chinablues;156618 Wrote: 
> 
> I am an instrumentation & control systems engineer (EE) in the
> petrochemical business.  We have many electronic systems still working
> today that were installed in the 60's & 70's when electronics replaced
> pneumatic instrumentation. Power supply electrolytic capacitors have a
> life of about 10-15 years, but for the base electronics we do not see
> wear out problems even after 30 years or so.  Systems tend to get
> replaced because of lack of vendor support, not really inherent
> reliability concerns (a generalisation of course). Given that
> electronics does not appear to 'wear out',(= does not change in
> performance over time), what mechanism exists to create a possible
> 'break-in' (= sound improvement over time) phenomenon?  Beats me.
> 

And don't forget we're talking about, say, a 10-gauge speaker wire
carrying a current of around an amp.  Not exactly a major stress.


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