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???Cartridge break in???

I just fired up a Nottingham space deck (with space arm)with a dynavector 20X cartridge. My first impression, after all of 30 minutes? Deep, subwoofer bass is not there. Very sharp , thin compressed high end. Somewhat narrow soundstage; I have Audio Physic virgos and know what the hell a soundstage is. Is this the newness of the cartridge? Or something with analog itself? What are the general characteristics of analog vs. digital? What is gained, and what is lost? thanks..........Mark
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nandric
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Our own brain is trying to save our own selfrespect by suggesting
that the cart you paid , say, $6000 for and which sounds like crap
will sound ok with, say, 100 hours of break in. I assume that the
reason is Freudian ''super ego'' which wil never accept its own
stupidity (?). 





 
drrsutliff
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@nandric 
I do not actually disagree but my recent new Miyajima Madake sounded good out of the box and even better after 50 hours.  The presentation opened up and relaxed a little more.  Of course I realigned everything at 35 hours and that I’m sure was involved...  If it does not sound “good” new it never will sound excellent IMHO. Rick
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nandric
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Statements of belief or, more general, ''propositional attitudes, lack
consitent logical interpretaion. On the other side technical specs
can be cheked by measurements. Look, for example, to technical
specs of  Allearts carts. One can hardly believe that hose are ''real''.
But they are real otherwise measurements would prove the
opposite. If break in can improve the sound then the specs
should be also improved which should be measurable, 
I can't imagine better specs for Allearts carts. 




lewm
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That has always been my suspicion, Nandric.  "Break-in" is the period during which you can gradually forget what you had before that might have sounded better or just as good, before you spent your big bucks.  But that's the cynical view, I guess.
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nandric
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Dear Lew, We are both skeptical oriented. Skeptic 1. Nothing is
for shure my friend!'' Skeptic nr. 2: ''are you sure about that
my friend?''
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