HiFi Headphones Forum - online headphone & earphone community forums - View Single Post

krismusic · 10-12-2009, 09:47 PM

Just thought that I would post my experiences with the IE8's. Burn in definitely improved the straight out of the box.
They nearly went back in the box and back to Shaun!
Things improved after 10 hrs continuous music.
After 30, the upper mid bass and treble had come up some way toward competing with the massive mid bass hump.
After that, I cannot honestly say whether the percieved improvement is down to burn in, me getting used to the sound or the massive improvement that slightly reducing the seal brings.
The 'phones have now had 100+ hrs. The sound is very pleasant.
Not the mind blowing aural sex that reviews led me to expect but now I have adjusted my expectations, a very worthwhile upgrade to my CX300's.

10-12-2009, 09:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
krismusic Headphone Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	IE8 Burn in. Just thought that I would post my experiences with the IE8's. Burn in definitely improved the straight out of the box. They nearly went back in the box and back to Shaun! Things improved after 10 hrs continuous music. After 30, the upper mid bass and treble had come up some way toward competing with the massive mid bass hump. After that, I cannot honestly say whether the percieved improvement is down to burn in, me getting used to the sound or the massive improvement that slightly reducing the seal brings. The 'phones have now had 100+ hrs. The sound is very pleasant. Not the mind blowing aural sex that reviews led me to expect but now I have adjusted my expectations, a very worthwhile upgrade to my CX300's.