Do Turntables sound better with time?


This appears to be the case with my Technics 1500C.

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@corelli Why did the chicken Cross the street? It was suicidal and hoping to get run over. 

@noromance The only viable reason I can think of that might cause that would be the spindle oil needs to heat up a little to thin out so the table can reach full speed. In which case I would use thinner spindle oil. Who is to say it is not the cartridge warming up. Theoretically it's rubber suspension might soften with a little temp build up. The cartridge is a transducer as are loudspeakers. Older turntables may drift with temperature but not if they have AC synchronous motors. 

I would politely say that if it is your turntable that needs to warm up there is either a problem with the turntable or the noggin. 

Audiogon question of the day paid for by @rauliruegas purveyor of fine Mexican Tequilas. Does noromance have a problem with his turntable or the noggin?  The winner gets a 7" 45 of the Tubes White Punks on Dope.

@lewm 1+, There are many reasons the sound of a system can seem to change from barometric pressure and humidity to the mood of the individual at the time. In most cases I do not believe components "Break In." Transducers might but not electronics, turntables or tonearms. I think it is our heads that break In. We accommodate to the sound of a system over time and I have seen people accommodate to systems that were severely out of whack. We tend to like what we are use to listening to. People honestly think a component sounds better and it does to them. It is easy to see why people think items "break in."  They are just blaming it on the wrong component.