I'm really doubting that much break-in time is needed; the product could never get traction!
Break in time that extends to months or maybe even years!!
On another thread, we have a well known and well respected piece of gear ( and great sounding too, IME) that according to the member who is reviewing it, needs in excess of 1000 hours to fully break in!!
While we have all heard of gear that needs immense amounts of 'break in' time to sound its best, usually gear that involves teflon caps, I question whether this very long break in time is the job for the consumer? Is it reasonable for a manufacturer of audio gear to expect the consumer to receive sub-par performance from his purchase for potentially several months ( years?) before the true sound of the gear in question can be enjoyed? Or, is it ( or should it be) perhaps the job of the manufacturer of this gear ( usually not low priced) to actually accomplish the 'break in' before releasing it from the factory? Thoughts...
While we have all heard of gear that needs immense amounts of 'break in' time to sound its best, usually gear that involves teflon caps, I question whether this very long break in time is the job for the consumer? Is it reasonable for a manufacturer of audio gear to expect the consumer to receive sub-par performance from his purchase for potentially several months ( years?) before the true sound of the gear in question can be enjoyed? Or, is it ( or should it be) perhaps the job of the manufacturer of this gear ( usually not low priced) to actually accomplish the 'break in' before releasing it from the factory? Thoughts...
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@atmasphere Well that's a good point, but according to our esteemed member, on his review of the product, 900 hours has been reached and he is still hearing advances. I suppose another question could be...how long is acceptable 'break in' time for a product? Remember that the ARC preamp that utilized Teflon caps was 'supposedly' only broken in after 600 hours! To me, that seems excessive and should have been done at the factory, others obviously didn't feel this was an issue, as the preamp apparently sold well. |
daveyf ... according to our esteemed member, on his review of the product, 900 hours has been reached and he is still hearing advances ...That's just hearsay and the claim is unsubstantiated. Please note that there's a difference between correlation and causation, something that's discounted in claims like this. Remember that the ARC preamp that utilized Teflon caps was 'supposedly' only broken in after 600 hours!Key word: "Supposedly." |
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