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

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.   :) 

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.

Thanks for the laughs. I needed that.

All the best,
Nonoise

On first joining this site a few years ago one of my first interactions was with this one guy who I first thought was sincere but misinformed. We do such a lousy job teaching science and I thought that's all it was. Immediately though it became clear this guy was not at all earnest, he was in fact using what little knowledge he had to insult, confuse, and demean.  

This was my first time coming across a bona fide psychopath and so rather than leap to that conclusion I did a little web searching to try and prove the guy wasn't as malevolent as he seemed. 

No such luck. What turned up instead was a guy who met him at a show and said he enjoys mocking, tricking, and ridiculing audiophiles. But that was just one guy, so I kept looking. Turns out he also has a website that deserves a Guinness World Record for word salad and audiophile mockery. Although I fail to see the humor in charging a grand to improve your system with a phone call.  

Since then I have seen a number of these, sad individuals with nothing better to do. Well it is a public forum. Like a sidewalk in a big city, you are going to have to walk past the occasional howling mad. A good metaphor. When you see them, look away. Do not engage. Nothing good will come of it. 

Walk on by.

The biggest burn in you can do is warm up your system with music on for hours before you actually listen critically and warm up your cartridge with at least two albums to loosen the suspension or your system will never reach the sound you paid for no matter what you buy.