I purchased a pretty expensive pair of earphones, wired, and when i first used them, they sounded atrocious, but after a few listens is pretty much one of the best earbuds i ever put on, dont even need EQ to sound great

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Elidyr90 t1_iu4706z wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:56 PM

Just had the same experience with my new IEMs. Some here call it mental burn in and it’s definitely a real thing.

NeonEonIon t1_iu46pb0 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:53 PM

Your brain gets used to the sound, this is why the concept of burn in exists to a degree. If you own mulitiple iems you would know it takes sometime to get used to the sound when swapping between them.

mrnude778 t1_iu4at6b wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:26 PM

This happens to me each time with my ER4's I'm like man these sound thin. After a bit then I'm like "woah these are good"

irago_ t1_iu46x2w wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:55 PM

I didn't like my K712s when I first got them, now I love them

verifitting t1_iu4hj6a wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:15 PM

Ohhhh I didn't like them either. Hmm~

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No_Relationship_7132 t1_iu4do73 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:48 PM

Its the burn in

Beautiful_Treat3093 t1_iu68ven wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:26 PM

knvngy t1_iu4ml3s wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:50 PM

Maybe you had a bad reference and a well tuned pair of earphones sound bad to you at first, or you had a good reference and the earphones are badly tuned but you get used to the sound after a while, and now that becomes your reference which is a bad one.

Or you never had a good reference and the new earphone won't improve the situation. Hence you don't know what a well tuned earphone sounds like. You still get used to it.

These are your possibilities.

PlantingMusic t1_iu4o7xd wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:01 PM

I’ve always had the opposite experience! When I first get new headphones they sound excellent but after a few months of heavy listening my ears “adjust” and it becomes the new normal. Only switching out between different pairs seems to keep my brain from adjusting!

ni_lus t1_iu4qeo0 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:16 PM

Because it is not tuned for your ears. The best headphones/iem (or the one tuned for your eara) are the ones that sound right the first time you put it on. Same with a speaker. And that's why eq exists to make it sound right to your ears, than your ears trying to adjust to it.

pioneer-siva t1_iu4tlbt wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:38 PM

Even though i believe burn in plays a huge part. I also believe that our brain has its own eq (the way we would like to hear and pay attention to the music) for the past hp. When that changed with new hp, everything changed drastically in the brain.

hurtyewh t1_iu5v1dh wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:49 PM

Your brain gets used to whatever garbage it's been hearing so often something clearly better needs a bit of time to start working. Usually beginners in the hobby are used to very iffy headphones and when they get an HD600 or HD650 and are deeply unimpressed because they can't appreciate the subtle qualities like balance and timbre. It's like someone who's only eaten really salty and sweet food so actually good food feels bland at first.