Break in time that extends to months or maybe even years!!

Bob Crump got a little bit upset 😤 with the speaker dude in his and Curl’s system at CES when Bob found him soldering the connections for the new version of the tweeters.

I had a Brooks saddle that was still not broken in at 1,000 miles.
Unfortunately, Brooks did not believe it was their job to send me the saddle already broken in.
That really chapped my ass!  🚲

TRT teflons in crossovers, 200-300 hours. Bigger the cap longer the time. The guy used clusters to reduce breakin time.  Timing issues, sound came from everywhere, crazy sound.

Regards

+1almarg. No reason to doubt the person. What's interesting to me is to understand how the evaluation process was done. To know the amp was changing after that much time, it would also be necessary to know that nothing else in the complex system (cables, etc.) is changing and yet being attributed to the object of analysis. (I assume the other components are all stable, i.e., "burned in"?). And the room and other contributing environmental conditions (including power) are being controlled, too? Then there's the question of memory and linguistic description. Are notes being kept? Are the terms used in the notes precise? Etc.

What makes these kinds of issues tricky for me is that there is the sound of a precise, scientific approach, but there's either an irregular process or one that is not carefully documented. I've got nothing against shootin' the sh*t, but when it sounds like it's something else, I lose interest.

1000 hr to break in? Nah- 1000 hrs for the reviewer to get used to the sound? Possible