For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.

Show me what technical apparatus Stradivarius used in building violins other than his ears and we might be getting somewhere on this....Acoustics is a multidimensional, inexact science, that’s why concert halls are built by masters using lots of technology AND their ears. Any half decent sound engineer will tell you the same.

Acoustic is at the exact crossroads of many sciences and your post is right on the target...

Ears are mandatory in this science and object of study and tools at the same time...

This is why acoustic is very complex and the last book i begin to read about "timbre" concepts appeal to more than a dozen fields...

Timbre Acoustics, Perception, and Cognition by Kai Siedenburg, Charalampos Saitis, Stephen McAdams, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay


Only "skeptic club" sunday scientist think otherwise...

I even read by one audiophile  "professional" skeptic here that we must not trust our own ears in any time.... It is very comical and tragic also to read this amount of insanity....He think an equalizer suffice to controls a room acoustic...This is pure market conditioning... You dont construct a house with one tool.... Better many tools especially the main tool : the ears...

And audio2design misses the point or deliberately derails things. There is no need to scientifically prove something that you hear through experimenting with your system to someone else as if we live in a science lab just and they're playing lord of the manor. 

They are not here to enjoy the hobby but to make sure you don't. What drives them is up for debate and differs from troll to troll and of no real concern. They have issues and exist simply to provoke. 

Maybe once the vaccines are more widely distributed, they can get out, relax, and get a life. Until then, we here who enjoy this hobby have to endure their affliction for awhile longer.

All the best,
Nonoise


 

I think you are right on target too...

I dont think audio2design is some sort of troll or has some failing I just think he and others feel some need to save us from ourselves and our hard earned dollars which I dont understand. This camp does usually seem to imply either gullibility or stupidity which is a bit frustrating. I defer to them as being wiser, more educated and having better hearing. But for now I thank the stars that I am stupid and gullible. Also you can throw in a bit of first world decadence for good measure. 

In the meantime... I have this past two weeks been working once again with the distinctly different modes of the Legacy Audio Whisper DSW Clarity Edition speaker. 

Guess what I have been doing? Building systems, and comparing active x-over to passive x-over setups. I will tell you now, this kind of activity is quite fun! Lots of different sound experiences, and some great insights into systems. Using the identical speaker for both modes is a distinct advantage. 

Similar to the comparisons with the methods/tweaks that I wrote about in the articles. There is no replacing experience in many respects, and having the experience of actually informally testing such things gives clarity to what is important in building a superior system, and of course, enjoying to the fullest the system.   :)