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What's best for burn-in: metal or hip hop? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by MartyKinn@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community
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Burning in my headphones. What would be best, heavy metal, death metal, bass heavy hip hop? References wanted

I gotta make this post long enough so it won't get deleted...

I'm using a smartphone with the headphones connected to the headphone jack. I'd use my portable amp, but it doesn't have an hp jack input and the phone needs to use the USB-C port for charging.

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[–] VapourDraggo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Nothing. Burn-in does not exist at all. It's some archaic snake oil that obviously headphone manufacturers, especially dubious ones like HiFiMAN will jump on to use up your return window.

Also ignore anyone trying to tell you cables or amplifiers will somehow improve your headphones drastically. With amps/dacs there will be differences, but they'll be so small that it's likely to not persuade you to enjoy your headphones more. Cables are a complete sham though.

I suggest looking into EQ. It's not some huge boogeyman that some audiophiles lead people to believe. It can do wonders in making your headphones sound better, and it's free. It's not always the perfect solution, because it doesn't vastly improve features of a headphone that do not deal with frequency response, but it may mean the tuning is more palatable for you.