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. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29025 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
