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Can anyone explain in laymans terms why your gear sound better after warm up

I get burn in... should be called burn off just to get the manufacturing process off all the different manufacturers and parts to sweat off the packaging and sealants. But a light bulb is on or off. So SS gear in theory should sound the same. A light bulb does not get brighter after an hour. Is it your ears get programmed? Or is there and actual technical reason that it sounds better? Please pretend Im a four year old cause with Electronics I am.

-ALLGOOD
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geoffkait
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Is that your final answer?
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ieales
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I do listen to XM radio on a Polk tuner.
Chalk & cheese.

XM is bit-rate limited, time compressed and EQ'd.

Is your HiFi?
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First off Thank you all for the detailed information and debate. I have
no idea what the average age of an Audiophile is? If I had to guess I would say roughly 50's. So that begs the question of Ear degregation and harmonics your are actually hearing. Are your Ears as good at hearing subtle clues as they were when we were 20? Doubt it. Pretty sure if you have spent enough time and money on this "hobby" You know good HiFi and not good HiFi but if your Ears are not calibrated like our equipment then that also lends to error or music mishap via bad equipment aka our Ears and the way our brain perceives sound. Just saying I am by no means any kind of expert. But I would be curious if there are or have been Audiophile Ear Exams... I know in the Military its standard procedure. Yes O311 Combat Marine over here. If I was in Arty I would be buying ART not high end Audio Equipment! haha

Again Thank You all especially to the owners that fund this site and the moderators that maintain it for allowing us to gain insite from actual users from across the Globe, Audiophiles and Music Lovers alike.Happy 2020 and Godspeed! To all Enjoy the music!

-Allgood
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