Phil Leigh;437215 Wrote: > Just to be clear, I consider "burn-in" of anything but speakers to be a > complete and utter myth. Just as well IMHO otw we would never have got > to the moon...all those capacitors settling down etc - that would have > thrown the instruments right off :-) > As for those rather expensive astro telescopes... > As far as I am concerned, it's pure human psychology: we need things to > sound better so eventually our brain adjusts to the new experience and > then for a while it does sound better... and then later it sounds worse > if we are mildly insecure or continues to sound OK if we aren't.
Phil, you believe it's a myth. As you may see, based on my personal experience with this DAC, NOS tubes in my PrimaLuna, with freshly soldered circuits during my days of DIY hobby, and even -lately - with newly purchased Chord speaker cable (replacing Van den Hul cable), I believe there are gradual changes in sound quality after such components are installed. And these changes can be far from subtle. In fact, I was so struck by the drastic changes in the sound of my system after I replaced the speaker cable happening over the course of a MONTH, I tried to find and read every piece of information on cable "break-in" available on the Internet. What I found is that manufacturers as respected and diverse as Cardas, Van den Hul, Audioquest, Nordost, Chord, Atlas and many others I would not remember now, all have observed the effects of cable "break-in", but none of them so far is able to provide a comprehensive explanation as to the causes. This might be one big conspiracy, and then I may be a part of it ;-) On the other hand, I agree with you that it is about human psychology - the way we perceive. However, having once spent nine years trying to comprehend this discipline in academic setting, I tend to believe it might be more complicated and subtle than what you describe. Anyway, this could make a good subject for discussion over a glass of vintage Bordeaux or Burgundy, opened and decanted some time prior to consumption :-) -- pryamomimo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pryamomimo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21964 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65035 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
