Sep 15, 2015 So yeah, asking the fellow audiophiles and just general listeners of music as to whether you guys do a burn in of your listening apparatus or not? I just got a new pair of IEMs and was not sure if to do it or not (I have to all my other headphones). They're a pair of RHA MA750i's if you'd like to know. So yeah, should I or should I not bother? (Tagging the only other audiophile I know on the site @DetroitSkills)
Sep 15, 2015 Depends on the person. Some people (like me) just like to play music through them overnight (or longer). Others like to use white noise/other things. Basically, it's a method that forces the gradual settling in of the design parameters of the cone diaphragms into their intended state quickly instead of over a long period of time that would happen normally. Basically the musical equivalent of breaking in new shoes
Sep 15, 2015 Don't understand what audible difference it would honestly make to 'burn' something in like that. I break my stuff in by just immediately listening/working on something. There's no reason to wait imo.
Sep 15, 2015 Usually takes a few hours until the dullness vanishes from new pairs of earphones/headphones. I don't know if speakers do the same thing, though. I always have music playing, so they don't take long to come good.
Sep 15, 2015 yea man i do it, did it with a few products ii tested out from AT, SH, etc.. its worth imo
Sep 17, 2015 Whether you believe in it or not (of which I belong to neither side, hence why I was asking the question), burning in headphones is indeed a thing in the audiophile community, even being featured in reviews of headphones and other like devices
Sep 17, 2015 1) Although I don't classify myself as an audiophile, just someone who likes the best possible sound for music, that is what the community calls itself and as such, I used that term 2) I can show you several examples of such reviews, even for the earbuds mentioned in the OP - http://thepcenthusiast.com/rha-ma750i-in-ear-headphone-review/ (under "Testing and Sound Quality") - http://www.whathifi.com/rha/ma750i/review (under Cons and in the introduction) So yeah
Sep 17, 2015 The changes are so slight that they're imperceptible to everybody who doesn't review headphones for a living. Notice how those review sites don't even post graphs of the frequency responses. That's all you need to determine sound quality.
Sep 17, 2015 I use beats by Dre (which is probably polar opposite of an audiophile/casual af) I know what it is and I know people that burn their headphones or earphones in. It's a thing.
Sep 17, 2015 I'm not really sure if it makes a difference or not but I do it. I was always under the impression that it made them last longer than it actually improved quality though. But I never cared enough to check out if test were done to prove or discredit this process.
Sep 17, 2015 Those were the first 2 sites that came up on google, but I know for a fact that at least innerfidelity provides graphs of the frequency response for the same headphones (I'll link them when I get home). I'm not trying to say that your opinion is wrong. Simply that, despite whether you believe in it or not, it is indeed a thing
Sep 17, 2015 That's the site I was basing my argument off of. Couldn't remember the name. http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/evidence-headphone-break-page-3#7zbhRo53fJoMgjuW.97 Even they don't know if it's a thing, and if it is, it's pretty insignificant.
Sep 18, 2015 I'm not trying to argue as to whether it legitimately makes a difference, that's what I was asking in this thread. I was saying that the idea of "burning in headphones" is indeed a thing.
