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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...
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fundsgon
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Start the a/b test with a component for which it should be easy to discern the difference between new out of the box and then after 1000 hours of normal playing. A pair of full range speakers should do the trick, handily. Well, actually two pair would be needed, one new the other run in for thousands of hours.

That would be a really fun test to take part in.

I’ll supply the post test beer, win and snacky things.
wolf_garcia
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Always buy two of everything and only use one so you have a non broken-in reference. Besides, then you always have a spare...
fundsgon
150 posts
 
That just makes good sense.
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geoffkait
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fundsgon
Start the a/b test with a component for which it should be easy to discern the difference between new out of the box and then after 1000 hours of normal playing. A pair of full range speakers should do the trick, handily. Well, actually two pair would be needed, one new the other run in for thousands of hours.

That would be a really fun test to take part in.

I’ll supply the post test beer, win and snacky things.

>>>>>Sounds good to me. See ya in about a year, then? 🤗
fundsgon
150 posts
 
Sounds like a plan. A better plan would be a get together to listen to our favourite music, then to downtown Montreal for a superb restaurant dinner, or to one of our Irish pubs.

I've been cooped up too long. Must. Get. Out.
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