass fails. Treble extends making the sound more natural. Sounded slightly muted earlier. Mind you this is with the original covers that come with the set. Not cut with holes like with the PK1. I didn't want to adjust the TM7 sound until the burn in completed. Overall sound is thick but more balanced. Wonderful with orchestra works giving the impression of being inside the orchestra. Sound is thick enough and being an earbud with a huge soundscape and headless enough to pull off the effect.
80-100 hours the bass tightens up to appear less than before. But in actual fact is simply more accurate. Previously with certain ambient sounds like piano echoes, you can hear "pressure sounds" from both channels that spoil the out of head experience reminding one that you're wearing a headphone. Now that pressure sound has gone and the illusion of being headless and in the music remains.
Treble is more like where it should be. A touch more air would be better. Changed to bud cover with cut out hole. But now treble is too aggressive. Still prefer bud completely covered. Hopefully the air will pick up with more burning. Mids are wonderful with a close up presentation.
Overall a very enjoyable earbud with huge soundstage and realistic presentation of large complex music like orchestras. Outer ends of sound both in bass and treble is not fully extended. Treble may possibily be adjusted with different covers and with more burning as it has so far improved over time. Presentation close and intimate.
That's all!
Edit:
After additional burning sound has changed yet again. At 180-200 hours, the treble which was a touch murky before with the supplied foam covers has morphed to smooth and sweet. More air has developed too and it's sufficient for me to to not look further for alternative covers.
Bass is full but ever so slightly fat mixing with lower mids.
Woo (the proprietor of Blox) says the burn time is 220 hours in his email to me Oct 2012 so I'm eager to see what happens over the next week or so. Others have mentioned figures like 80 or 100 hours but I can confirm the sound changes with additional burning, improving the sound substantially. Each time I put on the TM7 I'm amazed how real and full sized the sound is.
At 0-20 hours sounds fat no extension both in bass and treble. Loads of mid but with blur images, not precisely placed sounds. Huge soundscape, not so sure about depth. Enveloping sound, warm and wonderful like an aged 70's speaker with 8 inch woofers.
At 20-70 hours, mids clear up. Bass extends deeper but stops at the deepest acoustic instruments. Electric bass fails. Treble extends making the sound more natural. Sounded slightly muted earlier. Mind you this is with the original covers that come with the set. Not cut with holes like with the PK1. I didn't want to adjust the TM7 sound until the burn in completed. Overall sound is thick but more balanced. Wonderful with orchestra works giving the impression of being inside the orchestra. Sound is thick enough and being an earbud with a huge soundscape and headless enough to pull off the effect.
80-100 hours the bass tightens up to appear less than before. But in actual fact is simply more accurate. Previously with certain ambient sounds like piano echoes, you can hear "pressure sounds" from both channels that spoil the out of head experience reminding one that you're wearing a headphone. Now that pressure sound has gone and the illusion of being headless and in the music remains.
Treble is more like where it should be. A touch more air would be better. Changed to bud cover with cut out hole. But now treble is too aggressive. Still prefer bud completely covered. Hopefully the air will pick up with more burning. Mids are wonderful with a close up presentation.
Overall a very enjoyable earbud with huge soundstage and realistic presentation of large complex music like orchestras. Outer ends of sound both in bass and treble is not fully extended. Treble may possibily be adjusted with different covers and with more burning as it has so far improved over time. Presentation close and intimate.
That's all!
Edit:
After additional burning sound has changed yet again. At 180-200 hours, the treble which was a touch murky before with the supplied foam covers has morphed to smooth and sweet. More air has developed too and it's sufficient for me to to not look further for alternative covers.
Bass is full but ever so slightly fat mixing with lower mids.
Woo (the proprietor of Blox) says the burn time is 220 hours in his email to me Oct 2012 so I'm eager to see what happens over the next week or so. Others have mentioned figures like 80 or 100 hours but I can confirm the sound changes with additional burning, improving the sound substantially. Each time I put on the TM7 I'm amazed how real and full sized the sound is.
