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Haunted
one scary ass mothertruck

Registered: Oct 2001
Location:

Breaking in new headphones

i just got a new pair of Sony MDR V6

i heard something about breaking in new headphones, like playing music loud, does this actually help? how?

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Mar-24-2004 22:38 Zimbabwe

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trancintaiwan
golf and trance fanatic

Registered: Aug 2003
Location: from New Jersey, in NEW YORK CITY

i know it worked for my sennheiser hd-280's. when i first got them they soudned kinda crappy and i was sorta pissed. but then i used them for a couple more weeks with every couple days or so blasting the music through it. now they sound awesome.

Mar-24-2004 22:40

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jdat
Jay Van Dat

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I dont even know

playing music loud with brand new headphones is the stupidest thing you could do.

you're supposed to play some softer music at lower levels .... and you can try and make it progressively harder ....

Don't forget the objective is to break in ... not break on first use. So be gentle with them at first.

Whenever I've had to do this with speakers I'll start with classical music play that for a LARGE number of hours ( like days almost ) and progressively make it harder

Mar-24-2004 23:07

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vhx1
TiT Killer

Registered: Apr 2003
Location: San Jose/L.A. CA

You will start to hear a noticable difference at about 100 hours of listening. They will sound real good. The differnce between my HD280's now compared to when i bought them is huge.

Don't blast music at full blast obviously. Set the volume at a reasonlably loud level.

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Mar-25-2004 00:01 United States

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rafale
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Kuala Lumpur

yeah thats right.. don't blast it straight away, start it slow, then get it louder n louder

Mar-25-2004 02:11 Malaysia

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trancintaiwan
golf and trance fanatic

Registered: Aug 2003
Location: from New Jersey, in NEW YORK CITY

i didn't mean blast at full volume...

Mar-25-2004 03:23

dartman
custom status!!!

Registered: Jun 2003
Location: western mass

haunted, what do you think of those headphones so far? are you glad that you upgraded?

Mar-25-2004 05:21 United States

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vhx1
TiT Killer

Registered: Apr 2003
Location: San Jose/L.A. CA

I heard they are very good sound quality for the relatively cheap price. What did you upgrade from Haunted?

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Mar-25-2004 06:08 United States

Zombie0729
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Oct 2003
Location: .

anything with bass rifts really warm up the drivers. i'm not sure what classical music would really do but keep the magnets moving in tiny sequences... but bass rifts mate... anything like that.

Mar-25-2004 06:42 United States

Haunted
one scary ass mothertruck

Registered: Oct 2001
Location:

i upgraded from sony mdr 7505

yes i like them alot, very comfortable and alot clearer

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Mar-25-2004 12:07 Zimbabwe

Sjodalf
Mr. Lines

Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Deep down in the forest, where no broadband exist..

burn them in with some bass heavy music.
and turn the volume up little by litte. just use some books between the phones and let them play in by themself.

you're gonna hear dif. i'll promise!
i wasn't that satisfied with my headphones at first, but after playing them in they suddenly sounded like a dream. now they are perfect!