Stuff for idiots

[Noxia]

what does burning in actually do anyway.

with speakers you have big cones, maybe they are slightly stiff when new.
but with headphones according to google

I think it's pseudo-scientific reason with no evidence than someone posting they think it sounded different after doing so.

One of my favourites passages about it:

Then there are popular websites, which shall remain nameless, that purport to do rigorous testing on earphones and include burn-in times in their routines. You might as well be kissing each earpiece 50 times to see what sonic difference that makes.

 

[moon man]

I got really in to portable sound quality quite a while back and getting some decent headphones saved me constantly replacing crap ones ,i know this isnt the thread topic exactly,but my first ultrasonic actually brought tears to my eyes , just went to denon ahd 2000s and always happy,
like i said i spent maybe 30 quid on this line out ,a 3 quid one probably fine but i had this portable amp strapped to my flac player.
did i need the amp ? errr yes a true line out will send a signal not a usable amount of current ,the volume dial on the player will not adjust the volume on a true line out
but that is all apart from i upgraded the op amp inside ,i know they tend to be afew pennys but i got carried away and spent maybe 35 quid.
dont think my ears are good enough to chase this anymore ,thought about a dragonfly or similar usb dac for laptop but my ears cant tell anym
to sum up i agree threes a lot of nonsense in the audio world but also great rewards for reasonably priced gear all imho

 

[dowie]

Have you never heard of foreplay?

I don’t mean to “kink shame” here but foreplay with headphones....