I am stunned to hear any experienced audiophile say they doubt burn in. Every time I buy a new component it is more than obvious. Perhaps the effects are a form of phase distortion some peoples' brains decode better than others.. The burn in process is not always the same, but I often find the first few seconds sound very like it will sound when burnt in (particularly cables), then it quickly deteriorates getting thin and opaque with sucked out bass. This improves slowly then switches over to lush and even gorgeous sounding, if rolled off, yet dynamically constrained. Then it opens up and gains dynamics and bass extension to settle into its burned in state. Sometimes there are wee detours along the way, but the process is often as I describe above. I think the main reason is dialectrics in cables and capacitors forming slowly, but that is at best just an informed guess. I have been able to compare burnt in versions with burning in versions of otherwise identical cables to confirm I am not mad on this - at least to my satisfaction - don't care about anyone else's. I am just stunned anyone with decent ears and a decent system has not heard it with new cables or equipment, when I have heard it so consistently. I am not doubting you have good systems and good ears, but I don't give any credence to the suggestion it is placebo. Perhaps it is that we are not all susceptible to the phase distortions created during burn in.
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