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Headphone Break-In
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    Posted: 26 Jan 2012 at 7:38am
A very interesting article on attempts to measure and quantify the effects of "break-in"  of headphones, written by the guy who started Headrooom many years ago..follow this link and be prepared to have some preconceptions rattled!Shocked

http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/measurement-and-audibility-headphone-break
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If one makes the assumption that the Q701 tested are essentially the same as the K701, then those results are pretty much as I would expect from my own experience of the K701.

For me I was not happy with those until they had 4 times that many hours on them and had had a severe flogging along the way.

An interesting and apparently well conducted test nonetheless and thanks for the link.




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Tyll the author has been in the headphone business for a long time. I have met him a few times and is a very funny and nice guy who has gained a lot of credibility. I see what the charts show but IMO the break in is more noticeably than indicated, however I do agree that if the sound out of the box is not to your liking no amount of burn-in will make you like the cans.
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