Do headphones requiere break-in?

Hi Dmacg

I'm curious. Why the pause every 4-6 hours on headphone break-in? Also does the volume matter? The reason I ask is that during the off hours when I'm not listening I play white noise at a pretty high level on my headphones to break them in. Then when I do listen I turn it down and play at a normal level.

Hi Tiofelon

From perusing threads in HeadFi various headphones do benefit from break-in according to the users there. With each set of cans it is different. I say give it about 50 to 100 hours. There is a video on youtube of 12 hours of white noise. I've used that to break-in my headphones when I'm away from the computer.

Hi Dmacg

Thanks for sharing again. Wow info straight from John Grado. Very cool. I don't think I would have the gumption to ask him why there should be a 4-6 hour rest between break-in either.