It usually takes around a week to burn them in, time that's eating up your return window. I like to burn mine in quicker by using audacity to speed up the audio by 10x so I try them out burned in before my return window closes.
>using audacity to speed up the audio by 10x
Why didn't I think of that before? I wasted weeks playing regular speed pink noise. I'm going to re-burn in my headphones with this trick.
Because you have to break them in to the particular style of music you want them to sound nice with. Or you can break them in with a few styles so that they have more of a broad range. It would defeat the purpose of high end head phones entirely if they were broken in with just a generic sound that was just okay with every kind of music.
This reminds me of the Hacker News thread where that moron was pointing an infrared laser or something at his head to increase concentration. I'd post a screenshot if I had it.
Because you have to break them in to the particular style of music you want them to sound nice with. Or you can break them in with a few styles so that they have more of a broad range. It would defeat the purpose of high end head phones entirely if they were broken in with just a generic sound that was just okay with every kind of music.
what does break in means in reference to the context of the mechanical function of a dynamic driver and explain why different genres produce unique frequencies that influence the break in
if you have any sort of basic understanding of how speakers work you'd realize break in makes zero sense
Because you need elaborate rituals to make you feel like you didn't buy a piece of shit(you did). Human brain can get used to anything, don't get used to garbage, if headphones don't immediately sound correct just return them.
my beyerdynamics sounded amazing after I put a 1000W sound system in my car and gave myself 15% hearing loss
Some people insist that the sound you hear from headphones changes after you've played 100+ hours or so of music through them, eg they get loosened up or whatever and settle into their sweet spot for sound. I've heard this a lot for both headphones and speakers. But this should be easily testable with proper equipment, and the likely answer is you just get used to their sound after a few days.
Because you need elaborate rituals to make you feel like you didn't buy a piece of shit(you did). Human brain can get used to anything, don't get used to garbage, if headphones don't immediately sound correct just return them.
My beyerdynamics sound the same as they did when I first got them. I agree that this is mostly placebo or psychoacoustic or something. I've bought guitar speakers that sounded a little funny or harsh at first, and maybe it makes sense that the cone might be a little stiff, but I'm pretty sure that a half hour of slamming 80 or so decibels through them fixes it. I don't think this is the case for headphones since everything is so much smaller and more fine and delicate to begin with, I don't really think headphones are overly stiff. And I don't believe any of this crap about the drivers needing to be broken in, that makes zero sense. the cones would be the only thing that might need breaking in on any speaker and I really only see that happening on large speakers made for musicians and not devices made for consumers were they definitely ship them ready to play
that's impossible, because what's actually being broken in is the foam pads around the speakers, after a while they better fit your head which provides a better seal, resulting in better sound
you can't do this ahead of time, as it's unique to your head
Most will say playing music for a period of time, the real burn in is when you produce a current just a fraction higher than your headphones would allow for a few minutes so they can settle in
i recently returned headphones because the audio wouldn't settle no matter what
turns out it wasn't the headphones, but all my music data started to decay because the ssd was really old
basically most data storage uses some form of signal correction (error correction) like hamming codes
but most SSDs don't, unless you buy really good ones
so you can lose data over time. check your SSD health and if it goes under 90% make backup
if it goes under 80% data is already degrading
Something similar happened to me with an 8 year old drive I found in the closet. It was full of movies I downloaded years ago but half of the data was corrupted already. I watched Man Without a Face, I didn't even know he had a problem!
because it's just yet another made-up snake oil in audiophiletard populated circles with no scientific basis behind itself as a phenomenon. "burning" is just when your brain adjusts to a specific signature of a frequency range after listening to it for some time. basically, it's just a placebo effect.
not necessarily. there are plenty of legit reasons why various products and material might need to be worn in one time from grit in the manufacturing process to work-hardened material. definitely smells of bullshit for headphones, though
audiophile brain rot
It's a meme. it's the brain that alters the sound once you've "burned-in" the headphones stay the same
Damn I never realized this but it makes perfect sense
It usually takes around a week to burn them in, time that's eating up your return window. I like to burn mine in quicker by using audacity to speed up the audio by 10x so I try them out burned in before my return window closes.
just leave your finger or a piece of wood on the frame so that when the window closes you can open it again
>using audacity to speed up the audio by 10x
Why didn't I think of that before? I wasted weeks playing regular speed pink noise. I'm going to re-burn in my headphones with this trick.
Total AudioBlack person Death
8/10, made me chuckle
This reminds me of the Hacker News thread where that moron was pointing an infrared laser or something at his head to increase concentration. I'd post a screenshot if I had it.
Because you have to break them in to the particular style of music you want them to sound nice with. Or you can break them in with a few styles so that they have more of a broad range. It would defeat the purpose of high end head phones entirely if they were broken in with just a generic sound that was just okay with every kind of music.
Hahahahhahahaha
what does break in means in reference to the context of the mechanical function of a dynamic driver and explain why different genres produce unique frequencies that influence the break in
I always thought it was bullshit but I burned in my RTx 4090 and now I don't notice the coil whine anymore
It is bullshit. There has never been a measurable difference with headphones pre and post burn in.
>source: trust me bro!
if you have any sort of basic understanding of how speakers work you'd realize break in makes zero sense
my beyerdynamics sounded amazing after I put a 1000W sound system in my car and gave myself 15% hearing loss
ITT morons
>t.
>oh look, it's another audioplacebo video
https://www.soundguys.com/headphone-burn-in-isnt-real-17463/
pro-tip: you can undo your headphone burn-in if you download pcsx2 and play this classic game
I know it smells crazy in there.
>Listening to a pajeet and taking what it says seriously
moron.
>yes, electronics need time to settle, don't you know this?
ummm it has a moving driver sweaty, all mechanical moving parts need time to burn in and settle into place
You're just adding wear.
Jeans come preworn but headphones don't? It's a scam you doofuses
>settling in
is that why my headphones go bump in the night
burn in is not a thing
at most its the foam in the pads getting used
It's audiophile meme, frequency response doesn't chqnge unless u physically change the headphone
>burning in
wouldn't you be "burning them in" by using the headphones?
Some people insist that the sound you hear from headphones changes after you've played 100+ hours or so of music through them, eg they get loosened up or whatever and settle into their sweet spot for sound. I've heard this a lot for both headphones and speakers. But this should be easily testable with proper equipment, and the likely answer is you just get used to their sound after a few days.
Because burning them is part of the fun, is like breaking in a woman
Because you need elaborate rituals to make you feel like you didn't buy a piece of shit(you did). Human brain can get used to anything, don't get used to garbage, if headphones don't immediately sound correct just return them.
My beyerdynamics sound the same as they did when I first got them. I agree that this is mostly placebo or psychoacoustic or something. I've bought guitar speakers that sounded a little funny or harsh at first, and maybe it makes sense that the cone might be a little stiff, but I'm pretty sure that a half hour of slamming 80 or so decibels through them fixes it. I don't think this is the case for headphones since everything is so much smaller and more fine and delicate to begin with, I don't really think headphones are overly stiff. And I don't believe any of this crap about the drivers needing to be broken in, that makes zero sense. the cones would be the only thing that might need breaking in on any speaker and I really only see that happening on large speakers made for musicians and not devices made for consumers were they definitely ship them ready to play
that's impossible, because what's actually being broken in is the foam pads around the speakers, after a while they better fit your head which provides a better seal, resulting in better sound
you can't do this ahead of time, as it's unique to your head
Wtf is burning in a pair of headphones?
a scam made up by big gas to sell more gas
Leaving them sitting on your desk with music playing through them until your return period ends.
Most will say playing music for a period of time, the real burn in is when you produce a current just a fraction higher than your headphones would allow for a few minutes so they can settle in
i recently returned headphones because the audio wouldn't settle no matter what
turns out it wasn't the headphones, but all my music data started to decay because the ssd was really old
>but all my music data started to decay because the ssd was really old
That's why I store mine in the refrigerator.
explain more on this data decay thing
basically most data storage uses some form of signal correction (error correction) like hamming codes
but most SSDs don't, unless you buy really good ones
so you can lose data over time. check your SSD health and if it goes under 90% make backup
if it goes under 80% data is already degrading
that only happens with HDDs due to rotational velocidensity
it's not a problem if you burn your hard drives in first
It's a big problem nowadays for digital media. I was watching my decade old torrent of The Three Amigos and one amigo is now missing
Something similar happened to me with an 8 year old drive I found in the closet. It was full of movies I downloaded years ago but half of the data was corrupted already. I watched Man Without a Face, I didn't even know he had a problem!
what?
>audiophiles might know a lot more than me but they're still wrong about everything and i know better
>burn in is fa-
-ke
Hes watching his reflection in the laptop screen to see which ones hes wearing
What the frick is wrong with audophiles?
Audiophool nonsense
because it's just yet another made-up snake oil in audiophiletard populated circles with no scientific basis behind itself as a phenomenon. "burning" is just when your brain adjusts to a specific signature of a frequency range after listening to it for some time. basically, it's just a placebo effect.
And yet they still don’t break in their OLED panels with still images that are red shifted to get the best possible picture. What pedantic plebs…
If burning in did something, then continuing to use your headphones/speakers would continue to alter the sound.
not necessarily. there are plenty of legit reasons why various products and material might need to be worn in one time from grit in the manufacturing process to work-hardened material. definitely smells of bullshit for headphones, though
Those things do continue to wear, though.
you're just being stupid on purpose. I'm not going to argue entropy against someone who has never worked with physical material in their life
No, I'm being correct.
These shitters are really starting to annoy me, and they have the largest population on Earth by several billion.