Curt962;618478 Wrote: > Only in audio does this ridiculousness (is that a word?) exist! > > Who in their right mind would buy a PC, or a TV, or even a wristwatch > that required any sort of break-in to perform properly? > > Audiophiles (at least some) eat this crap up, and anyone who is so > disconnected from reality NEEDS to have their pockets looted. I don't > even > blame the mfrs....they are only feeding their core audience what they > want.
There is an exception to what you've enlisted above -- audiophiles are not the only ones affected by the burn-in woes. I'm a musician, and I know that for guys like myself, guitars are the nasty bitches that need plenty of burn-in. A spanking brand new guitar, no matter how fabuloutasic is sounds right out of the case, will only improve its sound the longer you play it. Urban myth? I personally don't think so. As one guy said, I'm with Monkees on this one -- I'm a believer. I've had many guitars in my life, and I can testify that all of those guitars tended to really improve and bloom with prolonged playing. Guitars NEED to be played. That's why I willingly limit myself to always have only a few select guitars in my house, so that I can afford to give them the much deserved attention. If I find the guitar sitting on a stand for months on end, I sell it -- it needs a new home, a pair of greedy hands to mess with it each and every day. Each and every guitar needs to be caressed daily (can you tell that I'm a guitar nutcase?) I reckon same is with other products built out of wood, such as speakers -- they NEED to be played, and the longer you play them, the vibrations travelling through the wood encasement tend to make them sound sweeter. That's my bed time story for you, children. -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86359 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
