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Honestly, the vast majority of it can be put down to simply adjusting to what you're hearing - especially if you've been listening to one type of response/sound profile for an extended time.
 
I don't really buy into the whole 'burn in' idea. To me, it makes sense that it's not that the sound gets better, you just become accustomed to the sound. You acquire a taste for it. Maybe in a similar way to someone who doesn't like a certain food, can develop a taste for it after a while. Although, that doesn't really explain why someone who has a pair of headphones, then tries a new pair of the same headphones and finds that the sound is different.

There might be some change in the headphones or speakers, but the majority is down to the user. The sound a speaker or headphone produces cannot radically change unless it has been physically altered, whereas our likes and dislikes change constantly.
 
Cookeh said:
Honestly, the vast majority of it can be put down to simply adjusting to what you're hearing - especially if you've been listening to one type of response/sound profile for an extended time.
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But the Klipsch Image One I have it was SO muddy out of the box, to the point of there's no way I could have "adjusted" to THAT. The only explaination is its sound DID improve.
 
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Out of the box my HD650s sounded as though I had cushions over my ears, they sounded really muffled and I hated them. I knew I would adapt so I stuck with them and a couple of hours later they sounded much better and a couple of hours after that they sound as good as they do now.
I put that down to the fact that I was coming from AKG K702s, which are the polar opposite of the HD650 and after using my AKGs for months on end I was simply expecting to hear more of the same. I can chop and change now without any adjustment period because I know what I'm going to be hearing, so my brain is ready.
 
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But the Klipsch Image One I have it was SO muddy out of the box, to the point of there's no way I could have "adjusted" to THAT. The only explaination is its sound DID improve.
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I thought the same when I first heard them. I gave them some time - a couple of hours, and they started to resolve more.
They then got passed on to my gf cos they weren't for me and I really didn't need them; ofc I went back to listening to my Q701s and GR06s.
Fast forward two months (and about 70 hours "burn in") and they sounded exactly how they did first time listened to them.

Burn in is a lot of nonsense, honestly. There is no scientific founding behind it either.
 
So I thought I would update this thread about the K550 MK2's and I have to be honest that I have no complaints at all about returning the DT770's and getting these. They sound good with all kinds of music and there is no lack of bass that some people complained about with the original K550's, not to my ears anyway. Maybe they have tweaked the drivers to sound a little richer in the low ends? I don't know as I never owned them but for the short while that I had both, the AKG's just sound better all over.

It is all subjective I know, but I think they are a great buy for a shade over £100 and I am very happy with them. Good for gaming as well and the missus is happy so that is another bonus, I suppose.

Still miss my HP200's though. :(
 
I'm using my HP200's now :D

Currently listening to Dire Straits - Money for Nothing...

Might do a shootout against the DT990's when I get a chance.
 
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I've not listened too much to the HP200, only got them today, but from my initial listening I prefer the low end of the Beyer and the mid and highs of the SoundMAGIC.

Beyer sounds better with rock.
 
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