[dw6928]

I am burning in a pair of EH 350 headphones for my parents. I am more used
to the length of burn in on 701s etc. How long is appropriate for this level of
headphone? I want to make sure it is optimized when I give it to him (He's 87)

 

[Dzjudz]

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Originally Posted by dw6928 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am burning in a pair of EH 350 headphones for my parents. I am more used to the length of burn in on 701s etc. How long is appropriate for this level of headphone? I want to make sure it is optimized when I give it to him (He's 87)

None (since I don't believe in burn-in)

 

[dw6928]

then you have never watched the remarkable change in AKG 701s.

 

[Dzjudz]

or heard

. Just psychological IMO, but let's not start this aallll over again.

P.S. I have the HD497, of which the EH350 is supposed to be the successor. I've never heard anything change about the sound of it.

 

[dw6928]

thanks, no need to start that war all over again.
they just seemed very boomy out of the box and I am trying to tame them down for the old man. I don't think, at his age, he will be a fan of a lot of bass

 

[jagorev]

For the EH-350 - none (and I believe in burn-in)

 

[dw6928]

Williams College?

 

[rodbac]

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Originally Posted by dw6928 /img/forum/go_quote.gif they just seemed very boomy out of the box and I am trying to tame them down for the old man. I don't think, at his age, he will be a fan of a lot of bass

So now burn-in will decrease the bass response of the phone in question.

Very interesting. Bookmarking this thread for future reference. Thanks.

 

[dw6928]

I don't think decreasing the bass response as much as tightening the bass that
comes out of the headphones.

 

[rodbac]

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Originally Posted by dw6928 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't think decreasing the bass response as much as tightening the bass that comes out of the headphones.

Oh of course.

 

[dw6928]

wishful thinking? I am so spoiled by my own set of 701s.

 

[Mike Scarpitti]

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Originally Posted by dw6928 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am burning in a pair of EH 350 headphones for my parents. I am more used to the length of burn in on 701s etc. How long is appropriate for this level of headphone? I want to make sure it is optimized when I give it to him (He's 87)

200 years. There is no such thing as "burn-in".

 

[dw6928]

indulge those of us who want to believe

 

[Dzjudz]

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Originally Posted by dw6928 /img/forum/go_quote.gif indulge those of us who want to believe

It's like the Matrix: we can't free the ones who really want to believe

.

 

[dw6928]

just curious then, why do manufacturers, specifically AKG, encourage at least
100 hrs of burn in w/ 701s? they have nothing to gain by recommending a potentially frivolous endeavor.