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Posted by phoooo on Apr-23-2009 10:18:

burning in headphones?

what exactly does it mean to burn in headphones? i've had akg 240s for a while now and somebody asked me if they're burned in(break in). what does burning in your headphones do? how do i do it? is it just a myth?

thanks for your time

Posted by mysticalninja on Apr-23-2009 10:32:

plug them into a cd player, put it on repeat and let it sit for 3 days. i have akg701s, recommended burn in time is like 100 hours.

Posted by Ry Thomas on Apr-23-2009 11:13:

quote:
Originally posted by mysticalninja
plug them into a cd player, put it on repeat and let it sit for 3 days. i have akg701s, recommended burn in time is like 100 hours.

Ditto, much more definition with a lot of use

Posted by Subtle on Apr-23-2009 12:34:

quote:
Originally posted by mysticalninja
plug them into a cd player, put it on repeat and let it sit for 3 days. i have akg701s, recommended burn in time is like 100 hours.
Interesting method of doing it

I have AKG 240, but id rather wear them gradually.

Is the a difference one can notice ?

Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-23-2009 13:03:

imo their getting used enough so just play with them. suddenly they are worren out.

Posted by varun on Apr-23-2009 13:13:

Typically, white noise can also be used to burn in headphones due to having equal power in each frequency band.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-23-2009 13:24:

then u mean pink noise?