opaqueice;168123 Wrote: > > I'm not sure what's the implication for this discussion, except that > it's totally impossible to trust your impressions of break-in - that's > just a fact, period. As cliveb says, any change is far more likely due > to something in your head than in the electronics. Writing it down and > coming back later... well, see above.
Good story, but I'm not sure it's "a fact". I don't understand why you cannot trust your impressions of break-in (hopefully not because you were swayed by that story). Two of the most rudimentary steps to drawing conclusions or defining theories is to observe and document. You can't draw a conclusion by allowing you mind to get 'used' to something. Okay, so let me tell you how we did it at University. I'm dumbing this down for brevity, not because I think we're simple - so humor me. We analyzed (electrical quantities, wave patterns, etc) of four different components - audio processor, interconnects, amps and finally speaker cables. We observed input vs. output differences over the period of 6 weeks. The results showed significant changes in capacitance, impedance and frequency response. I'm not going to mention results but will say there were changes of 15-20% in some cases. Want to try something more scientific and measurable? Try measuring the capacitance of a pair of speaker cables new and after a couple hundred hours. It will be significantly different. Can you hear a difference?? I don't know Because according to you we wouldn't remember what we heard the first time. So the idea is this: If you don't like what you hear the first time you listen to something, go away for awhile. Upon returning you might have forgot it sounded bad and just might like it now! -- Digital Audiophile ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Digital Audiophile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31311 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
