I recently got this headset, and wow is it good. My only issue is when certain people talk on discord, I can hear a really high pitched ringing. I fiddled with a bunch of settings, computer audio and discord, and nothing seems to solve the issue. It is primarily if not all in my right ear only. Is there something wrong with my headset, or was that ringing always there I can just hear it cause the headset is THAT good? I haven't had any issues with any other application, though I have yet to test if I can hear the ringing on a different version of discord, say on my xbox instead of my pc. Only other issue I've had is occasional static, but I can't tell if it's from the headset or the show/game/etc.
Apr 24, 2024
I'm using PEACE to equalize but it's not helping at all to get to a sound signature I'm happy with. I like everything about this headphone except for the highs.
Blindly grabbing one and knowing which it is just seems way too obvious to just be a placebo effect. The only possibility is if one pair, and it just happened to be the "burned-in" pair, for some reason was manufactured differently from the rest.
Even though if it is placebo effect, if the subject feel that there is an improvement after burnin, who are we to tell them that it is no true. We did/can not hear what the person heard.
Lastly, it is not inconceivable that for a sound transducer like a diaphragm made of certain material could settle a little after a lot of mechanical stresses even though the change may be very small.
Breaking or burning the HE-350s in can help to slightly reduce the highs but it will not cure the highs. The only solution is to equalize and make physical modifications to the headphones to reduce the highs. There's no need to use pink noise, white noise, etc... to burn them in. Just listen to your favorite music and let your headphones break in that way.
Headphone break-in/burn-in has already been referenced several times:
https://www.wired.com/2013/11/tnhyui-earphone-burn-in/ http://www.tested.com/tech/accessories/459117-science-and-myth-burning-headphones/ http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/evidence-headphone-break#0wfPZbWltdcJX4he.97