In the days of steam, I used to be a designer of electronic test equipment. In those days, all test sets we built were 'burnt in' for a couple of days at elevated temperatures prior to shipping. From what I recall, this was not aimed to improve specification, but to speed up the onset of infant mortality (components would fail) soon in their life or last for ever. The sets which failed had the dud components replaced and burnt in again.
There is however an argument that the compliance of suspension components (cone surround and voicecoil support) in moving coil loudspeakers changes early in their life following initial use - with beneficial effects on the quality of the sound. I think that the two processes mentioned above may have become confused in the press. Now magically you have to 'burn in' your cd player. -- Andy8421 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy8421's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63394 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
