Whoa...Burn in!

[sahwnfras]

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Originally Posted by nikongod i agree, its better refered as "use induced driver material property change" that is a more accurate term than burn in. nobody actuyally burns anything near their headphones to caus "use induced driver material property change." speakers which are cold also dont sound diferent from ones at room temperature (or above room temperature) due to the variation in flexibility of the drivers.

yea i think its about time you leave, so if you could see yourself out that would be great.

 

[MD1032]

OMG THE OTHER DAY MY GRADOS BLOOMED I HEARD IT IT WAS LIKE A GIANT BLOOM AND BLOOM IT SOUNDED BETTER

ok, I'm cool with burn-in as it clearly exists, but this whole bloom thing is nothing but your minds playing tricks on you, I can assure you, unless it's something outside the headphones that is affecthing them.

 

[dj_mocok]

You know what, when I just got my Alessandro, they sounded like Sennheiser at first, but after 200 hrs of burn in, they sounded like Alessandro now.

 

[mjg]

MS2I are in the hizzy.

Yea you guys better believe i'm going to have the same fun as you.


OH YEA

 

[KenW]

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Originally Posted by kramer5150 90-100 hours of loud dreamtheater & Rush tunes. Then 90 more hours of 30Hz tones amped through my edcor HA400. Use CAUTION burning thtem in and monitor their temps every 10 minutes for the first hour of each session. Dont want to blow the coils. Garrett

You start 'em out loud? I always ease into it. Only moderate volume during the first 24 hours and then a gradual increase in volume to the level that it would become a bit uncomfortable for me to listen to for an extended period. Maybe I'm just a nervous nellie about the whole thing, but I'm just too cautious to rip into 'em in those early stages. Heck, it may not make a bit of difference but it gives me peace of mind.

 

[kramer5150]

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Originally Posted by KenW You start 'em out loud? I always ease into it. Only moderate volume during the first 24 hours and then a gradual increase in volume to the level that it would become a bit uncomfortable for me to listen to for an extended period. Maybe I'm just a nervous nellie about the whole thing, but I'm just too cautious to rip into 'em in those early stages. Heck, it may not make a bit of difference but it gives me peace of mind.

right... start em out moderate and turn them up every 20 or so hours, for both music and tone sessions. Sorry should have made that more clear.
the other thing is its probably not really necessary to play tones... Loud music is all thats needed. I did though.

Garrett

 

[aznsensazian]

You know, i dont think burn in is skeptical. I believe it sounds better over time because the drivers are moving more fluidly. I dont know about you, but with an amp for example, i have to warm it up for a half an hour to get some really good results. IMO, Same thing happens with headphones, you have to warm it up to get good results, this may take 50 to 500 hours depending on your headphone. It does magic to the headphonce whether it is subtle or not. I know with my hd580s, i had to listen for 100hrs before i notice the treble sounding alot better than before. This is no joke either, i notice small but very noticeable differences.

 

[BowerR64]

Its not the burn in, you had somthing sitting on your tub amp and it melted in over the tube. Is there a new smell that came with the burn in?

 

[fewtch]

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Originally Posted by aznsensazian I know with my hd580s, i had to listen for 100hrs before i notice the treble sounding alot better than before. This is no joke either, i notice small but very noticeable differences.

Interesting... mine opened up after as little as 20 hours, altho there may have been subtle, gradual changes I didn't notice after that. Fastest break-in I've noticed from a pair of cans (aside from HD600s, which were about the same). Could be because I played some low-bass tone sweeps loudly at one point, which I've found speeds up break in a lot.