The most effective way to burn-in newly purchased headphones

Some of you, right after buying Dunu headphones, called back and complained, “Why does my newly purchased headset sound dry and lack something? It’s not as good as the one I tried at your shop”. If you encounter a case like the one above, please love it because everyone encounters it, and it’s very natural; there’s nothing special about the headset. Right here, Dunu headphones will show you how to make your newly purchased headset better than the one you tested at the store; it just takes a bit of time. Through the burn-in process of newly purchased headphones.

You may have heard the concept of “burn-in” a newly purchased headset to achieve the highest sound performance somewhere. So what is burn-in, why burn-in gives the highest sound efficiency, and how to do this process?

What is burn-in, and is it necessary to burn in new headphones?

Burn-in is the operation of plugging the newly purchased headset into a certain music player and letting the headset work by continuously playing music or specialized audio files for the burn-in process for a while enough time to help the headset quickly reach the most optimal operating state.

The driver of a normal Headphone

When purchased, the speaker diaphragm of the headset is new and quite “hard,” so the sound output is quite “raw” and less smooth than the headphones that have been used for a long enough time. So burn-in can also be understood as training for headphones to make the diaphragm softer, vibrate and respond better to audio files so that listeners will feel better listening to music. You can understand, after buying new headphones and feeling that the music is not as good as expected, the proper burn-in process will help you feel the improved sound quality.

Currently, no one can show clear evidence of how the sound quality improves after burning in the newly purchased headphones. Some people think that burn-in is the best and fastest way for a headset to achieve the quality designed by the manufacturer. In contrast, others think burn-in is unnecessary because the headset Just bought it, listened to music normally, and didn’t care about burn-in.

Either way, you burn in or don’t need to burn in; the ultimate goal is to make the headphones achieve the highest sound performance, sounding best to you, which is sometimes difficult to determine because it depends a lot on the listening ability of each person. Our advice is that you can burn in and feel the change; if you can’t wait for the burn-in process for too long, you can completely ignore it. No need to burn in anymore; use it the way you want.

Ways to burn in headphones

Burn-in is basically for headphones to work continuously for many hours by playing audio files continuously, thereby achieving the desired sound effect. There are three different ways to burn in headphones. Each has its advantages and disadvantages; you can consider choosing the most suitable method: natural burn-in, burn-in using burn-in software dedicated, and burn-in with audio files specifically for burn-in.

Natural Burn-in

Wearing headphones to your ears and listening to the music you like is also a natural way to burn in; you don’t need specially designed audio files and specialized software. This way of burn-in is often applied by ordinary users completely naturally and without knowing that they are burning in.

Advantages:

+ Easy to do.

+ Can listen to music without having to wait for hours like other burn-in methods.

+ No need to connect headphones to music playback devices continuously for hours.

Defect:

– It takes a long time to achieve good results; sometimes, it is difficult to feel the difference between newly purchased headphones and used ones.

Note newly purchased headphones because the diaphragm is still hard, so you should not listen to music continuously for many hours and should only adjust the volume to a moderate enough level to avoid damage to the diaphragm when playing too loud.

Burn-in using software

The software supports burn-in headphones, such as Burninwave Generator software, to simplify and automate the burn-in process.

How to burn in headphones?

Burn-in wave Generator software interface

– Prepare computer and Burninwave Generator software.

– Plug the headset into the 3.5mm jack on the sound card and run the burn-in software on the computer.

– Click Generator and select one of the following sounds: White noise, pink noise, pure test tone, and frequency sweep. It would help if you chose Pink noise for the best effect and short burn-in time.

– Tick the box Enable rest period and the music playback time every 120 minutes rest 30 minutes (default of the software).

– Put on headphones and press the Play button, then you will hear a hissing sound like watching TV with no signal. You drag the Volume ratio slider to increase until you feel that the sound is enough to hear without having to try to endure anything (neither too loud nor too small). Then you take the headset out of your ear and put the headset in the bag or box, and let the headset burn continuously.

– After about 100 hours of continuous burn-in (not counting the break), you continue to gradually increase the volume a little bit (your ears will feel that the sound is a bit louder than usual) ) and burn in for the next 70 hours at this volume.

– After reaching 70 hours of burn-in, you continue to increase the volume a little more until the ear feels like it has to endure more, and burn-in for about 30 hours is the burn-in process ends.

– So, after a total of about 200 hours of continuous burn-in at three different volume levels, your headphones have almost reached “ripe” and show the true nature of the inherent sound.

Note Burn-in by software continuously for 200 hours is quite time-consuming; you can burn in every day when working or at home. If the burn-in emits a hissing sound that may affect the people next to you, you should put the headset in a box or bag to minimize noise.

Advantages:

+ The process of burn-in and rest is automatically by the software, so it avoids the possibility that the user forgets the operation.

+ No need for dedicated audio files.

Disadvantages:

– Burn-in time by software is relatively long.

– The burn-in process must connect the headset to the computer, so it is not suitable when you need to move.

Burn-in with audio files

In addition to the two ways of burn-in mentioned above, there is also a third way to use audio files specifically designed for burn-in purposes to play (loop) and interspersed with breaks repeatedly. In general, this burn-in method is easy to do; you need to copy all the audio files to your mobile phone, music player, tablet, laptop…, run the music player software, and play it on repeat. The entire list of audio files that are done.

How to burn in headphones?

Use Foobar2000 music player software to repeat playback of audio files used to burn-in headphones.

Advantages:

+ Can perform burn-in even when you are on the go, burn-in with any source.

Disadvantages:

– You must periodically check the battery status of the music player to avoid the battery being half empty.