earwaxer9;621879 Wrote: > Not sure the origin of that quote. All I know is that my system sounds > quite a bit different now than it did several years ago. In the > positive direction. Same basic components. Wire here, cap there. The > doubters will be there. They can have their zip cord and eat it too! Apparently you misunderstand my point. I've never said there are -no- physical changes during break-in that can audibly affect sound.
Where the error arises is when some listeners completely remove the non-audio psychological factors from the equation. They ascribe some type of super-human ability to themselves - an ability to control all possible subjective influences. In their mind the only explanation for any audible difference they perceive is due to some physical aspect of the component in question. For the listener, it doesn't really matter if a "break-in" improvement is due to the physical attributes of a capacitor, wire or whatever, or if it is due to some subliminal psychological adjustment. It's their system, so whatever helps improve their listening experience is a good thing. The problem with subjective issues arises when one is doing research into the audibility of things. My subjective influences are not the same as yours. My underlying psychology may exhibit in a completely different fashion than yours. That is a major factor in explaining why so many "staggering" changes fade considerably when people don't know the identity of the component in question. It also helps explains why reactions can vary so much from one person to the next. -- mlsstl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86359 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
