Is there a break-in period for headphones?

[Familia><Publica]

I sure hope so because these headphones sound like shit ( Audio Technica Ath M40fs ) compared to my Sony mdr7506, it sounds like musics being played under a blanket. So fucked off considering i spent a fair bit on these.

 

[Fabbio]

I sure hope so because these headphones sound like shit ( Audio Technica Ath M40fs ) compared to my Sony mdr7506, it sounds like musics being played under a blanket. So fucked off considering i spent a fair bit on these.

As far as I like expensive headphones, I find under heavy experimentation that Sony makes the BEST headphones.

The models I'm using are:
MDR E819V (immensely useful with the little volume control) it beats the shit out of the iPod headphones and Sennheiser too.
MDR- XD100 just the best closed big headphones at a very very bargain price. ! million times better than the sennheiser PX-100. Really.

So it's just a matter of what you find to like. My Sony headphones under HEAVY use (day in day out) they last 1 to 2 years before some cracklings begin to come up in the playback. Right now I'm 29 and since I'm 26 I'm keeping a spare pair to fall back if they breaks prematurely.

That's my 2 cents on this matter.

:Smokin:

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

I haven't had a breaking in period. Are you using the adaptor that came with the headphones? sometimes an seemingly identical adaptor can switch headphones into mono, thus the blanket sound. Try a different one and see if it helps.

 

[Familia><Publica]

There is no adaptor with the M40fs headphones, it comes wired with a standard 1/4 jack. Anyway, i'm sending them back, fucking awful.

 

[Keiffer]

I don't know about those, but the quote on my AKG K701s is 500hrs... ouch after getting them, I ran them at a fairly loud volume for several weeks.

 

[SPLASTiK]

I'd imagine they'd have a break-in period. Head-Fi generally has good headphone reviews if you're looking for some new cans.