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Marcel_V
25
Jan 16, 2019
Who thinks headphone burning is BS never heard Ultrasone Edition 5 or Beyerdynamic T5p straight out of the box and then after 150 hours (Ultrasone 250 hours) of breaking in. They sound pretty crap :) And it is not my brain, because I never listen the first 100 hours to the headphones, just sampling for a few minutes after around 50 hours. You can hear the base are muddy not defined. Treble are hot and mids all over the place at the beginning. Audeze probably does some burn in, because they sound good out of the box, though I think 50-70 hours still give them a bit of the nudge, but so far had just one pair of Audeze cans completely new. Cables also do make difference, but I agree some companies want brutal money for them and you can get them for cheaper from smaller companies and still get the same quality. I get mine from Matt from Forza Audio Works. Noir MKII really made Ultrasone Edition 5 a great headphones by taming the hot highs and making the bass nicely textured and deep. Don't go for silver if you don't like hot highs! Personally I did not like silver hybrid cable even for dark Audeze headphones, but a lot of people love the combination. Cable burning also is a must with some cables. Done the same test. If you ever buy some cable and it sounds crap, just close your headphones for a week and feed it with Deep Purple complete discography in a loop:)
ko403ok
26
Jan 17, 2019
Marcel_VAs excellent is your advice re looping Deep Purple, I strongly recommend Purist Audio Design's Luminist System Enhancer.  Breaks in an entire system within 5 hours...tunes up your system within 70 minutes if it's already broken in. The before-and-after difference is anything but subtle.
AB111
5
Jan 25, 2019
Marcel_V"You can hear the base are muddy not defined. Treble are hot and mids all over the place at the beginning." ~ The most scientific description possible :).
Marcel_V
25
Jan 28, 2019
AB111Not the most scientific, but more-less accurate :D
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