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Breaking-In Headphones?
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| Vero |
So after my last pair of 7506s got crushed in my luggage, I went out on bought some replacements. Now I have never broken in ANY on my headphones. This will be my 3rd pair on sonys (first was v700, then my 7507s), and all of them sounded just fine throughout their life. My 700s still sound as good as they ever did.
But with a brand new set of cans, I'm wondering if i sould break them in first. I never mix at high volume at home, only when I'm playing a club. Since I dont have any gigs coming up anytime soon, I'm thinking my normal bedroom mixing will be just fine. I also read on article on SOS about how rapid break-in can acutally do more harm than good.
So do i really need to break em in? |
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| Rebel Brown |
When I read about breaking headphones in, I was under the impression that there was no particular method in which it was done, it was simply the period of time it takes for the headphone drivers to loosen up a bit and get to their full sound quality.
When I first got my V6's the left ear was a lot quieter than the right, and seeing as I bought them from the US I though I'd be ed if I'd got a dodgy pair. But luckily enough, after about 20 hours use the drivers loosened up a bit and are still perfect to this day.
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| Tony Morello |
let your headphones break in on their own
let the drivers do what they need to do, pushing them beyond their boundries before they're able to can do them harm
if you want your headphones to break in a bit faster, leave them going with music at about normal volume, so you're not working the drivers too hard, for about 8-10 hours at a time
then give them a chance to relax for a few before hitting them again
think of running a race without stretching vs running after stretching |
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| n3lly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tony Morello
let your headphones break in on their own
let the drivers do what they need to do, pushing them beyond their boundries before they're able to can do them harm
if you want your headphones to break in a bit faster, leave them going with music at about normal volume, so you're not working the drivers too hard, for about 8-10 hours at a time
then give them a chance to relax for a few before hitting them again
think of running a race without stretching vs running after stretching |
Wouldn't agree completely with this.
Yes i'd run speakers in, but whether you run them in for 40 hours or for 8-10 hours then give them a break then run them in again, makes no difference in my eyes.
Speakers are made a certain way, whether they're played continuously (at a good leveled volume) for 100hrs, or 10 hours then a break then 10 hours again. Makes no difference.
It's what they're there to do. Play music, as long as you're not playing them at loud volumes (eg, distortion or close to levels) Then they should play perfectly, forever. (obviously not forever but you know what i mean..)
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| jdat |
what are you saying n3lly?
That breaking in speakers is a bogus idea? :conf: |
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| Graxxx |
| quote: | | Play music, as long as you're not playing them at loud volumes |
so this means that eather one way or the other both work.. |
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| dark_Omens |
| For stereo speakers it is recommended that you break them in for 40 hours before playing them at high volume. I imagine that the time is similar for headphones. I broke mine in by letting them play a long CD at medium-low volume for a couple days. They were set after that. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
what are you saying n3lly?
That breaking in speakers is a bogus idea? :conf: |
He is saying that giving the cans a break during break-in makes no difference than just running them straight for 100 hours. |
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| n3lly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
He is saying that giving the cans a break during break-in makes no difference than just running them straight for 100 hours. |
That's correct.. Obviously speakers need to be broken in. Well they don't NEED! to, but they perform better once they have.
You'll notice this especially with subwoofers. (car audio enthusiasts will tell you more then anyone how much their subs improve after installing them initially and letting them break in)
White noise is often also used to break speakers in but it doesn't really matter what you play as long as the speaker's suspension is getting a work out.
Anyway..
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| simplexdb |
Hey Vero hows it goin this is Joel. We were chattin it up at GTR Center the other day.
As for your problem with your headphones I wouldn't worry about breaking them in. With large a large cabnet speakers I dont worry to much about breaking them in. They will do that on their own in time. One thing that is good to do with speakers youve been pushing rather hard is, rather than turn them right off after your done bumpin, play some music thru them at a low level to let the vice coils cool. If your going to be hittin those kind of levels in your head phones thou I would be more concerned about my hearing. :) |
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| Tony Morello |
| quote: | Originally posted by simplexdb
One thing that is good to do with speakers youve been pushing rather hard is, rather than turn them right off after your done bumpin, play some music thru them at a low level to let the vice coils cool. If your going to be hittin those kind of levels in your head phones thou I would be more concerned about my hearing. :) |
that's what i was aiming for when i mentioned you should allow them to rest, he just worded it better
you want to let your voice coils cool properly after pushing hard |
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