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Downtime is a measure to quickly age and stabilize the equipment. Many earphone enthusiasts believe that the performance of the headphones can be more stable and sound better through the downtime, but the article from WIRED says that this is not necessary.

The reason why the idea of ​​downtime can be circulated for so long and the impact is so wide is that there is no quantitative evidence that it is useless (or useful), and the major earphone manufacturers are not willing to take risks to express their opinions. After all, The downtime will not have a big impact on their sales, and more than one thing is less.

It's far from being a big deal for consumers. The good downtime method that is circulating on the Internet now takes about 40 to 400 hours, and it's time to switch songs on time. The "songs" used by the hobbyists A wide range, Tsai Chin's song is a must-have for many downtime albums, and not only is the traditional meaning of the song, the higher-end downtime program also includes pure ringtones, white noise, and even sine wave scanning...

Frankly speaking, any mechanical product will change after a period of use, but whether these changes are beneficial is another matter.

The phenomena and details pointed out by many enthusiasts are like "supernatural phenomena" in most people's eyes. The downtime is related to psychology, applied science, marketing, and the eternal and subjective "sound quality" problem. Putting together makes the downtime problem particularly complicated.

Matt Engstrom, Shure's director of monitoring products, acknowledges that some of the larger headphones have an aging phenomenon that "theoretically" causes a change in sound expression. But there is no definitive evidence to support this.

Shure once tested a long-used E1 headset (released in 1997). What is the result? The test shows that the performance of this E1 headset is the same as when it was off the Production Line. Shure has been designing and producing for 15 years. Headphones, Shure engineers have verified this conclusion time and again, the performance of these sensors in the first day, first year, fifth year is no different - unless you accidentally fell over it.

Looking at it from another angle, if the downtime really makes the performance of the headset better, why do the headset manufacturers not adjust their products to the best performance and then sell them?

It seems that various tests are more inclined to show that the downtime does not bring about the improvement of the performance of the headphones, and the downtime does not cause any damage to the headphones. It is a very personal choice, and the letter is not good, but it is not. If you spend a lot of time and energy on this activity, it is very unnecessary. Losing weight is enough to cause headaches. Don't worry about buying a headset to listen to music.