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Headphone Burn-in. Is it real, or real-stupid?
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<blockquote data-quote="Banjuka" data-source="post: 1021493" data-attributes="member: 22617"><p><span style="font-size: 19px"><strong>Headphone Burn-in. Is it real, or real-stupid?</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Admission: I've long been a believer that the majority of my headphones sounded better after some burn-in time.</p><p></p><p>But many audio-nuts are polarised by burn-in, some believing it to be necessary, some believing it to be snake-oil, and some undecideds.</p><p></p><p>Many state that it is merely marketing, so that you don't return your headphones after the first try. Others state that is perhaps a placebo effect - that it's just your ears that burn-in with the new sounds emanating from the headphones or speakers.</p><p></p><p>So I'm beginning to question my ears.</p><p></p><p>I've tried searching for audio-manufacturers who suggest burning-in headphones, but have come up empty-handed.</p><p></p><p>I know that many serious audiophiles swear by burn-in. Also that many of the most popular and sometimes admired reviewers on the web and YouTube will not test a headphone or piece of audio equipment without serious burn-in time.</p><p></p><p>So according to you: What is the verdict?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Banjuka, post: 1021493, member: 22617"] [SIZE=19px][b]Headphone Burn-in. Is it real, or real-stupid?[/b][/SIZE] Admission: I've long been a believer that the majority of my headphones sounded better after some burn-in time. But many audio-nuts are polarised by burn-in, some believing it to be necessary, some believing it to be snake-oil, and some undecideds. Many state that it is merely marketing, so that you don't return your headphones after the first try. Others state that is perhaps a placebo effect - that it's just your ears that burn-in with the new sounds emanating from the headphones or speakers. So I'm beginning to question my ears. I've tried searching for audio-manufacturers who suggest burning-in headphones, but have come up empty-handed. I know that many serious audiophiles swear by burn-in. Also that many of the most popular and sometimes admired reviewers on the web and YouTube will not test a headphone or piece of audio equipment without serious burn-in time. So according to you: What is the verdict? [/QUOTE]
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