Cartridge burn-in

I have never in my life become accustomed to any kind of audio harshness. 

I could have saved lots of money if that were true.   

This idea needs to be banished once and for all.  

With respect to cartridges- think about it.  It is a vibrating tuning fork like object connected to a voltage generator.  

The simple act of burnishing the newly cut sharp surfaces of the stylus with repeated plays should affect the way it reacts and vibrates in the grooves- for the better.  

Thanks to the suspension in all its parts and complexity the stylus/cantilever ought to act like a tuning fork only when excited at its resonant frequency, which response ought to be rapidly damped. Else we’re not going to have music.

All the more reason why the ambient environment that enables these Elastomer Compounds to Damp at the optimised function for the chosen material, would be best if made known by the manufacturer.

Most importantly is that the Micro Jitters produced within the Groove are not being prevented to manifest to the most effective measure when the Elastomer Compound is not optimised through functioning in the ideal ambient environment.

The idea of having a Cart' costing Multi Thousands, that is Compliance Matched, Load Matched and then left to the chosen ambient by the user does not make sense, unless the chosen ambient is carefully worked out to be perceived as the best for the Cartridge in use. 

There is the potential for a poor Cart' performance, when the mechanical interface and mechanical operation of the Cart', is used in an ambient environment that is not ideal. It is a worthwhile venture to be confident the critical materials selected and the chosen settings for the relationship between the materials at the interfaces are at their optimised for the function intended through design.

As the TT>Tonearm>Cartridge is one Trilogy to have optimised for the overall replay of a Vinyl LP.

The not too commonly referred to Trilogy of Compliance>Loading>Ambient Environment has a place to ensure the LP produced signal is not compromised by the failings of the Damper and Damper Tensioning interface.

@lewm , perhaps I did not state my case correctly. Rubber has a memory. It's  consistency also changes with temperature. It is highly likely that with continuous flexing it's temperature and consistency might change enough to move the resonance frequency slightly and possibly make a slight change in the sonic performance of the cartridge. I am not saying this happens. I am only saying that this is a plausible explanation why a cartridge might need to warm up,  Mr Car Guy.